David Allen Pickups maker of finely crafted electric guitar pickups with over 40 models of pickups covering Strat, Tele, Humbucker, Bass, Jazz Master and P90’s. We are the fastest growing boutique pickup maker in North America. Find out why Touring Pro’s and Session Artist are turning to David Allen Pickups to meet their search for TONE [email protected] This PARTY will be a BLAST and space is limited This Party will be near the NAMM show in Anaheim at the Anaheim White House Event Center Two Partners in the Booth you will enjoy; RocknRollRelics Guitars and Friedman Amplification. This combination makes this booth to come to! Rock n Roll Relics makes beautiful hand crafted guitars that are dripping with mojo and play like a dream come true. With Models covering the “SG” style, Townsend and SixtyOne; T-Style, Richards; S-Style, Blackmoore, Jr-Style, Thunders I and II, JazzBastard and a NEW LP-Style Rock N’ Roll Relics has been in business since 2005. We are all about building guitars that play great, sound great and look cool. All our guitars are hand-crafted and custom-built from the ground up. Each build is given detailed attention from start to finish. For all our bolt on neck models we use light weight Alder & Ash. All bodies are two piece and light weight. One piece bodies are available for an additional charge. All our set neck models are made from African Mahogany with 2 way stainless truss rod and the choice of ebony or rosewood finger-board. Radius: 12″ | Profile’s available: 60’s – .8 @1st Fret | ’59 – .877 @ 1st Fret | 50′s (baseball bat) – .955 @ 1st Fret | Fret wire: Jescar- 45/100 medium jumbo. Necks on all models have hand roll edges for a smooth and vintage feel up and and down the neck. Aging level for bodies, necks and hardware is light, medium and heavy. ALL our finish work Is done In nitrocellulose Lacquer and applied thin and vintage like to achieve that natural feel and tone. No plastics or polly’s are used on any of our builds. Friedman Amplification will be announcing the Steve Stevens Signature amp from our booth and Steve Steven will be there to do this on Friday at 2:30 Presenting the ultimate modded Marshall Plexi style amp – The Friedman Brown Eye. Created by legendary amp guru David Friedman, the Brown Eye is an EL34 based plexi platform amp using custom transformers and David Friedman’s renowned tones and voicings. Released in 2009, Friedman amps have already found their way into the arsenals of many of the top touring artists today. Check out "Dirty Shirley!" She’s simple and straightforward (one channel and no effects loop) and is ready for fat sounding Classic Rock. We will also have a Pink Taco in the Booth so come check it out! Nancy Wilson Playing D. Allen CoolCat P90 Glen Campbell Hand Signed limited issue of 25 by RocknRollRelics with David Allen Country Boy model pickups The #1 hand signed will be in our Booth come check this piece of history out! Andy Andersson guitarist for FUEL Playing David Allen TomCats and CoolCats Booth Appearance Friday 1/25/13 2:00 Derek St Holmes Guitarist for Ted Nugent Playing a RocknRollRelics Thunders I with a D. Allen PhilthyCat P90 Jeff Cease Guitarist for The Eric Church Band Plays D. Allen JohnnyBuckers and CrazyCats Gear Reviews a level. Picked lines jumped from the solidbody we used to test them, with a warmth and articulation that certainly A Pair of Player’s would help smooth any instrument that might be naturally boomy. A hint of drive through a nice tube amp helps extract an inherent high-end Delights sparkle from the TomCats; overdriven tones come to life without being too muddy. As more drive is dialed in, D. Allen TomCats, CS Series Pickups the pickups maintain their tone, articulation and high-end shimmer. The difference in output between the A relative newcomer to the world potting, fabric tape, and U.S.-made output that retains articulation. The neck and the bridge is pleasing – and of pickup manufacturing, David cloth-wound wire. Complementing neck pickup uses 42-gauge Formvar convenient. If one must make a com- Allen is somewhat old-school. His his use of traditional materials, Allen and is wound to 6.88K-ohm resisitance, parison to vintage, you could say they pickups use hand-wound bobbins with also employs traditional designs like while the bridge pickup measures have a late-’60s feel, but are considerably laser-cut fiber flatwork, hand-beveled the TomCats humbuckers and Custom 8.8K-ohm, allowing ample distortion more open. And their high-end makes Alnico magnets, scatter winding, wax Shop series pickups for bass that he