STAPLE DIET

Don’t know your staple from a paper clip? Here’s a brief history of the staple P-90

What we call a ‘staple’ P-90 is also known as an ‘Alnico’ or ‘Alnico V’. It was inspired by the Dynasonic – which was originally known as the Gretsch-DeArmond Fidelatone 10 , whose magnets were cannibalised by Les Paul on the guitar we feature in this issue – although instead of using circular rod magnet polepieces it used rectangular-shaped Alnico V magnets that were height adjustable, like the Dynasonic. The ‘staple’ appeared briefly on the first 1954 to ’57 Gibson Les Paul Custom, after which it was replaced by a trio of the new-fangled Gibson humbuckers. Its Achilles’ heel was that height-adjustable feature: many would raise the powerful magnets too close to the strings, affecting the vibration of the string and producing some odd warbling ‘wolf’ notes. Aside from the…

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Guitarist (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2021

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