barrymclark Posted June 15, 2010 Posted June 15, 2010 When it gets the early 80's, guess what name gets dropped. "In 1985, Gibson transferred their electrical production to Nashville, Tennessee and acoustic production in a new factory in Montana. Part of the personnel, preferring to remain at Kalamazoo, took over part of the original factory and founded Heritage. Here they produced instruments which were clearly inspired by the Gibson tradition and maintained the characteristics of their most popular older models, including pickup specifications."
FredZepp Posted June 15, 2010 Posted June 15, 2010 Cool... That puts it rather clearly in a couple of short sentences... "characteristics of their most popular older models"... you got that right.
barrymclark Posted June 15, 2010 Author Posted June 15, 2010 It's a great book. It has some history of the guitar but it hits the pickups pretty quick and then it goes into a great historical detail of pickups. For instance, the old Ric horseshoe pickups had tungsten in them. Can you imagine that? The weight! I have a wedding band made of tungsten and that is plenty heavy.
daybed Posted June 15, 2010 Posted June 15, 2010 Whats the name of this book? Id love to read it, im such a geek for that kind of stuff. Just read a book on the history or guitar picks! Nathan
FredZepp Posted June 15, 2010 Posted June 15, 2010 The weight! I have a wedding band made of tungsten and that is plenty heavy. All of my wedding bands ended up being too heavy.... just sayin' Sounds like a cool book... what is the name of it...?
barrymclark Posted June 15, 2010 Author Posted June 15, 2010 All of my wedding bands ended up being too heavy.... just sayin' Sounds like a cool book... what is the name of it...? This one.
barrymclark Posted June 16, 2010 Author Posted June 16, 2010 Mention number two comes in where they get into the European manufacturers. Mentions the Schaller Golden 50 pickup and that Heritage has been using it as a standard. That is very cool!
barrymclark Posted June 19, 2010 Author Posted June 19, 2010 Ok. I finished reading Pickups, Windings and Magnets: ...and the Guitar Became Electric. TOP NOTCH READ! The history of the pickup is fascinating! The changes it went through. The people involved. 225 Parsons Street's place in it all! It goes into the componentry but it is not a how to book by any means. Definitely a good reference for vintage specs and how this does that going through not only pickups but also through the other electrical components in the signal chain. For a how to, I have Jason Lollar's book coming.
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