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Jerry Donahue

Paul Jones by Paul Jones
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Jerry Donahue was one of the founding members of the Hellecasters.

His unique fingerpicking style allowed him to make a Telecaster sound like a pedal-steel. His bending technique along with a few behind-the-nut bends here and there create some amazing sounds.

He played with numerous bands in the British folk/rock scene through the late 60’s and early 70’s.

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Jerry once told a story in an interview with Seymour Duncan in 2014, were he was working in a guitar shop in London around November 1968.

“I sold a Cherry Red Gibson 335 to Eric Clapton a week before the farewell Cream performance at the Royal Albert Hall.”

Signature Guitars

Over his career, Jerry has worked with quite a few guitar companies to produce some great and very versatile guitars.

Fender JD Tele in 1991, both as a Custom Shop and MIJ version. Featured a Strat single coil in the neck and custom 5-way wiring.

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G&L 2004 called the ASAT JD-5. Never really made it into production. Only around 20 were ever made.

Peavey 2005 – 2009, Omniac JD The first to feature his signature Seymour Duncan pickups. Same custom 5-way wiring.

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Fret-King 2010, Fret-King JDD. Also a budget version – Vintage V58JDAB

The one thing that has stayed the same though all of the signature guitars has been the custom 5-way wiring. The idea behind it was to keep the standard Telecaster wiring but to add a Strat neck pickup sounds and a more jazz orientated tone.

Here—in Donahue’s own words—is a description of the tones delivered by the custom 5-way switching:

  • Position 1: The rich and sparkling neck position of a traditional Stratocaster, resulting in that unmistakable vintage single-coil sound that echoes the soaring, majestic blues tones of the ’60s and ’70s.
  • Position 2: The neck pickup with a special capacitor engaged. This yields a tone ordinarily associated with an archtop jazz guitar. Add overdrive to capture that classic late-’60s “woman tone.”
  • Position 3: The neck and bridge pickups in a custom parallel wiring. This produces an enhanced, contemporary version of a Telecaster’s traditional middle-position tone.
  • Position 4: Combines both pickups with a capacitor and resistor to create a controlled degree of reversed phase. This offers a Stratocaster’s popular “in-between quack tone.”
  • Position 5: The solo bridge pickup with the gutsy lead sound of the very best ’50s Telecasters.
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  • Position 1: Solo neck pickup (like standard Telecaster wiring).
  • Position 2: Neck pickup with additional 3300 pF cap to ground.
  • Position 3: Neck + bridge pickup in parallel with additional 2200 pF cap to ground.
  • Position 4: Neck + bridge pickup in parallel, half out-of-phase.
  • Position 5: Solo bridge pickup (like standard Telecaster wiring).
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