olde video question

[mitchfit]

this may very well be a question that can't be answered. low-resolution 1970's video.

what make PUP's does Skunk Baxter have mounted on his telecaster?



mitchfit

[pete1951]

There are some clearer images of him playing the Tele but none give a good shot of the pickup (that I have found). One makes the pick look as if it a pair of lipstick pickups side by side, could that be it ?
Pete

There are some videos of him him talking about the guitar ( he found the body in a dumpster at the Fender factory) and he talks about Skunk-o-Matic pickups,but haven’t found a proper description. There are a few things on the Telecaster Forum that might lead to it but my hand is getting tiered from typing!
Pete

[bonzo]

Sounds like you've done enough research for one day Pete, you can pickup again tomorrow 👍 😉

[bod]

Could it be “skunk-o-sonic”?
Not seen a lot of info on these, but there’s an interview in which he mentions having skunk-o-sonics on his Tele, and another in which he explains that he winds his skunk-o-sonics on his mother’s old sewing machine, with a gauge of wire he likes and fairly standard magnets…

[pete1951]

Skunk-o-Sonic sounds better. Somewhere there will be an interview will Mr Baxter explaining all this in great detail.
Pete

[mitchfit]

based on info from above, i chased down this thread @teleforum

www.tdpri.com/threads/who-belongs-to-this-telecaster.155952/page-4

which resulted in this picture:

i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/telemudd/7Tele.jpg

problem is, this pict looks period correct age wise, and can be zoomed in.

i.pinimg.com/736x/1f/40/09/1f40094c3c7a05dc40c5f25e7273c2ac.jpg

not much family resemblance in those two sets of PUPs.

i was wondering if the video in first posting was a gold foil in order to add on to the harmony guit thread. wanted to see if any one else would jump to the same contusions that i did, but not bias the jury with my GUESS beforehand.

as Skunk says they are [likely] very hot wound with fine wire, doesn't matter anyway.

thanks mucho for the educational assistance mens,
mitchfit

[pete1951]

Looks like he loved to tinker with his guitars. I think he could have played almost anything and got a good sound out of it. Then there is the question of amp and settings, compression etc.

Pete


There’s at interview on Guitarworld about Tele pickups but I can’t seem to open it on my device. May get a younger member of the family to open it later, looks like it may have some answers

[mitchfit]

pete1951,

all you said is very true.

still, couldn't bring myself to calling both of the below pictures 327 cubic inch displacement Chevrolet engines.

even though that would be a truthful statement.

www.thecairns.com/Impala/PSI_4400-L.jpg

paceperformance.com/images/F58922933.jpg

mitchfit