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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...

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...

1960's Aria 2000T

I've been collecting vintage Japanese guitars for many years and as I've mentioned before, 2 things changed everything in the 90's for a budding collector stuck in the far reaches...

1960's Aria 2000T

I've been collecting vintage Japanese guitars for many years and as I've mentioned before, 2 things changed everything in the 90's for a budding collector stuck in the far reaches...

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...

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...

Guyatone LG-20 pickup rewind

I've written about the wonderful Guyatone LG-20 before and have owned a few of the over the years. There's lots of info on that blog I linked to so I...

Guyatone LG-20 pickup rewind

I've written about the wonderful Guyatone LG-20 before and have owned a few of the over the years. There's lots of info on that blog I linked to so I...

Columbia guitars

Another short lived and little known vintage Japanese guitar brand is the reasonably small production guitars and amps made in the mid 60's in Japan under the Columbia name. To...

Columbia guitars

Another short lived and little known vintage Japanese guitar brand is the reasonably small production guitars and amps made in the mid 60's in Japan under the Columbia name. To...

Firstman Liverpool

Another Firstman from my obsessive love of this brand and what they eventually turned into. I've written plenty about Firstman before and I've already declared my love and admiration for...

Firstman Liverpool

Another Firstman from my obsessive love of this brand and what they eventually turned into. I've written plenty about Firstman before and I've already declared my love and admiration for...