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

Make a Gibson Sound Like a Gretsch! | The FiftyNiner Winder Show S2E4

Make a Gibson Sound Like a Gretsch! | The Fifty...

In this quick little banger, we take a look at how Gretsch FilterTron style pickups can fit into P90 pickup cavities! I installed a set of Romain Pickups FilterKasters in...

Make a Gibson Sound Like a Gretsch! | The Fifty...

In this quick little banger, we take a look at how Gretsch FilterTron style pickups can fit into P90 pickup cavities! I installed a set of Romain Pickups FilterKasters in...

Modding a Les Paul Standard 50's - EMG Het Set & Hipshots | The FiftyNiner Winder Show S2E3

Modding a Les Paul Standard 50's - EMG Het Set ...

Join in on this hang out, where we dive into a Gibson Les Paul Standard 50's for some "open-heart surgery" in Episode 3 (season 2) of the FiftyNiner Winder Show....

Modding a Les Paul Standard 50's - EMG Het Set ...

Join in on this hang out, where we dive into a Gibson Les Paul Standard 50's for some "open-heart surgery" in Episode 3 (season 2) of the FiftyNiner Winder Show....

Pickup "Upgrades": 2 Ways it can Suck! | The FiftyNiner Winder Show S2E2

Pickup "Upgrades": 2 Ways it can Suck! | The Fi...

In this episode of the tone chasing saga that we celebrate on the FiftyNiner Winder Show, we hammer on my old 1992 Squier MIJ "Wayne's World" Stratocaster. Listen to the...

Pickup "Upgrades": 2 Ways it can Suck! | The Fi...

In this episode of the tone chasing saga that we celebrate on the FiftyNiner Winder Show, we hammer on my old 1992 Squier MIJ "Wayne's World" Stratocaster. Listen to the...

Compare a couple ES-335's - Gibson vs. Epiphone | FiftyNiner Winder Show S2E1

Compare a couple ES-335's - Gibson vs. Epiphone...

Had a couple 335's in, seemed like a good time to discuss the 335 a bit and compare sounds in the usual shooting from the hip approach to our videos....

Compare a couple ES-335's - Gibson vs. Epiphone...

Had a couple 335's in, seemed like a good time to discuss the 335 a bit and compare sounds in the usual shooting from the hip approach to our videos....

Can a Fender Tone Master amp handle higher gain? | The FiftyNiner Winder Show S01E08

Can a Fender Tone Master amp handle higher gain...

In this episode, you get to essentially watch a tone chasin' die-hard tube amp guy experience a digital modelling guitar amplifier for the first time, the Super Reverb Tone Master...

Can a Fender Tone Master amp handle higher gain...

In this episode, you get to essentially watch a tone chasin' die-hard tube amp guy experience a digital modelling guitar amplifier for the first time, the Super Reverb Tone Master...

Outta tune Tele, Old Man Storytime | The FiftyNiner Winder Show S01E07

Outta tune Tele, Old Man Storytime | The FiftyN...

What started out as a quick idea for a video, spun out of control and became a 50+ minute long 15-minute video. We convert my '09 Telecaster Standard back to...

Outta tune Tele, Old Man Storytime | The FiftyN...

What started out as a quick idea for a video, spun out of control and became a 50+ minute long 15-minute video. We convert my '09 Telecaster Standard back to...