Our mission at ThroBak is to make the best vintage reproduction pickup possible using the correct materials and manufacturing processes from the 50's and 60's. This includes winding pickups on machines that actually came out of the Gibson Kalamazoo factory. In this video I profile the history and features of one of these unique machines, the KZ/LP-115 pickup winder. Purchased by Gibson in 1950, this machine was present at the start of the P.A.F. guitar pickup era and many of the very first PAF pickups were wound with this machine. Even more compelling is the KZ/LP-115 pickup winding machine was rescued from the Gibson Kalamazoo factory personally by Les Paul, who walked out of the factory carrying the winder after Gibson announced the closing of the Gibson Kalamazoo and their move to Nashville.
ThroBak purchased this historic machine, restored it and has it back to winding our ThroBak KZ-115 vintage replica P.A.F. humbucker.
ThroBak purchased this historic machine, restored it and has it back to winding our ThroBak KZ-115 vintage replica P.A.F. humbucker.