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The first documented use of the term humbucker appears in a 1957 Gibson ad and was most likely coined by Seth Lover, who had designed a double coil pickup that eliminate or “bucked” the hum often encountered with single coil pickups of the day.

Here is a link to a podcast interview I did last week with Vintage Guitar Magazine retracing how I got to where I am today. It was fun and I enjoyed actually having the opportunity to talk with James Patrick Regan outside of our typical NAMM chaos. Let me know what you think. Thank you so much to the entire Vintage Guitar team for all of the support throughout my career.

If you haven’t heard by now, I have teamed up with my long-time friend Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein of the legendary Misfits to launch a line of guitar accessories.  We are starting off with strings.  The Von Frankenstein Monster Gear strings are the same exact string as the Sheptone string, just in a wider variety of gauge combinations.  If you dabble in drop tunings, definitely check out the line.  OR, if you have a couple seven strings lying around, we have a signature set from Jeff Loomis and another from Machinehead guitarist Logan Mader.  There is plenty more to come. ...

I am so stoked to announce that I have teamed up with legendary jazz guitarist, David Becker to manufacture his signature electric guitar string set.  I've worked with David on other projects for the past 10 years and have been a fan for even longer.  This set has a very cool gauge combination AND a wound third.  It just sounds so good on a jazz box  Click on over and order yourself a set or three to try for yourself.