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NEW* for 2012;
Just Added more Pickup selections,
Makes/Models..etc
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NEWS- WAIT TIMES ARE DOWN TO JUST,
3 to 4 weeks.
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NEW* TONE HOTLINE!!
Call and speak directly to DON MARE
(562) 331-9042 / Pac Time
John Fogerty,
using: Don Mare 3-Speed Sting Ray,
John likes the Sting-Rays three taps,
and he is using them on 2 of his stage Guitars..
Pickup specs; Alnico 5 @ 5.5k / 6.5k / 7.7k ---
( Thanks John!!, DM)
Also Using Don Mare's is: LOU REED;
Lou likes Super Sports For Tele®/
BOB SEGAR BAND;
Likes the Hot Bakelites for Teles®/
SUBLIME w/Rome likes; Super Sports for Strat,
and P-bass®/Jazz bass® Pickups /
Kirk Fletcher, Hot Bakelites for Tele®/
Junior Watson Set for Strat®/
Brofey Dale, Hot-bakelites/
Nick Moss /
Henry Carbajal /
LA Jones
BILL KIRTCHEN /
Hal Lindes formerly of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler / -- There's; more listed in ARTIST PAGE Don Mare
Don Mare
PO Box 3361
Long Beach Ca. 90803
"NO_signature required" packages at the PO BOX, please
For signature required packages:
Please email me or call for address ------------------------------------------------100% Real Vintage Toned PickupsALL HANDMADE -- ALWAYS "HAND-WOUND"Best Vintage Wind Pattern ~ The fine wire is always "Finger Guided",
onto each coil. You get the best of _the best vintage sound_
that's ever been fully replicated...No automatic winding machine here ,
or any cam patterns or CNC, is ever used!! My machine is OLD SCHOOL,
its a perfect duplicate of Leo's 1950's "hand winder" Awesome vintage pattern _
The Josie Wrap_ breaks all the Rules! No Ice Pick, No Harshness, pure tone that breathes,
life into your fingers!, a real tool for musicians that,
has no limits or dead ends!Josie's wind pattern was by far the best tone that,
ever left the factory in the 50's thru mid 60's, The pickups coil tension is nice and tight around,
all 6 magnets-(not just the ends - so the volume is increased) My hand wound coils are all done by eye -
the coil tension is felt and adjusted constantly,
by my 2-fingers, this extra fine coil wire trails,
thru my 2-fingers, and the tension is continually,
adjusted to suit each and every wrap - next:
I control my wire spool's angle to the chassis,
and continually adjust my winder speed tobe sure the coils are extra tight and the,
Josie wind pattern stays true to the original form,
this awesome "Josie" wind pattern is always,
recreated and used on each pickup I make,
just like it was 1950 all over again!"These pickups are very labor intensive.. and they are what I truly feel are today'svery best ever vintage clones!" Don Mare There NO are CANCEL OUTS- or- REFUNDS - once
your order has been placed.
(Sorry, no exceptions!)
your
pickups will be processed and delivered in just under 3 to 4 weeks.,
if
your ever by-chance your order has passed 6 weeks or you just want
to
be sure your order is processing then by all means do email me, ok
DM
I'm Using the very best sounding vintage winding pattern that,
was ever discovered, it was a product of a winder possibly,
named "Josie"
Her 50's wind pattern was unique and used exclusively by her thru to
1962 that I have seen.
Everything here is made and done just like it was in 1950-to-62' all,
over again.
We have back-engineered only the very best of those old
hand-wound patterns, and settled on one special pattern.
We call it the "Josie Wrap." I use it on all my pickups.
All my DON MARE pickups all have, great organics
- player's touch
- they're attack sensitive and have very rich harmonics
- perfect volume and note bloom
- they breathe
- they feel alive.
They are replicas of the world's best ever vintage pickup tone.
(not just another vintage - but the best ever vintage,
And it was those ones that sounded better than other vintage -
that's the one!).
They inspire...the strings sound better...your amp's tubes sound better..
.they'll never hit dead ends or road blocks...they do not limit your playing,
in any way shape or form.
Instead they inspire you to develop further than you could dream was,
possible with today's pickups.
This is NOT HYPE - I actually don't like pickup hype!
it's all Gospel truth! That, I can promise you!
And I will stand by this.
You will notice: All my DON MARE customers will verify
that these claims are 100% true!
(visit www.harmony-central.com - it's a good place to have a peek!).
I use my reverse-engineered vintage
"Josie" winding pattern "full-time." It's on everything I do here!
I then located the finest AlNiCo 3 & 5 magnets made, these are,
actually better then vintage magnets as they are more gas free,
and much more consistent then the old ones ever were.
They really do sound much better than any magnets we have ever heard!
I also use the very best quality vintage-spec copper, magnet coil wire,
that's being made today. (beautifully toned wire)
My winder is a perfect duplicate of Leo's very first original winder.
So your entire pickup coil is wrapped nice and tight around all your magnets,
not just on the ends.
and that way the overall output is much more powerful and
the brighter high-end has lots head-room to spare
(no metallic harshness - no ice pick at all - and no bright ear snap -
no meshing or loss of single notes)!
Here you can find 100% real vintage tone dialed in to match,
your rig and style.
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Recreating what is said to be:
"The World's Best Vintage tone"
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the best way to compare my pickups is at a Vintage Guitar Show, or store
that sells loads of vintage.. that's how we did our test here for many
years. until we were 100% confidant that I had unlocked Fenders best
ever Vintage pickups..
put any pickup I make up against a equal vintage counterpart, and let it speak for itself.
take the other makers with you and do the same comparisons...
otherwise its all he said she said - I like oranges - you like apples..etc..
but that was never my quest.. I was out to nail vintage tone or nothing.
I never wanted to sell a thing .. my quest was a personal one for me and a few artist I was tech-in for..
for 6 years Ive never disappointed one vintage purist... not one..
and those guys are the toughest pickup customers on earth..
if you ever think you have a partsocaster with real vintage tone, do
yourself a favor do what we did - get out there and do, a few in room A
& B test comparisons with real vintage guitars - preferably with
lots of them -
Now: if you can walk away happy - please call me and tell me about it,
I'd love to hear from anyone who's done it, and HONESTLY did not walk
away from the test with his tail between his legs!!, or going-- "hey
were only 85% max .. but not 100%", "and its that 10% or 15% that will
drive u nutz..." (on many early test, we left the building with our
tails tucked and saying 80% 85% - many times before we got this vintage
purist thing 100% down... and we started all these test, with the TOP
makers of the month..etc.., this was long before I wound one single
pickup!... then we did the same test to mine untill we flat out nailed
it!))
when you have owners of vintage guitars telling you they hear everything
in yours that's in that vintage, and some say they like yours a little
more, then its mission accomplished.. at least it was for the Artist and
myself here.. and that's the day I opened to the public... not one day
earlier.
I was dead set on getting this tone or die trying.. it was very-very serious here..
Don Mare
PS.. youtube "10k keefer"
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