Hooked up a really cool deal with a truly passionate boutique pickup craftsman,
Dave Stephens:
Home: SD Pickups, Custom-Made Hand-Wound Pickups by Dave Stephens, Stephens Design
He needed someone to build an amp for him, and I wanted some pickups.
I had NO IDEA just how great a REALLY good pickup could sound!
Closest available guitar was one of my frequent players, a Jap Jackson DKMGT so I put two of his humbuckers in there.
He recommends highest quality pots, so I used three of my 1953 Stackpole 500K's (those are 200 bucks each), and a true 50's Bumblebee tone cap.
He reports he is thrilled with the amp (a modded Cyg-7), and I have two more of his pickups to put in my LP copy.
So...I have been busy.
Along with working on another Cygnus, a 2x6L6 version.
Can't wait to try his VL3 and PF Star pickups!
$1,000 Electronics in a $300 Jackson
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