Introducing the Gilly Custom Shop Tele Pickup!

[Mincer]

The Gilly Custom Shop Tele Stack Pickup

Designed to capture the magic of Billy Gibbons’ legendary Tele tone, but with a fuller and smoother voice.

If you made a Mt. Rushmore of guitar tone, you’d have to carve into it the bearded face of Mr. Billy F. Gibbons. And if you want to grab a piece of Billy’s legendary Tele tone, you’ve got a cool new way to do it. The Gilly has everything that a great Telecaster pickup should have, with a couple of interesting twists. Thanks to its custom wind and the use of Alnico V magnets, the Gilly speaks with a rounder, smoother voice, while retaining all the snap and pop of the original. The Gilly’s stack design delivers all that tone without the hum, making it as comfortable with high-gain rock tones as it is with bluesy spank and shimmery cleans.

The Gilly pays tribute to the great women who inspire Billy. It’s named for his wife and it’s wound by the Duncan Custom Shop’s MJ—La Maestra, Maricela Juarez.

 

[jeremy]

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wonder how different this is than the bg1400

 

[treyhaislip]

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wonder how different this is than the bg1400

My thoughts exactly

 

[Chistopher]

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wonder how different this is than the bg1400

My thoughts exactly

From the info I've seen so far, this seems to be slightly closer to the traditional end of the tonal spectrum. If I had to wager a guess, I'd say it sounds to me like this is supposed to be somewhere between a Tele and P90 tone. Is this correct?

 

[Mincer]

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From the info I've seen so far, this seems to be slightly closer to the traditional end of the tonal spectrum. If I had to wager a guess, I'd say it sounds to me like this is supposed to be somewhere between a Tele and P90 tone. Is this correct?

This is my guess from the description...not quite as overwound as the BG, but still fatter than a regular Tele pickup. I also don't know if it is pronounced with a soft G or hard G. Anyone know that?

 

[YeRedHouseOverYonder]

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Damn. Not what I want to see in the middle of an Esquire build lol. I've already picked up a good deal on a BG 1400. If it's more "vintage" or *"traditional", I'd be totally interested. *Are there any clips yet?

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[Riley]

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This is my guess from the description...not quite as overwound as the BG, but still fatter than a regular Tele pickup. I also don't know if it is pronounced with a soft G or hard G. Anyone know that?

Hard G -- and yes, it's under-wound and the magnets are slightly degaussed.

 

[Diminished Triad]

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Is there proposed matching or accompanying pickup?
If someone ordered this pickup for a tele what would their other pickup be?
Thanks!

 

[jeremy]

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the rev pretty much plays the bridge pup all the time. since this is a custom shop pup, you can have them wind you whatever youd like.

 

[Artie]

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I've only ever seen the Rev play LP's. Does anyone have any YT links to him with a Tele? Or just a song title, and I can search myself?

 

[Mincer]

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I believe I've seen pics of his guitar collection, which was extensive. He had quite a few Teles. I don't know if he is using any on his current tour, though.

 

[jeremy]

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the rev plays all sorts of things and seldom sticks with anything other than a lp tuned to open e for just got paid. last time i saw him, he didnt play a lp all night and switched guitars every few songs