Chubbuck Guitars / Kevin Chubbuck, making & repairing guitars in an old building just north of Boston, Massachusetts.
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This super killer, previously refinished '51 Gibson SJ is back in the shop for a pickup swap. The old Fishman was giving the player trouble so he supplied a JJB Electronics pickup for me to install for him. These pickups are pretty much identical to the K&K Pure Mini's. Check the video below for the install.
A big and beautiful 1939 L-7 archtop on the bench for a bunch of repairs. You can see some of the work done here. These repairs include new frets, new relic Waverly tuners, back binding repairs, side cracks and a K&K Devinity system pickup installation. I must say that I'm not normally impressed with acoustic pickups but this newer K&K pickup sounds very warm and transparent. I installed one of the older K&K archtop pickups in a 1940's Epiphone Emperor years ago and found it sounded very hollow and out of phase (even with correcting the phase with a preamp). Archtops can be difficult to amplify acoustically. After hearing this pickup I recommend that you give the K&K Devinity a try.
A walnut slope shoulder dread in for a new bone nut, saddle and bridge pins. The player had attempted to remove the original finished-in nut himself and ended up damaging the finish so we opted to touch up around the nut. The guitar was also amplified with a K&K Pure Mini installation on the bridge plate.
Harp guitar pickup install :: 2015 Carruth Harp Guitar "Thumbelina" [6.4 lbs]
Ken Bonfield stopped by the shop last night to have a K&K pickup installed in his new Alan Carruth harp guitar. This is an incredible instrument. The neck and upper harp are both detachable from the main body and fold into a small custom case for travel.
Video was shot of this pickup installation along with some minor neck angle tweaks and featured on the vlog.
![JJB Electronics pickup install :: 1951 Gibson SJ [3.8 lbs]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53dfcee2e4b0c0da377c65c7/1465675244023-GBQAMHGTKAFMPJ0PJT3Z/20160610_1951_Gibson_SJ.jpg)
![K&K Devinity pickup & new frets :: 1939 Gibson L-7 [5.5 lbs]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53dfcee2e4b0c0da377c65c7/1458526335560-9KM7P06DIFOHRS3EZS89/20160318_1939_Gibson_1939_body.jpg)
![Bone nut, saddle & pins; K&K Pure Mini pickup :: 2015 Gibson J-15 [4.5 lbs]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53dfcee2e4b0c0da377c65c7/1454115328864-H3AD2LSC5XYRGJDHB8C2/image-asset.jpeg)
![Harp guitar pickup install :: 2015 Carruth Harp Guitar "Thumbelina" [6.4 lbs]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53dfcee2e4b0c0da377c65c7/1444890667860-EC2R9UTWR50X5IFLBC42/image-asset.jpeg)
