 Pickups that listen to what your guitar has to say.
Thanks to all of you participating in our Twitter campaign. The results have been good so far and we're looking for more in the future. And while we're on the subject, congratulations to all of those whom have been selected as winners so far.
Are you our monthly newsletter winner?
Be sure to check out the Sheptone Giveaway announcement to the right to see if you are the lucky winner this month.
And as if winning free stuff just wasn't enough, don't forget to scroll down to the bottom of the newsletter for this month's exclusive deal. We are sticking with the pickup covers simply because that's what you all keep asking for!
Please feel free to forward this newsletter to anyone who may be interested in what Sheptone has to offer. There is a quick forward link at the bottom of this email.
As always, we welcome your inquiries and suggestions, so please feel free to contact us.
Sincerely,
Jeff Shepherd
Sheptone, LLC
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Sheptone Harnesses Real Tone for Strat Lovers
Check out our new complete assembly for strat-style pickguards. The new harness comes fully assembled with Sheptone pickups and upgraded hardware. The assemblies are hand wired to improve the performance of stock components but also provide you with more versatility in your pursuit of real tones. The harness will fit onto most strat-style pickguards allowing the you to maintain the vintage or stock look of your guitar.
With the push/pull pushed, and the midrange control in the center detent, your strat will perform as if it was stock. But that is where any other similarities will stop. The volume control potentiometer is an upgraded NOS Gibson 300K CGE with treble bleed circuit to help retain the highs as you turn down the volume. The middle tone control is replaced with a specially tapered, Rothstein pot with a center detent. At the detent, the control in bypassed but as the knob is turned down from 5 to 0, the control pulls the midrange frequencies out while leaving the highs and lows intact. Turning the knob up from 5 to 10 increases the midrange frequencies while still leaving the highs and lows intact. The second tone knob is replaced with a 250K push/pull pot that allows guitarists to activate the neck pickup when in positions one and two. With the pickup selector switch in position one and the push/pull pot pulled, the neck pickup is activated allowing the player to create tele-style sounds from their strat-style guitars. With the selector switch in position two and the push/pull pot out; all three pickups are now on. The versatility is designed to help musicians easily achieve the variety of tones they need and have been striving for since the release of the Fender Stratocaster over 50 years ago.
Additional upgrades include an Orange Drop 0.047capacitor, a Switchcraft output jack and Sheptone single coil pickups. A steel baseplate is included on the bridge pickup to add 15-20% more lows and mids.
The entire harness is passive so no batteries are required and because it mounts directly to your current pickguard, no modifications to the guitar are necessary. The Sheptone Strat Harness is available now, and you can buy one here.
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Shep's Tone Tips
I am frequently asked about the pros, cons, and the effect of covers on humbuckers. The effect of adding a good quality nickel plated nickel-silver cover is the same as adding a very small (maybe 0.005 uF) capacitor to the circuit. Some highs and "presence" are bled to ground due to the natural capacitance caused by the cover construction and location on the pickup. While covers provide some protection for the pickup coils, and a minor effect on tone, the choice to add/delete covers is mostly a cosmetic one. Unpotted pickups with covers will have a higher tendency to squeal under high gain at stage volume.
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About Us
A little over seven years ago, Jeff Shepherd found himself in a local band and this is where the quest for tone began. An on-and-off recreational guitar player since the age of 12, the guitars he was playing live just didn't sound the way he wanted. He purchased a set of 1958 Gibson PAF's for a ridiculous $4000 to put in his EC-1000 and the difference was incredible. Being the type that likes to tinker and take things apart to see how they work (much to his parents dismay as a child), he began to experiment with winding his own pickups and comparing them to his 1958 originals, back and forth, adjust and re-adjust for over a year until he finally was able to duplicate THAT tone.
Since then he has been fortunate enough to extensively analyze over 100 of those old humbuckers, developing a consistent modern recipe as a reasonably priced substitute for over-priced vintage pickups. With a lot of work and some luck along the way, his original curiosity exploded into a full time business, now shipping to every guitar playing country in the world based on word-of-mouth alone. Sheptone has since developed several lines of pickups including Strat, Tele, P90, Bass, and others based on the same principles and procedures. Sheptone, LLC
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Sheptone Newsletter Giveaway!
Congratulations to Gus Bobetsis for being this months winner of our pickup giveaway. Gus chose the AB custom PAF set with nickel covers.
Once you get them installed, be sure to send us pictures of you and your Sheptone equipped guitars!
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Another Chance to Win
So you are one of the very few people in the world who has yet to create a Facebook page. No worries. Now, more than ever is the time to so. Click here and create your very own Facebook page. Once you have set up your account, enter Sheptone Guitar Pickups in the search field. Select our page and then click the like button on top. Now you'll have even one more chance to win free stuff!
Already on Facebook? Click on the button, click the "like" button and keep an eye out for the next pop quiz!
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Of Interest
Sheptone is always looking for fresh tone clips. If you are interested in helping out with professional clips or videos contact us.Tone clips are completed for the new "Heartbreaker" PAF set, designed for those Jimmy Page tones we all love so much. Catch a sneak peek of the clips here. Dealer pricing is available for builders and retailers. For more information contact us. |
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In the works !
Sheptone is currently working on developing Fender Wide-Range replacement pickups, 7 String humbuckers and Single coils.
Also in the works is an exclusive line of ultra-accurate PAF covers.
Stay tuned !
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