Butch Snyder
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Found this pic on DiMarzio's website...
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John C
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I'm not Tommy but I do remember that when Steve first joined up with DiMarzio in the early 1980s to work on pickups DiMarzio also had a line of bodies, necks, etc. Supposedly those bodies and necks were milled by Grover Jackson when he first bought out Wayne Charvel, and that raw and finished wood parts contract kept Charvel/Jackson afloat in that 1978-1981 era - at least if you believe Grover Jackson's side of the Charvel-Jackson affair.
But I digress - at the time of that photo of Steve he had either completely retired his original mongrel Tele or simply wanted something more replaceable so he could at least retire it from tour duty, so he had 2-3 Teles put together from the DiMarzio parts - I don't remember this one, but I think I remember a red one. That probably has prototypes or maybe even early production versions of his signature pickups.
But I digress - at the time of that photo of Steve he had either completely retired his original mongrel Tele or simply wanted something more replaceable so he could at least retire it from tour duty, so he had 2-3 Teles put together from the DiMarzio parts - I don't remember this one, but I think I remember a red one. That probably has prototypes or maybe even early production versions of his signature pickups.
Butch Snyder
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Interesting, sounds believable to me. I know he was working on a sig. model deal with Guild at one time too....
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Tim O'Sullivan
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That is one freaky axe!
