December 2025 Issue
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Note-To-Note With Ron Ellis

By Riverhorse · Vol. 27, No. 2 · December 2025

Ron Ellis — retired Lawrence Livermore engineer turned full-time pickup maker — walks through the origins of the Frisell Neck humbucker, how the Frisell/Signature pairing delivers vintage single-coil clarity from a Les Paul, and why pickups should never be louder than the guitar beneath them. The interview closes with a bonus first-listen report on the Bette Set.

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