Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Limited Edition Bonamassa 1961 P90 SG Pickup Set

Joe Bonamassa's Pawn Shop Special 1961 P90 Set recreates the vintage P90s from his prized '61 SG Special, delivering articulate, barky tone with Custom Shop accuracy.

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    Most guitar players have had the experience of walking into a pawn shop, hoping to strike gold, only to find a limited selection of instruments that are far from inspiring. But sometimes with the right combination of luck, a great guitar can be found hanging on the wall of your local pawnbroker. Joe Bonamassa found one such gem, a 1961 Gibson SG Special, at a pawn shop while on tour in 2010. Not only was it a pristine example of a first-year SG Special, but it also had a set of pickups that marked the beginning of Joe’s love affair with P90s. After many years of recreating pickups from some of Joe’s favorite instruments, Seymour Duncan and Bonamassa have teamed up to replicate the soapbar P90 pickups from this very special guitar as the Joe Bonamassa “Pawn Shop Special” 1961 P90 Set – the Custom Shop’s first P90 collaboration with Joe.

     

    Sonically, these vintage P90s sit somewhere between a single coil and a humbucker: articulate and responsive, but with plenty of bark, especially when overdriven. The pickups in this guitar exemplified the tone of his heroes who played these pickups in the ‘60s. Players like Pete Townshend, Carlos Santana, and Leslie West. When he heard the pickups in the Pawn Shop Special, he knew he had to share this exceptional sound, thus leading to the latest collaboration between Joe and the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop.

     

    The “Pawn Shop Special” 1961 P90 Set is built with Alnico 4 magnets and a custom wind to duplicate the airy top end and sizzle that make the pickups in Joe’s guitar so captivating. Seymour Duncan created a historically accurate dimpled P90 bottom plate specially for this project, taking care to replicate the covers and other intricacies of pickups from this era. These P90s are wax potted per Joe’s preferences and are ready for any live performance (no matter how many Overdrive Specials and Silver Jubilees are turned up behind you).  

     

    The Pawn Shop Special occupies a unique place in Joe's extensive guitar collection. As he began to log and inventory his instruments, this guitar was the very first instrument to be cataloged thus garnering  an inventory tag as item #001. To celebrate this, the first 610 sets will come with a Nerdville #001 inventory tag, similar to the ones Joe uses to catalog his own instruments. Other features exclusive to the first 610 sets include a certificate of authenticity signed by Joe and Seymour W. Duncan, as well as limited edition packaging.

     

    All the brilliance and expressiveness that made Joe fall in love with P90s is now available in the Joe Bonamassa “Pawn Shop Special” 1961 P90 Set.

     

    Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Limited Edition Bonamassa 1961 P90 SG Set Features:

    • First P90 collaboration between Joe Bonamassa and the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop
    • Directly replicates the exact tone of the soapbar P90s from Joe's own 1961 SG Special
    • Alnico 4 magnets and custom wind capture the airy top end and sizzle of the original pickups
    • Historically accurate dimpled P90 bottom plate, covers, and period-correct details
    • Wax potted per Joe's preferences for reliable live performance
    • First 610 sets include a Nerdville #001 luggage tag, certificate of authenticity signed by Joe Bonamassa and Seymour W. Duncan, and limited-edition packaging
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