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Well jivetrain, I'm not really considering going into the pickup business. I have posted this stuff around the guitar forums and there seems to be a growing interest, (maybe more than I bargained for!), but it really was my intention to just make these for my own personal project and because someone said, "it can't be done." Nothing gets me fired up quicker than a challange like that! LOL! You've seen my Rickenrockers? It's a good thing.
Ultimately, there are probably 20 or 30 people out there who have a solid interest in actually sending me their MIM pickups for a retro-fit so, I'm not going to quit my day job! LOL! It's just a project I'm doing that my guitar tech friend has also taken an interest in and is helping me. If we help a few other people in getting a superior replacement for some of those MIM re-issues, then that's a good thing at the end of the day.
The one area where this might take off a little is with all the pro guitar builders who now might be able to offer a Telecaster with a killer set of wide range humbuckers. Right now, the only choices are Vintage, or Re-issue. There are some pickup makers out there who make excellent versions of the wide range humbucker but they don't "look" like a wide range humbucker. I think that is a BIG advantage with the retro-fit process I'm doing.
Anyway, there I go dreaming again. There will be some of these around but going into actual production on this is probably not going to happen. If the demand is there, I'll certainly consider it but the reality is, there may be a small bubble of interest in this and then like most other things it will fade.
Lets get that great tone while we can!
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