Right ... time for full details and a chance to get your hands on the first of the Oil City 5th anniversary limited addition sets: the Triple Blues.
As you can see I have been busy sorting out the custom flatwork for the series, (excuse the dodgy focusing in the pic ... too much Christmas spirit I expect) Each completed pickup will have the old style 'Red Sunset' label and be numbered by set, 1-10.
I am offering the reissues to Forum members first, as the Fretboard, and the old Music Radar forum really gave me my first break in pickup making. They will be
£150.00 a set to forum members, any sets not sold will be put on the Oil City site for £170.00
Orders will be taken by contacting me via PM to insure that you are members.
If
@TTony is amenable I shall make a special 11th pickup set serial numbered '0' for him to raffle or auction or whatever he sees fit to raise funds for the forum
:-) I owe the this place, and many forum members, a big debt of gratitude for the way Oil City has developed.
Next up in the build series here will be hand polishing the magnets and assembling the Flatwork.
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Thanks Ash, donation very gratefully accepted and I'm guessing there'll be more than a fair bit of interest in these when we raffle them in due course.
Glad that we've helped a proper UK business develop - that was one of my hopes when we set the forum up all those years ago. You've been with us from the beginning, and I hope you'll stay with us for years ahead.
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Hand beveled and polished magnets in a stagger patter I first used on the early Triple Blues: curve to fit modern radius boards with no low B string magnet. Nitro lacquered flatwork and vintage style eyelets go with the general 'old world' vibe
Next ... the hand, scatter winding in my original pattern.
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Finally got to it last weekend and really all I can say is 'WOW'! The care and attention in the build and the 3D sound is something to behold. It is instantly my No.1 Strat.
@TheGuitarWeasel, Ash, you are THE MAN. Thank you.
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They sound the same as the original first prototypes that Tim, my business partner, still has in his Shoreline Gold Strat, and are the same as around the first fifty or so sets that we sold. The difference is subtle, but there. The price reflects the extra work that has gone into them, making them part of my Masterwound range.
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