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RSS- Brian’s Blog: Vintage Tele VideoSimple and Straight forward video of the tones of the Vintage Tele set, Recorded by some people I know in Memphis. Played through a tele, Morgan amp, and Timmy pedal.
- Brian’s Blog: April Contest Winners!Here it is! We’ve had a great response to our april facebook giveaway. Lots of entries and we appreciate all the new fans! Our facebook page is a great way to stay updated on all things Porter Pickups. Winners can email info@porterpickups.com to claim their prize, and let us know your shipping details, or we’ll [...]
- Brian’s Blog: April Giveaway!We’re going to be doing a big April Giveaway. Many of you are already following our Facebook Page, but you’ll need to like that page first to join. How to Enter: *Look for the post on our Facebook page, make sure you like that post, AND comment on it, and you’re in! *You can get [...]
- Brian’s Blog: Anthem PAF ShotsWe’ve been getting great feeback from the Anthem PAF’s. People love the hand wound replicas, and the tones. We’ve been tweaking some recipe things with the Anthems and we will soon be releasing a special version of the Anthems sometime within the next few months. Similar winding patterns will be used, with some changes to [...]
- Brian’s Blog: Anthem PAF video from Artist Dom PolitoDom Polito of www.classicalbumslive.com recently joined the Porter artist family, and he’s been using a heavy relic set of Anthem PAF’s in his Gibson Les Paul. Dom is the director of the Zeppelin music, and the Anthems give him the tones he needs for the classic Page Tones. Here’s a video Dom did for us [...]
- Brian’s Blog: Porter Smooth Humbuckers Live!We’ve recently hooked up with LA musician and producer Doug Grean, who’s been playing with Scott Weiland on some of his christmas shows. Doug’s playing a Hagstrom Archtop and came to us looking for a custom tone for this specific gig and sound. Doug put in two Smooth Humbuckers in the Archtop and, and new [...]
- Brian’s Blog: New Video Reviews from GearmanndudeInternet gear review dude, Gearmanndude has been rocking the Porter Standard Tele set for a few months, now and has recently shot a clean and dirty video of the pickups, playing through the positions and different licks. The Porter Standard tele set was the first tele set released by Porter, and we’ve had great feedback [...]
- Brian’s Blog: New Relic Humbuckers!We’ve been experimenting with some different relic humbuckers and the relic process. We’ve gotten several requests for Reliced Anthem PAF’s that look old and worn, so we’ve been working on our process to offer these. I find they work best with nickel covers for a light aging, but chromes also work well if you want [...]
- Brian’s Blog: Is my guitar a candidate for new pickups?We get a lot of requests about which pickups we’d recommend from our line and upgrading stock pickups in various guitars. One of the things I enjoy about running Porter Pickups, is talking to customers and helping them find their tone. We often ask several questions about their styles of music, artists they like, and [...]
- Brian’s Blog: Testing HSH, and the demo strat.We’re getting into the SSH and HSH pickup configurations really soon. One of the great things I discovered about my 1998 American Standard Strat is that it’s got the “Swimming Pool” route underneath the pickguard. It’s not only a good playing guitar, it makes for the Perfect test guitar for new pickups and pickup combinations. [ […]
- Brian’s Blog: Vintage Tele Video
