The One Pickup Guitar Thread. Let's see 'em!!

[BramptonRob1958]

@BramptonRob1958 , nice to see someone local on the forum.

Just moved to LaSalle at the end of March this year.....

Thank you for the warm welcome!

 

[idb6]

It's not quite a guitar yet... but we're getting close.

Don't know what to call it yet. Firesquire is it's working name, but I don't quite like how it rolls off the tongue. I've been favoring Raycaster (referring to the Firebird's designer, Ray Dietrich) the past few days as I've thought about it...

 

[Skyhook]

In an earlier post I put up a couple pics of two Gibson's I own, and they are both one pickup models. Then I did some mental addition (I'm on vacation currently and was told there would be no math) and realized I have a number of one pickup guitars. Well, and also just a whole lot of guitars in general.

So I'm going to start off with my oldest and dearest:

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1965 Harmony Rocket. I got this one maybe a year after learning a few chords, so around 1980-81. Best guitar I had up till them. Big 50's style neck that I love! And talk about a rockin' pickup, this DeArmond gold foil makes you want to dig in.

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2017 Godin 5th Avenue. I always wanted a Gibson ES-125. I really love the neck on this one!! I play it mostly acoustically.

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Starfield Howard Roberts "lawsuit". Fujigen made, mid-70's most likely (no serial number). Super high quality. Not many of these around. I need to start a thread on this one someday. Sweet jazz box! (Like I could play jazz!)

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2019 Les Paul Junior. The tribute series or something. Got it from my dad's collection when he passed a few years ago. I replaced the bridge. Sounds like P-90 goodness!

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2011 Gibson Melody Maker Explorer. Got it in a trade for a MIK SG copy. I think I came out ahead on that deal. Great 50's size neck and the reduced body size (compared to normal Explorers) is just the best. I replaced the PU and knob. It rocks!

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1982 Epiphone Spirit. Made at the Kalamazoo plant. Bought this one 20 some years ago early in the ebay days. Just an excellent playing, light guitar and a superb neck. These three-piece maple necks with no volute are stable as heck, feel great and are unnecessarily maligned. All because they aren't the "proper" mahogany one-piece. You know, the ones that supposedly break fairly easily.

I think for the purposes of this thread acoustics don't count. I figure it has to have a magnetic pickup. As an example, I have a Godin A6 that has a magnetic pickup as well as the bridge piezo. So technically that's two pickups and I didn't include it.

Let's see what everyone has!!

Here's the only single pickup guitar I have.
It's a Maison guitar of unknown year and model.
Basically it's a short-scaled cross between a Strat and a Melody Maker.
The only thing I get from Google is that Maison was a Korean company that used to make mostly Strat and LP knockoffs.
This, however, is an original!

 

[old wrench]

PRS SE Korina One in the TV yellow/blond finish with the birds on the fret board !!!

This one isn't mine, but it is just like the one I had - the only difference being that I kept the stock P90 in mine - it really rocked and rolled!

It's one of those guitars I wish I still had - the ones that "got away"

It went as a partial trade on a very nice Gibson Les Paul ES


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[KeithDavies 100]

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Here's the only single pickup guitar I have.
It's a Maison guitar of unknown year and model.
Basically it's a short-scaled cross between a Strat and a Melody Maker.
The only thing I get from Google is that Maison was a Korean company that used to make mostly Strat and LP knockoffs.
This, however, is an original!

I like that - cool!

 

[old wrench]

Here is one you won't see every day -




I built it for one of the Brotherhood Builds

Swamp Ash body, roasted Maple one-piece neck, B16 Bigsby, Cavalier Holy Grail Nocaster pickup - all of the goodies in one basic and simple guitar

Another one of my favorites!


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[WelhavenTW]

My newest family member. Throbak p90.

 

[johnniegoat]

i have a few. none are from brands

 

[CJM3309]

This partscaster has seen a few different layouts over the years. Its been an esquire the longest now though.

 

[mandoloony]

For the jazz nerd who was born several generations too late:

 

[Blazer]

My fifties Hofner applies.

 

[marc88]

Just got this one assembled this morning!

 

[Zepfan]

Just about done.

 

[badscrew_projects]

Am I cheating? That's one pickup.

 

[FuzzUniverse]

Started its life as a ~1999 MIM Strat. Warmoth neck, EVH Frankenstein humbucker, Gotoh FR bridge.