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The FiftyNiner Winder Show

I’m a guitar-obsessed pickup winder navigating life through my passion for tone. As a lifelong guitar nerd and tone chaser, I build and repair pickups because I simply can’t stop creating.

This channel is all about the love of guitar and great tone—featuring insights, tips, pickup winding, guitar repairs, and more. My goal is to keep things fun, informative, and real, like a laid-back hangout over a beer or coffee. Sometimes we get deep, because that’s part of being human, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

So grab a drink, come hang out on YouTube or check out my posts below. If you dig what we’re doing, let us know! If not, no worries—keep rocking on your guitar journey.

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The FiftyNiner Winder Show

1984 Tokai Les Paul Custom, Band Update and Roof Leaks...

1984 Tokai Les Paul Custom, Band Update and Roo...

We get caught up on Casa FiftyNiner Winder and take a look at a vintage 1984 slab of Super Fine Japanese Mahog craftsmanship - the Tokai TLC-60 Les Paul copy.

1984 Tokai Les Paul Custom, Band Update and Roo...

We get caught up on Casa FiftyNiner Winder and take a look at a vintage 1984 slab of Super Fine Japanese Mahog craftsmanship - the Tokai TLC-60 Les Paul copy.

Aging Nickel Parts and Hardware

Aging Nickel Parts and Hardware

Just a quick one showing some results from experimenting with Muriatic Acid for aging nickel hardware and parts. **VERY HARSH CHEMICAL, DO NOT USE UNLESS YOU ARE EXPERIENCED WORKING WITH...

Aging Nickel Parts and Hardware

Just a quick one showing some results from experimenting with Muriatic Acid for aging nickel hardware and parts. **VERY HARSH CHEMICAL, DO NOT USE UNLESS YOU ARE EXPERIENCED WORKING WITH...

Goofin' around on heavy riffs and sad chords in a weird tuning (C-G-D-G-B-D)

Goofin' around on heavy riffs and sad chords in...

Playing in a weird tuning into a Bogner Shiva 20th and Bogner 2x12 cab loaded with Creambacks.

Goofin' around on heavy riffs and sad chords in...

Playing in a weird tuning into a Bogner Shiva 20th and Bogner 2x12 cab loaded with Creambacks.

P90 Pickups: Double the magnet, Double the Horsepower? Pickup vs. Pole Screw height!  FiftyNiner Winder 131 subscribers Analytics Edit video  8

P90 Pickups: Double the magnet, Double the Hors...

A look at P90 pickup height vs. pole screw height, magnetic fields and boxing up some Two/52 - P90 style pickups.

P90 Pickups: Double the magnet, Double the Hors...

A look at P90 pickup height vs. pole screw height, magnetic fields and boxing up some Two/52 - P90 style pickups.

ABR-1 conversion post project "gone wrong" FIXED!!

ABR-1 conversion post project "gone wrong" FIXED!!

A Bonus ABR-1 episode where we find a better fix than a conversion post - plug with maple, drill and tap, and thread in actual ABR-1 (6-32 thread) posts.

ABR-1 conversion post project "gone wrong" FIXED!!

A Bonus ABR-1 episode where we find a better fix than a conversion post - plug with maple, drill and tap, and thread in actual ABR-1 (6-32 thread) posts.

A Look at ABR-1 Style Bridges and a Conversion Gone WRONG... (read description)

A Look at ABR-1 Style Bridges and a Conversion ...

In this episode, we take a look at a couple BR-1 style bridges, and I go over the results I've had with the different materials etc. But THEN, we go...

A Look at ABR-1 Style Bridges and a Conversion ...

In this episode, we take a look at a couple BR-1 style bridges, and I go over the results I've had with the different materials etc. But THEN, we go...