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This is the guitarist in Sabrina Carpenter’s band playing Please Please Please on BBC Live (Youtube video). 

Given the convention of not naming the original guitars being copied, e.g. T type or S type, let’s just say that this is a J type. But I’ve never seen pickups like that.

I’ve been testing a totally unique, never-been-done-before, pickup (more anon) and I’m suddenly worried that my inventor friend might have been pipped at the post.

Can anyone tell what these are?

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Guitarists name is Caleb Nelson apparently, he's on IG and FB, could try dropping him a message maybe. Other than that I got nothing from googly! Lol


   
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Hi James, I think the guitar is a jaguar copy made by Waterslide guitars.  

http://www.waterslideguitars.com/latest

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Wow! Well done that man!

The web site is impressively uninformative but I’m going to assume that the pickups are traditional magnetic pickups in a funky retro cover. I should probably be following them on Instagram.

*mutters* Is this a case of style over substance?

Thanks Russ!

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Thanks to @russ and @nsj. The Waterslide Guitars Instagram feed reveals that the pickups are Mojo pickups, handmade in the UK.

https://www.mojopickups.co.uk/product/dual-foil-humbucker-gold-foil/ and yes, they’re magnetic.

Must admit, now that I’ve found them, I’m quite taken with the Charlie Christian models.

https://www.mojopickups.co.uk/product-category/pickups/charlie-christian/

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I do like the look of them James and some of the others that he makes. I'll have to take a deeper look into this.

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