Interviews with ray Butts and Seth Lover

[rjb]

I somehow got on the email list for Reverb's online magazine. They just sent a copy of an old interview with Ray Butts. Within the article is a link to another interview with Seth Lover. Mostly stuff I had already heard, but still a fun read.

I smiled at some of the off-handed remarks about design details that have fueled long-winded debates among pickup geeks. Ray laughs that H-slot covers theoretically block eddy currents, but admits he never actually compared a slotted cover to a solid cover. Seth complains that Gibson's main design criteria were that pickups be loud and cheap....

https://reverb.com/news/i-feel-i-was...bacons-archive
https://reverb.com/news/interview-se...bacons-archive

-rb

[babysnake]

Ray laughs that H-slot covers theoretically block eddy currents, but admits he never actually compared a slotted cover to a solid cover.

FYI, I did run such tests. I can confirm that it works. His explanation is correct.