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Seymour Duncan 59 Neck Pickup and Jerry Donahue Lead Tele Bridge Telecaster Pickups

Telecaster Pickups

I wanted to make a versatile Telecaster that could really do a jazz gig, but also still sound like a telecaster so I put a Seymour Duncan 59 in the neck position. It’s a truly fantastic humbucker… warm but clear. I always prefer PAF style humbuckers and this one checks all the boxes.

I originally had a Fender Original Vintage 52 pickup in the bridge… great pickup set by the way. They really had the Telecaster twang thing going on. The pickups I have came in the red box and I don’t think the newer Fender OV 52 Telecaster pickups are the same.

The bridge pickup from the 52 set didn’t match well with the humbucker so after a lot of research I landed on the Seymour Duncan Jerry Donahue. The Jerry Donahue is hot and punchy but still sounds like a telecaster and has plenty of twang.

You can still get these on Amazon:
Seymour Duncan 59 Neck: https://amzn.to/2I1LUvx
Jerry Donahue Lead Tele: https://amzn.to/2TEXnDH
Humbucker Pickguard: https://amzn.to/2WtbyNK

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Jordan Bosstone Fuzz Demo, Build Video, and Parts Haul

Jordan Bosstone

This was my second time building a Jordan Bosstone Fuzz. The first one was one of the best fuzz circuits I had ever played, but somehow I misplaced the board after having it in a multifx box. I wanted to recreate that magic so I built this one.

What a cool sounding fuzz! The trumpeting is spectacular, and depending on where you set the controls you can get quite a few distinct sounds.

There are three videos here… one video is the build, one is the demo, and the other is from when I received the parts in the mail.

Jordan Bosstone Parts Haul:

Jordan Bosstone Build Video:

Jordan BosstoneFuzz Demo:

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Building A Dumble Overdrive Special Clone

Dumble Amp Build

In this video, I documented the entire process of building a clone of Dumble Overdrive Special #102. It took me about a month of soldering in all of my spare time to go from parts to a guitar amp.

This was my second Dumble clone build and I am really proud of how it turned out. I’ve been playing it for over a year now and it’s still my favorite amp (don’t tell the Twin Reverbs). It’s such a versatile guitar amp… great cleans and a killer overdrive.

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Fulltone Fulldrive 2 Mosfet and a Klon Centaur Clone

Fulltone Full-Drive 2 Mosfet

I love love love love the Fulltone Fulldrive 2! I had one the first year it came out, and I used it as my main overdrive for about 10 years. I foolishly sold it when I started building my own pedals. Eventually I bought another one, and out of every overdrive I’ve bought or built, it’s still my favorite. I also love the Klon clone, but to me, it’s better as a boost than an overdrive.

They don’t make the FD2 anymore but you can get the 3, or the 1 on amazon: https://amzn.to/2AXboJK