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Josh Smith, a Retrograde Cambridge & a set of McNelly Stagger Swagger V2s!

Josh Smith, a Retrograde Cambridge & a set of McNelly Stagger Swagger V2s!

Josh Smith is a player on most guitarists radars these days. Whether you are a blues/jazz fan or not, the respect for his ability is undeniable, and rightly so! I just came across this video by a wonderful looking US store, Music Emporium, of Josh playing a stunning Retrograde Cambridge guitar which has a set of Dogear mount McNelly Pickups Stagger Swagger V2s fitted.
Although that particular mount style is custom order (but can happily be made again no problem!) this is a wonderful demonstration of how well this pickup responds to the guitar's they're mounted in.
Enjoy!
15 November, 2019 by James P Gascoigne
Tags: Josh Smith McNelly Demo McNelly Pickups mcNelly Pickups demo McNelly Pickups videos McNelly Stagger Swagger McNelly Stagger Swagger demo McNelly Stagger Swagger V2 Stagger Swagger demo Stagger Swagger pickup demo Stagger Swagger pickups Stagger Swagger V2 demo
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Mark Johnston getting to know his Jennings Voyager

Mark Johnston getting to know his Jennings Voyager

I've been following Mark's instagram account for a little while as a constant source of ambient and pedal based inspiration, and recently he became the owner of a beautiful Jennings Voyager so have been following even closer to see what he creates with it. Mark's Voyager is outfitted with a set of McNelly Stagger Swagger V2s so it's been great to hear these pickups in an ambient setting. Here's a video from his YouTube channel, the first with his Jennings and displays both his tasteful music and the gear in question. Hope you enjoy
26 January, 2019 by James P Gascoigne
Tags: Jennings Guitar UK Jennings Guitars Jennings Guitars UK Jennings Voyager Jennings Voyager demo McNelly Pickups demo McNelly Stagger Swagger McNelly Stagger Swagger V2 Stagger Swagger pickups
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Ariel Posen performs "I'm Gone" for the Fretboard Journal

Ariel Posen performs "I'm Gone" for the Fretboard Journal

We're big fans of Ariel Posen here, he always provides a great lesson in tasteful playing, and this performance for the Fretboard Journal is no different. I wanted to share this video in particular as it's a great example of his McNelly Stagger Swagger, soapbar sized pickups handling the low tuned, big strings on his Collings 360LTM guitar. Dig in
16 December, 2018 by James P Gascoigne
Tags: Ariel Posen McNelly soapbar stagger swagger McNelly Stagger Swagger McNelly Stagger Swagger pickups Stagger Swagger pickups
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