These pickups are particularly rich in double tones imparted by the ThroBak vintage Leesona 102 coil winder that winds each coil. Magnets, coil offsets, winding pattern and even magnet wire micrometer measurements were taken from each pickup and to be recreated exclusively for the DT-102 ThroBak MXV vintage PAF humbucker pickup clones. "This set is a direct clone of a personal favorite pair of vintage 50's PAF pickups I own.
Throbak Maximum Vintage Neck & Bridge DT-102 MXV pickups. Collings guitars are used by Keith Richards, Pete Townhend, Andy Summers, Emmylou Harris, John Fogerty, Joni Mitchell, and Lyle Lovett. The body is pared down slightly at 15" wide, and it has a slightly more angular shape that comparatively reduces its size and weight. The I-35 is aesthetically reminiscent of a Gibson ES-335. At the 2006 summer NAMM show, the company moved into the electric guitar market, releasing three models including the I-35 which was named after Austin's infamous traffic artery. The company was founded in 1973 by Bill Collings (1948-2017) who was "one of the most recognized and respected names amongst aficionados of modern acoustic instruments." Their acoustic guitars have been highly regarded for decades. The guitar was purchased new in February of this year.Ĭollings Guitars is an Austin, Texas based stringed instrument manufacturer. A fabulous example of this top-of-the-range guitar. Housed in the original Collings six-latch, black shaped hardshell case with cream padded plush lining and all the original case candy (9.50). Inside the bridge pickup cavity, stamped in blind is "I 35 LC 181086". Inside the bass 'f' hole is the Collings gray oval pictorial label label with "181086" and "I-35 LC De luxe" stamped in black. Kluson ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic (retainer) bridge with metal saddles and Kluson stop tailpiece.
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Four controls (two volume, two tone) plus three-way pickup selector switch. Three-layer, black over white plastic pickguard. Two Throbak Maximum Vintage - Neck & Bridge DT-102 MXV Humbucking pickups with outputs of 7.64k and 7.82k, with black plastic surounds. Rosewood fretboard (12 inch radius) with 22 medium jumbo frets, double-parallelogram pearl inlays, and black side-dot markers. Individual nickel Gotoh tuners with 'Collings' logo and grained ivoroid hexagonal buttons. Two-layer, black over white plastic truss-rod cover secured by two screws. Single-bound, black-faced 'Haircut' headstock with inlaid pearl "Collings" script logo. One-piece Honduran mahogany neck with a wonderful fat nut width just over 1 11/16 inches, a scale length of 24 7/8 inches and a very comfortable medium-to-fat neck profile. The finish is a nitrocellulose Candy Apple Red lacquer. and features a 15 inch wide, 1 5/8 inch deep, semi-hollow, double-bound, laminated maple body with a maple central block. This mint as new Collings I-35 LC weighs just 7.50 lbs. Mint, as New Collings I-35 LC Deluxe in Candy Apple Red
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