IF ANY ISSUES ARISE PLEASE CONTACT US VIA EBAY MESSAGING BEFORE OPENING A CASE THROUGH THE RESOLUTION CENTER. WE ARE 100% CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN RESOLVE ANY ISSUE.All of the proceeding info was verified by Tom himself. After forwarding photos of these to him, we had a conversation where he confirmed that these are definitely a pair of his rarest pickups. He answered the phone with "where in the heck did you find these?”
Circa '77-'78, these were the second incarnation in the evolution of the Tom Holmes brand, between his original triple coil design and the current PAF style. 
The dual adjustable pole neck pickup is one of less than 20 produced, of which a couple were made for Muddy Watters and 5 that went into Toms custom single pickup Strats that he built for Billy Gibbons, one of which was used to record "Lowdown In The Street" from the '79 Deguello album. According to Tom, this was a period when he was focussing on custom pickups (DiMarzio parts and "anything else he could get his hands on") for his custom guitar builds, but over time, realized that everyone wanted the PAF tone. Nothing more, nothing less. It was then that he developed his PAF version and shifted to full time pickup production...the rest is history. 
The other pickup with the single row of adjustable poles is so rare that he doesn't even remember building it, though he's certain that he did and that it's of the same '77-'78 time period as the Gibbons unit. He's also pretty certain that's it's a one off, not another made. 
He built a custom archtop Flying V for the previous owner but does not recall if these were the pickups that were part of the build. Original owner is an accomplished, recently retired Nashville player who purchased these from Tom in the 70's while working at Richard Cotten Music, through which Tom originally sold his wares. These were his main go to pickups for the past 40 years.
8.66k Custom Bridge
7.72k Gibbons Neck 
Uncovered 50mm Gibson string spacing, wax potted, 2 wire for each. Haven't had anything to put these in, so I've yet to use them and can't comment on tone. Lowdown In The Street would be a good example of the neck I suppose! PLEASE read below so you understand my terms and conditions...and save a few bucks!ZOOOOM in on the provided pics for an honest representation of the items condition
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