Californiaman Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 You can find gold foil pickups on a lot of old Teisco and Silvertone guitars. I know the Silvertone 1488 came with gold foil pups. Loller spent two years recreating these. I think Lollar did a great job on them. They sound great clean or dirty. I know it's a long demo video, but it's worth the wait. Sonically speaking, these things are legit. Lollar Gold Foil Pickups http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOtjJRXbv_c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxtRyyZ7nkA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Interesting. A nice sound. The first guitar I ever owned, a Norma, had those gold foil pups. What goes around comes around, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted January 14, 2014 Author Share Posted January 14, 2014 Yeah Surfpup: I'm wondering if three would fit in a Stratocaster body. If not a Strat, maybe a telecaster from Warmoth. I figure they can rout it to specs, I can wire it up and throw a neck on it. I see several Silvertone guitars with them. Hollowbody and solid. Have you seen this? Or maybe put three of them in a Firebird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Yeah, I think you could fit three in a bathtub routed Strat easily enough. That's a crazy looking Silvertone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted January 14, 2014 Author Share Posted January 14, 2014 Rocker buttons. Go figure. I'd use toggle switches if it were up to me. Either that or push-pull-pickups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 there's no such thing as a bad Lollar pickup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted January 14, 2014 Author Share Posted January 14, 2014 there's no such thing as a bad Lollar pickup. I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krock Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 I've never heard of these before. Im glad you posted a link to the website, its great to learn new things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted January 14, 2014 Author Share Posted January 14, 2014 Just doing my part to keep the world in tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brundaddy Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Those Teisco pickups rule - great to learn that someone is cranking out repops. Last band I was in, the singer went so far as taking his original '61 SG and swapping out the p90 for a Teisco. That's how good they sound. Later, he smashed the guitar into 20 or so pieces. And cried like a baby. Anyway, Teisco pickups really do sound awesome, and now I have a 1961 p90 laying around. I should see if it'll go in my es 135. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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