Porter Telecaster Video Clip

Porter Pickups Classic Humbucker-New Video

New Overdrive Humbucker Sound Clips

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Customer Design Guitar Progress Shots

We've made some good progress on the customer designed guitar this week. Still a ways to go, but its taking shape. Here's a progress picture:


We'll be auctioning off this guitar on Ebay in December sometime. Make sure you stay tuned here and the website to see when the official auction date is.

Newest Porter Pickup Reviews

Here's some Porter Pickup Reviews from Ryan in Memphis, TN. He's the proud owner of the first Porter Telecaster Style Pickups.

Set Type: Tele Set with Additional Middle Strat Pickup
"I have the Nashville Deluxe Tele which has a bridge and neck position tele pickups and a strat middle pickup. I always loved the way this guitar played, but was never sold on it's sound. The stock Tes-Mex Single Coil pickups gave the guitar a generic sound - There was nothing special about it. I knew this guitar's unique setup was capable of so much more. I had Brian make me a set of pickups to fit this guitar, and the difference is clearly apparent. With the stock pickups - the sound was weak and brittle and lack the twang teles are famous for. The Porter Pickups delivered a full bodied sound capable of broad tonal range. They deliver a punchy twang sound, and crystally chimey clean, a full bodied distortion. This guitar is a very useful guitar that is capable of alot of different tones. Highly recommended!!!!,,Specs:All Vintage Wiring: Neck-Tele- 5.6k, Middle-Strat-5.86k, Bridge-Tele Bridge-6.2k."

Porter Smooth Humbucker
"This pickup lives up to it's name - it delivers a very smooth sound. I use this pickup to play mellow, atmoshperic cleans layered with with delay. They deliver a eerie, hauntingly beautiful clean or a crisp cutting clean depending how you set your amp and your volume and tone knobs. I have also had a friend play jazz and blues throughout this pickup, and it sounded amazing. This pickup was made for jazz and blues!! ,,Specs: 4 conductor Wiring: Neck-Smooth-7.5k"

Porter Classic Humbucker
"This Pickup delvers amazing overdriven tone. I have a custom amp built to the specs of a 60's Vox AC-30, and these pickups really showcase the ability of this amp. When the amp is cranked, the sound is sheer glory tone - as Brian and I like to put it - Face melting tone!!! When playing chords, you can hear each individual note ring out clearly. The stock pickups were muddy in the lows and the mids. If you are looking for a pickup that delivers great vintage overdriven tones - this is the pickup for you!,,Specs:4 conductor Wiring: Bridge-Classic-8.0k"

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Newest Porter Pickups Review

Here's a review from Ben of Novice Nation who uses Porter Pickups:

"I tossed these overdrive pickups in my Firebird. I was blown away by the clarity and attitude. It cut through well, but wasn't overly distorted. For me, honestly, distortion is sometimes the wrong word to use. I like the aggressiveness of this pickup, but it is somehow clear at the same time. I think it's simply because it just sounds RIGHT. It's mean and loud, but it's a mature sound. it gives a good amp, a proper signal. It improved the forwardness of my sound a lot too, and with out the brittle sound you usually get from cheap "distortion" pickups. Sweeeeet.Thanks!"

Newest Porter Pickup Reviews

Name: D.J. (Lewisville, TX)
Pickup: Porter Classic Humbucker
Position: Bridge
Comments: "This is a GREAT bridge pickup. I ordered mine w/ a 9.2k resistance, and it can growl and still retain a vintage tone. I ordered this w/ a Smooth neck, and together they are heaven."

Name: D.J. (Lewisville, TX)
Pickup: Porter Smooth Humbucker
Position: Neck
Comments: "This is hands down the best neck humbucker I've ever used. The sound is three-dimensional- very fat and round. You'll be playing blues and jazz licks all day in this position."

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Progress Shot on #0003

Here's a quick progress shot of #0003.It will have a triple p90 pickup configuration on a Honduran mahogany body with a Brazilian ebony center stripe and a highly figures kos top with abalone pearl trim. We did the pickup holes, angled neck pocket and bridge mounting holes yesterday. Here's a progress shot:

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Porter Pickups Single Coil Demo Video

#0003 and #0004 Progress Pics

Here's a progress shot of #0003 and #0004. Koa tops with Abalone pearl inlayed borders.

Newest Porter Pickup Review

Nickname: downerczx (Anchorage, AK)
Pickup Model: Porter Overdrive Humbucker
Position: Bridge
Comments: I replaced the stock "d****n designed" humbucker on my Jackson bridge pickup. Previously, my tone was muddy and sweep arpeggios were very messy sounding. After installing the Porter pickup, I noticed that my notes were more clear and individually articulate. The tone was very good. The pickup seems to have a little more mids and lows than heavy and highs. I've enjoyed my playing much more with this pickup. I hope to replace the neck one someday as well with a Porter pickup!

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Pickup Reps Needed

We have bee working on a plan to spread the word about Porter Pickups, and it could involve YOU! We have some ideas in place that will be both rewarding for us and the people who help us. It's somewhat of a street team concept with some good ideas for spreading the word in cities that we aren't able to get to. We won't reveal too much about the plan on here, but If you are interested, please contact us at info@porterpickups.com to learn more about this.

We'll make your efforts worth your time as a thanks for helping grow the business.

Scrambling

Just found out that the lacquer company (Lawrence MCFadden) I use went out of business recently. I had to call and confirm and the lady on the phone awkwardly said "Sorry, we went out of business this week" Besides smaller builders like me, they supply some of the big guys in the business Here's a list on their website:



On top of the regular lacquer I buy from them, I also got about 80% of my finishing products including sealer and grain filler. I ended up finding another brand of lacquer yesterday, that i'll give a try, and hopefully I can find a good mix of the other things I need.

Some people seem to think that they will reorganize or sell their recipes to another company. They have been in business since 1885, but i'm wondering how much this new economy has affected them as well. Less people who buy even the big brand name guitars, creates an issue for sales of the lacquer. Even for a guy like me, to have the big companies selling a lot makes it possible for them to stay in business and for me to be able to only buy small quantities.

We're now looking for the vintage type nitro lacquer that lets the wood of the guitar breathe. No plastic finishes.

Monday Update

Here's a few updates on some of the things we're working on in the shop:

Acoustics
I've been working on designing the sound hole rings for my acoustics, and i'm pretty close to the final design that i'll use. It will be a two ring rosette. It will be an inner inlaid ring with BlackWHITEBLACK pattern. The outer ring with have an abalone pearl ring surrounded by black ad white trim. I'm saving the abalone i have to use in a guitar, so i'll have pictures of that up soon.

The side bending has been giving me some issues, and i'm still troubleshooting that process. I need to have the wood at a certain temperature and my temperature reader was giving me different readings, causing the wood to burn on one occasion and not get hot enough to bend on another. I've went through 4 sides already, so i'm hoping to find a solution to my temperature issues soon, before i really get using the expensive woods.

Electrics
#0002 is in the booth with some final build coats of lacquer on it. It's very close to being done with the lacquer coats, on both the neck and the body. From there, it will need to sit for a few weeks and then it's buffing and assembly.

#0003 needs some prototype work done on the neck angle. It will have a hipshot baby grand bridge on it. Here's a shot of the bridge that's going on it:


#0004 will be a 12 string electric, so we are working on doing a prototype Porter neck to see if everything lines up.

More updates soon.