Meet The Staff

Fralin Pickups Staff

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  Jenny Fralin

  Jenny is our Office Manager and has been with Fralin Pickups since the very beginning. Outside of work, Jenny enjoys choreographing and performing for musical theatre and enjoys spending time with her family and dogs.

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  Tyler Delsack

  Tyler Delsack is the Manager of Fralin Pickups and winds all Hum Cancelling P90s, Jazzmasters, and Big Singles. In addition, he is in charge of the company website and enjoys web design, product photography, email marketing, and more. Outside of work, he loves spending time with his wife, biking, hiking, and drinking good beer.

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  Paul Hammond

  Paul started in April of 2002, and started assembling pickups and building bobbins. He eventually moved to winding pickups, and today, Paul winds everything except for humbuckers, and mainly spends his time winding Telecaster and Bass Pickups. Outside of work, Paul has been a professional drummer since he was 18 years old, and has been playing drums in the BopCats with Lindy for 15 years. Paul lives in Richmond with his wife and two sons.

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  Bill Fugate

  Bill started working at Fralin Pickups in June of 1999. Bill is a true veteran - Bill started with building Bobbins and shipping, and eventually moved to assembling and putting leads on pickups. Today Bill winds and assembles every Humbucker model we offer, one at a time, by hand. Outside of work, Bill spends most of his time with his wife, daughter, and feisty cat (who does not appreciate what Bill does for her).

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  Zach Hudgins

  Zach Hudgins has been with Fralin Pickups for over fifteen years. Zach winds and builds Split Blades, Prewired Pickguards, and Control Plates. So if you've ever bought a Split Blade, Zach has made it! Zach stays very busy playing bass in the successful local band Jackass Flats outside of work. He also enjoys spending time with his wife and son, James.

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  Victor Soult

  Vic Soult has been with Fralin Pickups for over seven years and started building bobbins and assembling pickups. Today, Vic is our Shipping Manager. Vic is an avid jazz guitar player and has played in many local groups for over 30 years. Vic spends his time playing guitar and piano and discovering the next best bourbon.

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  Luke Cretzmeyer

  Luke Cretzmeyer joined the company in December of 2016. Luke is our primary Strat Pickup Winder and winds Mini Humbuckers as well as Firebird pickups. Luke enjoys time with his dog, Mathers, outside of work and enjoys building guitars.

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  Jon Brown

  Jon started working in July of 2018, and is our customer service, quality control, and Leads & Wax maestro. He spends his time answering emails, and assembling and winding Split Steel Pole pickups. Outside of work, Jon likes to spend time with his Wife, Daughter and Son, and plays guitar in the band Horsehead.

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  Tom Young

  Tom started working at Fralin Pickups in October of 2015 and spends his time building bobbins and assembling pickups. He is an avid guitar player and collector and spends most of his time reading, hiking, and photography outside of work. In addition, Tom enjoys spending time with his family and six grandchildren.

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  Derek Harwell

  Derek began working at Fralin Pickups in July 2021 and spends his time at the shop making Bobbins and assembling Hum Cancelling P90s and Jazzmaster. In addition, Derek plays guitar in two bands - a Talking Heads cover band called The Fear Of Music and Barstool Heros. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter.

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  Ellen Burns

  Ellen joined the company in November of 2021 and is our assistant office manager. At work, she manages phone calls and order fulfillment. In addition, Ellen is the Treasurer of the Central Virginia Blues Society and enjoys seeing live music outside of work. As a hobby, Ellen enjoys creating hand-painted furniture.

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  John Hanor

  Originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, John is our newest employee and spends his time building bobbins and soldering. Outside of work, John plays bass in local bands such as Barrelhouse, Loversville, 3rd Wave, and Buttercup. Additionally, John owns Bongo Amps - an amp repair business - his passion for over 20 years.

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  Mathers

  Mathers keeps the shop smiling, and happy, and helps prevent employee weight gain by begging for food all day long and being too adorable to deny. This, in turn, creates lower insurance rates and higher profitability for the company. We pass those savings along to you, dear customer!