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1974 Rickenbacker bass pickup rewind

This beautiful old Ric bass showed up at my workshop with no output from the neck pickup so, as usual, once I got time, I took a bunch of measurements to...

Pickup rewinds

I'm getting more and more requests for rewinding pickups and while I do make and rewind pickups, I don't really consider myself a service for rewinding common pickups. Let me...

1973 Gibson EB4L Bass bridge

I've written about making these bridges before for old Gibson basses that need a little TLC without the cost and impact of a full neck reset. The last one I...

2022

That's 2022 done and dusted. I'd like to say a genuine thanks to everyone who follows my place and supports it, even in the smallest ways. As challenging as things...

The Teisco square pole pickup

While I had a bunch of Teisco K series guitars around I thought I'd do a blog on the design and execution of one of my all-time favourite pickups. The...

Ibanez Black Eagle pickup repair

The Ibanez Black Eagle bass (2409B) was developed in the mid 70's in an attempt to move Ibanez away from the "copy market" and into more original and noticeable guitars...