We’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 [...]
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Brian’s Blog: Anthem PAF Shots
Posted: February 12, 2012 in General UpdatesTags: anthems, gibson les pauls, paf, relic, replicas
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Brian’s Blog: Anthem PAF video from Artist Dom Polito
Posted: December 12, 2011 in General Updates, NewsDom 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 [...]
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 Gearmanndude
Posted: December 4, 2011 in General Updates, ReviewsInternet 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: Is my guitar a candidate for new pickups?
Posted: October 5, 2011 in Articles, General UpdatesWe 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 [...]
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. [...]
“Scratch and dent” sale time! These are pickups that have been installed in demo guitars, or did not pass inspection visually, or were out on demo to guitar shops and builders. If you aren’t obsessive with a little wear and tear, you can get these for a screaming deal. (They are going to get beat [...]
We’re excited to offer some new releases to our line of handwound pickups. I’ve been building each of these as custom orders over the last year, and now they are up in our online store or are available for special order through any of our dealers for sale. We’ll be putting more detailed descriptions of [...]
On top of making several more of our own videos, we’ve put together this collection of videos by both us and others who have reviewed out pickups. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/p/9FA2F177642128D5?hl=en_US&fs=1
One of the best things about making pickups for people is hearing their feedback. We’ve gotten some great reviews in, that i’d like to pass along. I hope to do more blogging in the future, but the business has really grown, so finding time to write has been challenging! Susan S. From atlanta says: I [...]
