Jason Lollar is an American
luthier
A luthier ( ; AmE also ) is a craftsperson who builds or repairs string instruments that have a neck and a sound box. The word "luthier" is originally French and comes from the French word for lute. The term was originally used for makers of ...
, musician, and co-founder of
Lollar Pickups. A 1979 graduate of the
Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery, Jason is the author of ''Basic Pickup Winding and Complete Guide to Making Your Own Pickup Winder'', now in its third edition, and a contributor to
Bart Hopkin's ''Getting a Bigger Sound: Pickups and Microphones for Your Musical Instrument''.
In addition to designing and producing archtop, solid-body electric, and lap steel guitars, Jason is a noted authority on electric pickups and builder of hand-wound
electro-magnetic pickups.
History
In the early 1990s, Lollar was building archtop guitars with his custom-made
P-90 pickups, which he had been making since 1979 in small quantities. The pickups soon became so popular that top musicians were asking for them. After publishing ''Basic Pickup Winding'' in 1995, he founded Lollar Pickups with his wife, Stephanie.
Lollar is an expert in the design and manufacturing of pickups a variety of pickups for guitar, bass, and steel. His company, Lollar Pickups, makes an assortment of pickups including
Stratocaster
The Fender Stratocaster, colloquially known as the Strat, is a model of electric guitar designed from 1952 into 1954 by Leo Fender, Bill Carson, George Fullerton, and Freddie Tavares. The Fender Musical Instruments Corporation has continuously ...
,
Telecaster
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,
Humbucker
A humbucking pickup, humbucker, or double coil, is a type of guitar pickup that uses two wire coils to cancel out the noisy interference picked up by coil pickups. In addition to electric guitar pickups, humbucking coils are sometimes used in ...
,
Fender Jazzmaster,
Fender Precision bass
The Fender Precision Bass (often shortened to "P-Bass") is a model of electric bass guitar manufactured by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. In its standard, post-1957 configuration, the Precision Bass is a solid body, four-stringed instru ...
,
Fender Mustang,
Fender Mustang bass
The Fender Mustang Bass is an electric bass guitar model produced by Fender. Two variants, the Musicmaster Bass and the Bronco Bass, have also been produced from time to time using the same body and neck shape.
Design
Mustang basses utiliz ...
,
Humbucker
A humbucking pickup, humbucker, or double coil, is a type of guitar pickup that uses two wire coils to cancel out the noisy interference picked up by coil pickups. In addition to electric guitar pickups, humbucking coils are sometimes used in ...
, Charlie Christian style, gold foil, and other single coil
[ ] pickups.
Publications
* ''Basic Pickup Winding and Complete Guide to Making Your Own Pickup Winder'', book, 70-page edition includes a newly update preface. Originally published in 1995.
*
Bart Hopkin's ''Getting a Bigger Sound: Pickups and Microphones for Your Musical Instrument''.
References
External links
Jason Lollar Guitars WebsiteLollar Gold Foil Pickups ReviewInterview with Pickup Guru and Luthier Jason LollarLollar Pickups El Rayo Humbuckers ReviewDave Hunter excerpt from ″The Guitar Pickups Handbook″
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American luthiers
American male guitarists