Evan Skopp
SDUGF Founder
From the Main Page, here's the very first Gibson humbucker.
When people talk about the "Patent Applied For" pickup, this is the pickup that the patent was drawn from. It was in Seth Lover's personal collection and, after he died, it was willed to Seymour. The drawing in the background is a copy of the patent. This patent was unusual for Gibson because Ted McCarty, then president of Gibson, didn't claim to be the inventor. Seth was listed as inventor.
Note the indentations on the cover. I talked to Seth about that. He told me that the Gibson marketing team said they wanted two rows of adjustable pole pieces and those stamp marks were to indicate where the poles would go. Of course, the final design only had one row of poles.
Also, note the mounting ring made from a Dog Ear P-90 cover.
This pickup will be on display at the Seymour Duncan booth at NAMM in January where we'll pay tribute to the 50th Anniversary of Seth's P.A.F. humbucker. Seth's winding machine and the 1955 Les Paul Test Guitar -- the first Les Paul with humbuckers -- will also be on display, along with the BIG! pickup from The Discovery Channel.
NAMM is closed to the public, but we'll make sure to post lots of photos.
Thanks for the update, Kellie!
When people talk about the "Patent Applied For" pickup, this is the pickup that the patent was drawn from. It was in Seth Lover's personal collection and, after he died, it was willed to Seymour. The drawing in the background is a copy of the patent. This patent was unusual for Gibson because Ted McCarty, then president of Gibson, didn't claim to be the inventor. Seth was listed as inventor.
Note the indentations on the cover. I talked to Seth about that. He told me that the Gibson marketing team said they wanted two rows of adjustable pole pieces and those stamp marks were to indicate where the poles would go. Of course, the final design only had one row of poles.
Also, note the mounting ring made from a Dog Ear P-90 cover.
This pickup will be on display at the Seymour Duncan booth at NAMM in January where we'll pay tribute to the 50th Anniversary of Seth's P.A.F. humbucker. Seth's winding machine and the 1955 Les Paul Test Guitar -- the first Les Paul with humbuckers -- will also be on display, along with the BIG! pickup from The Discovery Channel.
NAMM is closed to the public, but we'll make sure to post lots of photos.
Thanks for the update, Kellie!
