That great, classic Filter'Tron™ sound. We all have it in our heads, but until now, it has been difficult to find a pickup that puts that tone in your guitar. Now, with the TV Jones Classic, the vintage twang and growl are once again yours.

We produce the TV Classic with our own parts made entirely in the USA. We've recreated the look of the original late 1950's Filter'Tron cover. It has a tighter radius around the top edge, a flatter top, and a height of 3/4", compared to the shorter modern reproduction cover height of 5/8". To improve pickup balance, we make the neck pickup available in a lower 5/8" high cover. But the soul of this pickup is in the magnets we use: We analyzed 1/4" thick late 1950's alnico magnets and reproduced them especially for use in our TV Classic.

The pole screws used on our pickups are original 6/32 fillister-head steel screws. The fillister-head screw has a cylinder-shaped head, which provides better string separation than a domed-shaped pole screw.

If you desire a pickup with more midrange, we offer the TV Classic Plus. It is wound with a thinner wire, giving you more output and midrange growl.

We offer our neck pickups with a standard .380" pole to pole width. Our bridge pickup has a pole to pole width of .406" to aid in centering the pole screws under the guitar strings, which are farther apart near the bridge. The result is optimum string separation and output. Click Here to see the dimensions of the TV Classic in the Classic Mount (as pictured).

All TV Classic and TV Classic Plus models are wax saturated to help eliminate microphonic feedback. Each pickup comes with mounting screws complete installation instructions.

Specify : chrome, nickel, or gold (add $5.00 each for gold).

Mounting Options

Standard The standard mounting option is best for most hollow body guitars Mounts with two wood screws through the pickup cover Compression rubber is recommended under the pickup Traditional Filter'Tron™ mounting style TV Classic Pickup in Standard Mount base price: $120.00
Standard (no ears) The standard (no ears) mounting option is best for clean routes using no ring. Click here for an example of a no ears mount in a TV Jones designed Gretsch Spectra-Sonic guitar. TV Classic Pickup in Standard Mount base price: $120.00
TV'Tron The TV'Tron uses the same size cover and baseplate as a standard humbucker, so it can be mounted into any guitar with standard humbucker pickup cavities. Since the pickup cover is completely enclosed, we use nickel/silver alloy instead of brass to retain as much clarity as possible. TV Classic Pickup in TV'Tron Mount base price: $125.00
P-Tron The P'Tron uses the same size cover as a stock P-90 soapbar but with a TV Jones pickup under the hood. Retro-fits in any guitar equipped with soapbars Available in black and cream TV Classic Pickup in P-Tron Mount base price: $120.00
Dyna'Tron The all new Dyna'Tron for guitars with top-mounted DeArmond® or Dynasonic® single-coil pickups. Now you can have that classic TV Jones double-coil sound without modifying your guitar! TV Classic Pickup in Dyna'Tron Mount base price: $120.00
English Mount The English Mount allows you to swap out your stock humbuckers with a TV Jones Filter'Tron™ style pickup (pictured top and bottom view to show how the feet suspend the pickup). Suspends on a Gretsch® or Gibson® style pickup ring (bezel) Designed for open pickup cavities with no support Please Note: This mounting option is not intended for Professional Collection Gretsch® guitars (eg; 6120, White Falcon, Jet series, Country Gentleman®, etc.) TV Classic Pickup in English Mount base price: $125.00

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