ToneSlinger

07/29/2026

Justin Kononovich sent me this photo of his in-progress Edward Van Halen 5150 guitar...into which he has installed the new ToneSlinger AFU Recoil pickup (a "broken coil pickup" tonal reproduction).

His work on period correct / authentic paint/finishes is second to none...which is why I've commissioned from him a Live Without A Net repro. The guitar (before being finished) is being recreated in painstaking detail by the great Donny Ward.

I thank both of these gents for making time to include me in their demanding schedules.

07/17/2026

THIS JUST IN: How to peel paint with a GFW-80 Asymmetric pickup. ;-)

First single from the 4th and upcoming release from NO LOVE LOST. Feel good fun anthem rock at it's best

07/17/2026

AFU Recoil production begins. A few early specimens...

06/24/2026

We've just added a batch of GFW-80s to the ToneSlinger store's inventory! Long and short legs; double-black, double-creme, zebra, and reverse zebra; 49.2mm string spacing (the standard size). Notifications are sent out automatically to those who have clicked on the Notify When Available link and provided their e-mail address.

For those who receive a notification but find none of the ones they want in stock: the best move is to select your options, and click on the Notify When Available link again so that, when the next batch is added to the inventory, you'll get another email.

Enjoy!

After months of refinement, the GFW-80 is everything we set out to achieve for Jim Gaustad: the "brown sound" of Jim Gaustad's authentic but modded DiMarzio Super Distortion pickup, but with the look for the double-black bridge pickup found in Eddie Van Halen's Frankenstein guitar after the recordin...

06/22/2026

Some of you have reached out to us about 52mm string-spacing ("F-spaced") pickups. We've made some, but we did not anticipate the demand, so there will be a few weeks of delay while we wait for our order of 52mm string-spaced bobbins to arrive. Thanks for your patience. It will pay off. These pickups are few in number, given the one-man operation.

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06/17/2026

JUST ADDED to the https://tone-slinger.com online store:

- two GFW-80s: F-spaced (52mm string spacing), two creme bobbins, short legs

- two GFW-80s: F-spaced, reverse zebra bobbins (creme screw bobbin, black slug bobbin), short legs

More to come eventually, but it will be a while (we're currently focusing on production of VAFs). There also will be about 15 GFW-80s with the standard 49.2mm string spacing in a variety of color configurations (2x black, 2x creme, zebra, reverse zebra) in the coming days (they're assembled but have yet to be wax potted).

https://www.tone-slinger.com/product-page/gfw-80-asymmetric