I bought an older Ibanez "V1" and banked it for the right project. I finally went to use it and it was no good. Of course it is way too late to contact the seller about it! So, it goes.
Looking for another one, I found one on ebay with an "IBZ V1" stamp instead of the "V1" stamp like the one I bought had. I didn't pull the trigger being uncertain about it and the auction ended. So, I just want to know for the future, what's is the difference between them? BTW, both have a row of black poles and a row of black slot screws.
Thanks fellas

Pretty sure they're the same pickup.

As LonePhantom said, they are the same thing. "IBZ V1" is the older branding and "V1" is the updated branding. To add a little confusion there are the ones stamped "V-1" which are pretty rare to find. They're usually cream colored and the stamp is on the plate. V-1 is a completely different beast and much better pickup than the V1's.

If you don't want your pickup to go to waste you could always try a magnet swap. I know LonePhantom has done it with the V7/V8 series with good results. I've also done magnet swaps with the INF series pickups which greatly improved them. Magnet's are pretty cheap; only a couple of dollars, and the swap is easy to do. The right magnet can turn a dud into a stud.

Here's a link to my magnet swap experiment post from a while back. There's a link to the sound files so you can hear the impact a different magnet can have.

https://www.jemsite.com/forums/f35/i...ts-132654.html

I lost the bookmark to LonePhantom's blog for his V7/V8 experiment. If your interested maybe he'll pop back in an post the link.