In this blog I shall be regularly taking you into my workshop to look at some of the interesting 'classic pickup' rebuilds and restorations we are asked to do. Above is the rather sad and messed about Tele pickup that arrived on my desk last week. It had no output and was registering 'open circuit'. This poor thing had very obviously been seriously 'molested' in the past ... as was confirmed when I started To remove the masking tape that had been plastered all over the coil.

Hello, Happy New Year! Welcome to the new Oil City Pickups blog, and indeed the new Oil city site. We have made it more dynamic, added much more content, and hopefully easier to navigate. This blog will keep you up to date on all the latest from the Oil City, and hopefully keep you entertained with ‘how to’ articles, and photo stories from our workshop. So what have we been developing deep in the heart of Oily Towers? Well, more and more of our customers have been asking for