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• wim ChicagoModerator Barault #503 replica

  May 3 edited May 3 Posts: 1,628

  Thanks for the measurement. Stimer was a brand from the mid 40's until the 80's or 90's. They also made accordion pickups and tube amps.

  If I understand correctly, by the 90's (?) the company was dormant, then Dupont registered the "Stimer" trademark and begins to make copies. The original family was upset about the brand name being opportunistically taken like that, and also that the new pickups being produced under the Stimer name were not great.

  references:

  • https://stimer.fr/
  • https://yves-guen-original.fr/ (run this one through google translate!)
  • https://gypsyjazz.online/stimer-guitar-pickups-and-amplifiers/

  

  

  

  
  

  
• billyshakes NoVA✭✭✭ Park Avance - Dupont Nomade - Dupont DM-50E

  May 3 Posts: 1,713

  I thought that last picture was a museum display somewhere. I was going to ask where it was from, but it just appears to be a color (or colorized) version of the same show as the middle pic. Neat stuff.
• super potiron ✭

  September 25 edited September 25 Posts: 8

  https://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/121303#Comment_121303

  Hi,

  The last picture is mine. It's a not a colorized photo but a color reversal film taken by Jean Guen, the true founder of Stimer (joinded later by his brother Yves).

  
• DjoeNL NetherlandsNew Manouche vintage strings Moreno Winterstein, Gitane DG255, Gerrit Bergeijk 2006, JWC Selmer top Busato back

  September 27 Posts: 22

  @wim my Yves Guen ST48 is placed in the middle of the sound hole, but you will prefer it as much to the fretboard for more picking space. From the top to strings i measure 14mm, but i placed it a little higher cause it rattles on the top. You can adjust the magnets.