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Family : Jazzbox with P13 pickup

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Original catalog description

[1962 catalog]
Endorsed by Roy Smeck, stage and recording star. Especially designed for the player on his way up… With professional features to make your combo or solo playing a pleasure.
- "Slim Line" thin neck - torque-lok adjustable neck rod.
- Tone emphasizer pickups
- Adjustable magnetic polepiece under each string - permit individual adjustment for desired emphasis and balanced response

Single pickup. volume and tone controls. Brown mahogany shaded finish, highlighted and polished. $105.00. C57 Carrying case $14.50

Original price

  1962 : $105.00

Verified production year(s) : 1960-1962
others years possible, not verified.

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• Ian Fahy - 2005-09-15
  Hi, I have just picked up one of these,it is the same as the first one on your site,it does not have Harmony on the headstock but a sprayed on design.Any idea why?Also,can you tell me anything about the P13 pickup?Who made them?What are they like compaired to P90's etc.
  Look forward to hearing from you, Ian.
• Snapcase - 2006-02-10
  P13 is a Gibson pickup used during 40's. After P90 introduction the whole P13 stock were sold to Harmony and was used in their guitars until they runned-out, being then substituted by Rowe (Dearmond designed) models. P13 is a sweet sounding pickup I much prefer these ones better than P90s for archtops. Comparing them, P90 has a prominent midrange growl and a big thick sound. Good, but nothing closer to the real voice of a particular guitar. It gives "it's own" voice to any guitar, a great voice in fact, but it doesn't respects so much the natural acoustic tone. If you turn fully down the volume in a P13 equiped guitar and listen to the unpluged natural sound and then turn volume up again, what you hear is basically the same but louder, This particular pickup sings beautifully. I love 'em! I am searching for one of those pickups to replace my '55 Gibson ES-125's P90 for a sweeter, janglier and most natural tone. For me there's nothing better for archtops. Rowe pickups sounds suprisingly closer, they're great for this kind of guitars also, but I still prefer P13s.
• - 2006-07-19
  I think I have a h57 also, looks just like this picture, all original parts except the pickguard, lost in the early days, I love to play this one, always has a nice sound and easy to play. Only repair done on it was the tuning keys were loose and was fixed with original parts.