for most styles. Both utilize Alnico II them stand out. recently sent us for a once-over. magnets and have four-wire conductors The Custom Shop P-style bass Allen’s TomCats humbucker line for custom wiring options. pickup is assembled using much the is designed to offer a In both the bridge and neck positions, same technique and materials. Wound medium-hot the TomCats do indeed offer noticeably hotter than most passive pickups, it’s improved articulation versus stock/ a traditional-style replacement that, mid-grade pickups. Live and in the stu- while it does not attempt to emulate dio, the TomCats render a very pleasant any particular predecessor, is laden warmth that yields a sense of vintage, with classic vibe. It renders a very open but with an attack that takes them up sound with notes that blossom. Both of these pickups/sets do a very D. ALLEN TOMCATS/ good job of bridging the gap between CS SERIES PICKUPS vintage and modern. They sound Price: $119.95/ $224.95 (retail) wonderful and are extremely versatile. Contact: dsallenpickups.com. – Sean O’Bryan Smith VINTAGE GUITAR A pr i l 2011 VintageGuitar.com February 2012- Print Pages http://digital.premierguitar.com/premierguitar/201202_1/Print_subm... 1 of 1 3/2/12 8:20 AM D.Allen Pickups – Review Posted on June 6th, 2011 by Will Kelly I build pickups, too …You’ll notice I said “too”. Once in a great while a craftsman discovers someone else who shares similar interests, but is also “head and shoulders” above the rest in talent. David Allen is such an artist. I really mean “artist”, because he takes the basic components of pickup construction and takes them to another level of performance and tone. I am jealous, but not bitter. It’s refreshing to see someone really excel at their chosen livelihood. D.Allen Pickups are based upon two premises: the first is, “be true to vintage specifications” and the second is, “but with a twist”. You can order most sets of D.Allen pickups with either vintage windings and output or tweaked versions that are slightly ‘hotter’ and more ‘modern’ in tone. But rest assured that either way you’ll be getting a handmade, custom wound pickup that has clarity, detail and tone for days! I recently had the opportunity to evaluate some of David Allen’s finest creations and came away with some strong, favorable impressions. My good buddy the Nashville Super Picker, Johnny Hiland, let me know he was working with David on some new pickup models. Johnny is legally blind; consequently he has some of the BEST ears in the business! He can simply hear things that most of us can’t. I trust his opinions implicitly when it comes to tone, so when Johnny introduced me to David Allen and arranged for some sample sets to be sent to my shop for evaluation, I was stoked. I’m writing a new book for Voyageur Press on how to build an Electric Guitar, and David’s pickups will be a great addition to the section on customizing electronics. The first set I tried was for Strat style guitars. This set’s nickname was “JohnnyCats”, being Johnny Hiland’s prototype pickups. They really captured the vintage Strat chime, quack and piano like tones, but still have enough power in the bridge position to drive an amp when picked hard. The neck pickup was based around a genuine ‘54 Strat neck pickup, but made with some custom materials that add dimension. The middle pickup had similar influences from a ‘59 Strat pickup, but was RWRP (Reverse Wound, Reverse Polarity) for quiet operation in the 2 and 4 positions. The bridge was designed to balance volume-wise with the rest of the set, especially when changing from the neck position to the bridge pickup. This is an extremely flexible set that handles many types and styles of music but still always manages to sound like a Strat. David uses high quality, hand-beveled alnico magnets, USA-made ‘push back’ cloth hookup wire and real fiber flat work. A special scatter wind technique, a unique wax potting process, and lacquer dipped hand-built bobbins all add up to superior build quality. I especially liked the fact that each pickup coil is fabric taped to protect the delicate- build wire assemblies. You just can’t buy a more authentic, better made and superior sounding pickups for your Stratocaster than these. The next set of pickups I was anxious to get my hands on were for Telecaster style guitars. Johnny Hiland is known throughout the industry as a ‘chicken picker’ and the Tele is his home turf, so I was especially hoping these were going to be good. And they were! This set was designed to bring clarity, and great note definition.