"Charlie Bar" pup - half Hershey - Half Charlie Christian

[DonM]

"Rough" Prototype done today - sounds like a 1954 Harmony H-44 Stratotone but with the cool Jazzy clearness of the Charlie Christian pickup ...

Going To Have Rick or Junior Test run them and it may become a product here From what I heard - its a go already -

 

[dayn]

Looks great! I love the CC type pickups!

 

[Shades]

Cool as hell , Don. :AOK

 

[mikef1331]

Very cool! Any plans for a matching neck pickup?

 

[DonM]

its a neck, i need to reduce it to the area of a p-90 & mini Humbucker -so its the same route -- also I have plans for Bridges and middles and I'm going to try to slip this design into Strat and Tele covers -- its a fuller sound then the rod magnets -- it makes Rod magnet designs pale in A&B sonic test -

 

[mikef1331]

its a neck, i need to reduce it to the area of a p-90 & mini Humbucker -so its the same route -- also I have plans for Bridges and middles and I'm going to try to slip this design into Strat and Tele covers -- its a fuller sound then the rod magnets -- it makes Rod magnet designs pale in A&B sonic test -

Sweet! Can't wait to see the other models when they're ready. I think I'll have to pick up a set.

 

[big mike]

That's F'n cool.

 

[Macaroni]

Very nice! Any clips?

 

[DonM]

Very nice! Any clips?

just put it in a midnight tue. - been too buzy for clips today - maybe 2 days?

I'll do a A&B where I play a Tele neck pup - switch guitars and play this one - it's awake up call - seems lots of pickups were designed for economy or to compete with other brands from the 50's - today we can cut magnets easier
and cheaper - so my theory is to start with tone in mind and spare no cost re-evaluate all the killer designs and see whats been left out or overlooked and fill in the blanks..

 

[Dave Orban]

Cool as hell , Don. :AOK

Indeed!

 

[Dave Orban]

its a neck, i need to reduce it to the area of a p-90 & mini Humbucker -so its the same route -- also I have plans for Bridges and middles and I'm going to try to slip this design into Strat and Tele covers -- its a fuller sound then the rod magnets -- it makes Rod magnet designs pale in A&B sonic test -

Don...

If there's a way that this could be made to fit into a standard Humbucker route (width-wise, most importantly), that would be awesome!

 

[Patrick Ginnaty]

"Rough" Prototype done today - sounds like a 1954 Harmony H-44 Stratotone but with the cool Jazzy clearness of the Charlie Christian pickup ...

Going To Have Rick or Junior Test run them and it may become a product here From what I heard - its a go already -

I LOVE CC pickups... can't wait to hear it!

 

[Sam Evans]

Looks great.

SE
CI

 

[DonM]

If there's a way that this could be made to fit into a standard Humbucker route (width-wise, most importantly), that would be awesome!

yes this Charlie bar - and the Strat0tone too - I hope
DM

 

[Stringmaster]

Don: Any word on the Stratotone Hershey reissues you were working on a while back?

 

[Dave Orban]

yes this Charlie bar - and the Strat0tone too - I hope
DM

Keep us posted!!!

 

[gkoelling]

This is cool, a pickup builder thinking outside the box!

 

[Big Tim]

Don if this could fit into a standard tele neck without any routing needed at all you'd really have it! (at least for me

 

[Big Tim]

when will these be for sale?

 

[clemduolian]

Hey Don:

Recreating one of my all time favorites!! What a great "encore" to the Clem-caster set. Kudos my man. Can wait to hear it/them!!

Clem