\u201cI initially wanted to be musician and that was kind of a dead dream after a while. So I decided, \u2018Hey, maybe I can do something like this.\u2019\u201d Porter said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Porter Pickups has been in business for the past 8 years. The business specializes in building a device that\u2019s installed in guitars called a pickup. For those of us who don\u2019t know what that is, let\u2019s let Brian Porter explain:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The pickup is a small device with magnets and copper wire. Basically, when your strings vibrate, it interrupts the magnetic field of the coil and that sends a small signal through that you have to amplify. So thats why you have to plug in an electric guitar to an amplifier because there\u2019s a weak signal that gets magnified. I like to think of it simply as a microphone for the guitar. So it translates whatever the strings and your hands are doing into a signal. <\/p>Brian Porter<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nThrough hard work and lots of trial and error, Porter Pickups has designed high quality pickups and in the process picked up customers from around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m very much not<\/em> a book learner so I just make a lot of mistakes and that\u2019s how I get better. I just jumped in and did it. I make it sound like it was fast but it was over the course of several years,\u201d Porter said.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIn 2017 Brian Porter and his team started building custom-made electric guitars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s cool to see it from the start all the way through because you\u2019re creating something for a specific customer,\u201d Porter said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And it truly is from start to finish. Brian and his team track down the correct wood for the project, cut the neck and body out in their shop, build and install the electronics, and do everything in between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEverything is handmade. It\u2019s not running off a giant assembly line,\u201d Porter said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This kind of custom-made process means every single instrument is a personal work of art, but that doesn\u2019t mean Porter has a hard time selling his art. In fact, he\u2019s happy to see the guitars go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a very strange dynamic because I love it and I enjoy it but I don\u2019t want to see one sit on the wall very long,\u201d Porter said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Plus, when the guitars sell, that means there\u2019s room to make more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s something that I love to do and I\u2019m never bored. I enjoy every single day that I come in here and get to work,\u201d Porter said<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As for the future of Porter Pickups: \u201cWe want to be an open and inviting place for people to come. We want people to come in and talk about needs for their guitars and maybe dream up a custom guitar,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can learn more about Porter Pickups and their guitars at: https:\/\/www.porterpickups.com\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Behind every great guitarist there\u2019s a great guitar. Likewise, behind every great guitar, there\u2019s a great guitar-maker. And Idaho\u2019s Brian Porter is one of them. \u201cI\u2019ve always wanted to do something guitar-related for my job. I never really felt like I wanted to do anything else for my career,\u201d Porter said. \u00a0Brian Porter is the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,10],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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