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I thought folks might be interested to see some of the fascinating and unusual pickups that come through my workshop. I deal with gear from the 40s to the present day, so lots of variety. It has it's serious side, as some innovations in modern pickups can be found amongst the dead ends of...

I did mean to say Larry not Seymore and I was referring to Super Distortion too ... perhaps a bit too close to the New Year celebrations for my brain to have dried out! :cheers: Larry DiMarzio did in fact work for Bill Lawrence before producing the earliest DiMarzio pickups however. The...

Wow that's the most extreme paint peel I've seen on a modern guitar ... I see a lot of vintage ones that are in this ballpark ... but 12 years old and this borked ... respect! Personally I like the look as is ... but a total refinish is about all you can do. You could use good quality nitro...

Bench shots of interesting pickups We've rewound.

Late 1940s Gibson P13 Pickup in for rewind

P13 Baseplate

Checking the polarity

Spacers on top of the magnets

Rough cast A2 magnets

Plenty of rust!

And why this pickup failed

And why this pickup failed 2

And why this pickup failed 3

Caught this in time before the base material decayed

off with the wire

Cleaned up flatwork

Milky glue!

Isopropyl alcohol is safe to clean with

winding