August 2, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn There is a review of the Porter Standard Tele Pickup set on the Reviews page along with a video clip. This set of Tele pickups were hand made by Brian Porter. They feature alnico magnets, fiberboard bobbins, cloth wire and a nickel silver cover for the neck pickup. All of you who visit me here [...]
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April 9, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn FROM TV JONES: We are asking all of our friends to get the word out via blogs, forums, any means possible. In the hope that we can retrieve these rare stolen instruments, pickups, and tools. Basically everything that was on display in Frankfurt was stolen (even our banners, suits & suitcases!). Here is a rundown [...]
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February 27, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn If you are having trouble setting up and intonating your Stratocaster type guitar then this video can help. The magnetic pull of the pickups can mess with the string vibrations and throw off the intonation……and kill a bit of sustain. As always hit me up with any questions or leave some comments!
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February 19, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn How fast can you swap out pickups in your guitar? An hour? Half and hour? That is a bit long if you want to compare pickups in a guitar. KAM Instruments has designed a plug & play system that allows you to swap pickups in a matter of seconds! “How is this possible” you say? [...]
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November 21, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn The video post I put up of Danny Gatton ripping it up got such a great response I thought I’d link you over to the review I did on the Joe Barden pickups Danny used. These pickups are excellent and while not sounding exactly like vintage Tele pickups they have many positive attributes especially for [...]
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October 5, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn If you are like me and are always interested in getting the best tone from your guitar, you often think about its components and how they affect the end result of the instrument. One of the most looked at components are pickups. There has been much debate over hand wound (actually hand-guided) vs machine wound [...]
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August 10, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn A one-of-a-kind sound that embodies the traditional P-90 design with classic TV Jones growl. The P-90 bridge pickup has thicker highs and more defined lows than what is commonly heard from traditonal P-90s. The sound is monstrous with plenty of dynamics. The neck pickup delivers clarity with fullness and is considerably less boomy than regular [...]
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July 11, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn You can now purchase authentic Gibson pickups, hardware and other accessories online at the Gibson Store. Click here to visit the Gibson Store.
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June 22, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn Hanson Musical Instruments has announced a full line of electric guitars available in August 2009. Branded as ‘Hanson Guitars’ the initial offerings include 4 solid-body models: The Cigno and Cigno ST based on a set-neck triple-P90 design, and the Firenze and Firenze ST which are triple mini-humbucker equipped, bolt-on neck models.Aesthetically, the Hanson designs recall [...]
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April 30, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn The new Neovin Tele pickups from GFS finally deliver TRUE vintage Tele tone, with no noise. Over one year in development, after hundreds of prototypes, we’re confident the new Neovin pickups deliver more of the true tone you’ve been lusting after, with zero noise, feedback or squealing. These are passive pickups- no batteries to go [...]
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March 2, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn This month’s Spotlight is on Jason Lollar. In this interview Jason goes into detail about the build process, how he guides his customers to choose a pickup, adjusting pickup height for maximum tone and a whole lot more. This is one interview that hasa lot more info than you may think. Jason took time out of [...]
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