Danny Gatton loved that pickup for his Telecaster! As a matter of fact he had one as a belt plate! But he was also a masterfull jazz guitarist. Later on, he preferred Joe Barden's pickups! Thank you for adding to History!
Wow, really interesting and thanks for uploading this. I've never seen a vintage pickup like this taken apart before. It's a historical treasure for me, as an amateur guitar pickups/electronics person, and it makes me appreciate the technical and engineering genius of the people who built and designed them. I'm also a huge Charlie Christian fan so anything that has to do with Charlie, is of great interest to me.
I saw in the back a es335 like guitar with singlecoil strat like pickups, I love those weird models Gibson used to put out, wish they release models like those again, like the SG1, and other SG hardtail types.
why did they notch it under the B string? Vintage Fender stagger had B string magnet way lower aslo...what was the deal, 60 cycle hum? Great channel , Mike!
Thanks very much! I think the notch was simple to deaden the overly loud B string. For some reason the B string /rangefrequency is a little louder I guess. :)
I didn't know about all that metal under there. I know John Lennon had his LP Jr modified with one of those in the neck and now I'm curious how they may have chopped it up and put it in there. Thanks for the peek.
They used a different bracket and magnet setup for that. No need to install something designed just to accommodate a hollow body structure into a solid body.
Do people install these on twin humbucker ES style guitars? Will the cutout need modded? Are they expensive? Great video but still have a lot of questions. Thanks!
There is a more modern pickup made that is close to a CHarlie Christian but it hangs in a Humbucker ring. There is no big bracket assembly. I know those fit in my ES 335. I play flatwounds over them and really like the voicing.
I've been thinking about installing one of these CC pickups into a Gibson H2 mandola. Do you think that would be a colossally stupid thing to do? Thanks for the vids! ✌
Well on ES150s the pickup bobbin is pretty flush with the top and the blade about 2-3mm from the strings. On CC installs I have done of L7th or L5s (which have raised fingerboards) you gotta try and set the bobbin about 1/4 inch above the top so the blade can get close enough to the strings.
1/4 inch should be good. It somewhat depends on the resistance level of the pickup. Standard CCs are 3.0 or so and 1/4 works well. Other replicas may be hotter (5-7) in which case you might choose a little wider distance.
