TV Jones
TV Jones
Also known as: TV Jones Inc, T.V. Jones, Thomas V. Jones
UnclaimedTV Jones is a guitar pickup manufacturer founded in 1993 by luthier Thomas V. Jones. The company started in Whittier, California as a guitar repair and custom-building shop before relocating to Poulsbo, Washington in 2001, where it remains. Jones built the company's reputation on faithful recreations of vintage Gretsch Filter'Tron pickups, using materials and construction methods modeled on the...
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TV Jones is a guitar pickup manufacturer founded in 1993 by luthier Thomas V. Jones. The company started in Whittier, California as a guitar repair and custom-building shop before relocating to Poulsbo, Washington in 2001, where it remains. Jones built the company's reputation on faithful recreations of vintage Gretsch Filter'Tron pickups, using materials and construction methods modeled on the late-1950s and early-1960s designs originally developed by Ray Butts.
The company's breakthrough came in 1998 when Brian Setzer selected Jones's Hot Rod pickup design in a blind shootout for the new Gretsch Hot Rod guitar line, leading to a long-running consulting relationship with Gretsch. The TV Jones catalog centers on Filter'Tron-style humbuckers including the Classic, Classic Plus, Power'Tron, Super'Tron, Magna'Tron, and Ray Butts Ful-Fidelity, alongside the single-coil T-Armond (a recreation of the DeArmond Dynasonic) and a range of universal mounts that allow Filter'Tron-spec pickups to drop into humbucker, P-90, and Strat/Tele routes.
In addition to pickups, TV Jones builds a small line of custom guitars, including the Spectra Sonic models originally developed in collaboration with Gretsch. The brand is closely associated with rockabilly, surf, and twang players drawn to the chimey, articulate Filter'Tron voice, and the pickups are widely used as upgrades in vintage and modern Gretsch instruments as well as guitars from other makers via the company's mounting adapters.
TV Jones has 13 products cataloged on Equipboard, including Electric Guitar Pickups, Solid Body Electric Guitars, and Bass Guitar Pickups. Their gear is featured by 5 artists, with the strongest followings in Rock, Jazz, and Pop. Notable users include Brian Setzer, Keith Urban, and Nancy Wilson.
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