The Fender Winder That Remembers: Evidence From the Birth of the Electric Guitar

The Fender Winder That Remembers: Evidence From the Birth of the Electric Guitar
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Episode #073 uncovers a piece of Fender history! Jon services the historic Fullerton 457 pickup winder purchased at the Jim Irsay auction and reveals evidence of its decades of use. Then hear the new ThroBak T-’52 Telecaster pickups, hand wound on this legendary Fender machine and coming soon to ThroBak.com. Plus, with celebrity-owned guitars hitting the auction block at record pace, the Guitargument asks: Is Rock ’n’ Roll becoming a Collector’s Museum?

🎸 Gear Featured in This Episode
Gibson R8 with Carmelita neck carve with ThroBak '60 SteelHead Pickups installed
Chambered Gibson R6 with ThroBak SB-Special P-90's
Vintage 1979 Fender Silverface Deluxe Reverb
2004 Gibson Les Paul Historic Reissue with ThroBak '57 SteelHead A4 pickups
Fender American Vintage II 1951 Telecaster Reissue with ThroBak T-'52 Fullerton 457 Telecaster pickups
Nobels ODR-1 effect pedal

🎸 INTRO
Welcome to Episode #073 of the ThroBak Guitar Lounge Podcast! Jon and Matthew are back with vintage Fender history, brand-new ThroBak Telecaster pickups, celebrity guitar auctions and a fascinating piece of Michigan musical history.

📬 THROBAK NEWS + VIEWER COMMENTS
We catch up on the latest ThroBak news and dig into your questions and comments from last week’s episode.

🔥 PICKUPS OF THE WEEK – NEW T-’52 TELECASTER SET
Meet the upcoming ThroBak T-’52 Tele pickup set, hand wound on the historic Fender Fullerton 457 coil winder. This machine was purchased from the Jim Irsay Collection auction earlier this year and may be one of the earliest pickup winders used by Fender.

⚙️ FULLERTON 457 – BACK TO WORK!
Jon gets hands-on with history, replacing the rubber drive belt on the Fullerton 457. A close look at the machine reveals fascinating evidence of the thousands of pickup coils that may have been wound on it during its working life.

🔊 AMP & PEDAL SETTINGS
Jon walks through the settings on the 1979 Fender Silverface Deluxe Reverb and Nobels ODR-1 used for this week’s pickup demonstration.

🎶 HEAR THE NEW T-’52 SET
Now it’s time to hear them! Jon puts the new T-’52 Telecaster pickups through their paces and lets the historic Fullerton 457 speak again through a set of pickups wound right here at ThroBak.

⚔️ THE GUITARGUMENT – IS ROCK ’N’ ROLL BECOMING A COLLECTOR’S MUSEUM?
Celebrity guitars are flooding the auction block. Instruments owned and played by rock legends are commanding enormous prices—but what does it mean for guitar culture? Are these auctions preserving rock history, or are we turning Rock ’n’ Roll into a museum for wealthy collectors?

🧊 THE COOL DOWN
After another heated Guitargument, Jon and Matthew cool things down and continue the conversation.

🎵 MATTHEW & JON’S RORSCHACH RIFFS
The mystery riffs return! Can Jon and Matthew identify the songs before time runs out—and can you beat them to the answer?

📚 MATTHEW’S MUSICAL MUSINGS – V.C. SQUIER OF BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN
Long before Squier became Fender’s affordable guitar brand, Victor Carroll Squier was making violins and strings in Battle Creek, Michigan. Matthew explores the remarkable history of V.C. Squier, its connection to Fender and an overlooked chapter of Michigan guitar history.

👋 OUTRO
Another trip through guitar tone, history and questionable opinions comes to an end. Thanks for watching the ThroBak Guitar Lounge!

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