Jerry Wallace

Jeremy Moyers · Post by **Jeremy Moyers** » 9 Feb 2020 11:19 am

Not sure if this has been posted anywhere yet, but my friend Jerry Wallace, steel guitarist and builder of Wallace Truetone Pickups, passed away Friday February 7th after a lengthy battle with cancer. Prayers for his family would be greatly appreciated. He was a great man and will be missed by many! His son Robbie is one of my oldest friends and let us know about his passing this morning.

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 9 Feb 2020 12:45 pm

Terrible news.

Allen Howington · Post by **Allen Howington** » 9 Feb 2020 12:59 pm

Good Man, and always made me feel like I lived next door to him when doing business with him. I considered him a friend even though we never met in person.....

Ross Shafer · Post by **Ross Shafer** » 9 Feb 2020 1:53 pm

Very sad news. RIP Jerry, you'll be missed!

Ken Byng · Post by **Ken Byng** » 9 Feb 2020 1:57 pm

Very sad news for the steel guitar fraternity. Jerry's products were top class, and he was always very helpful and a good person to deal with.

Blake Hawkins · Post by **Blake Hawkins** » 9 Feb 2020 2:25 pm

I am sorry to hear this. Over the years Jerry rewound a number of pickups for me and they were always perfect.
Praying for comfort for the family.

John De Maille · Post by **John De Maille** » 9 Feb 2020 2:58 pm

So sorry to hear this. His pickups were renown for their sound and his service was impeccable.
My condolences to his family.
RIP. Jerry

Kevin Mincke · Post by **Kevin Mincke** » 9 Feb 2020 4:15 pm

Sad news Indeed

Years ago Jerry rewound a couple S~B pickups for my SuperPro. He pulled the pole pieces up so they are about 1/8th” above top plate and just sound wonderful. He had gotten so busy with his TrueTone line that he couldn’t take on a couple more I had. We’ll miss you Jerry and hopefully someone can carry on your fine work. Prayers for his family, til we meet again.

Doug Earnest · Post by **Doug Earnest** » 9 Feb 2020 4:15 pm

I'm very sorry. Jerry made a good number of pickups for me. We visited on the phone quite a bit, he was very likeable.

Dave Zirbel · Post by **Dave Zirbel** » 9 Feb 2020 5:24 pm

He made a great pickup for a great price...must have been a great guy! RIP Jerry.

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 9 Feb 2020 5:59 pm

Oh no; my heart is hurting bad. Jerry and I did so much work together in the last 15 years; as he/we designed the best TrueTone Pickup ohmage for the Sho~bud and he was the only one that would re-wind an original sho~bud pickup for me and include the 3-wire coil tap; and always chewed me out a little about that 3rd wire...I can still hear him; but he would still always do it for me. Ok now I'm crying.
I love you Jerry; I will think about you every day and PLEASE; Go Rest High On That Mountain.
RIP.
Ricky

Joseph Napolitano · Post by **Joseph Napolitano** » 9 Feb 2020 6:27 pm

So Sorry to hear this . I bought two pick-ups from Jerry a few years ago. Very nice man.

J R Rose · Post by **J R Rose** » 9 Feb 2020 6:34 pm

SAD,SAD MEWS. I LOVED HIS PICKUPS AND HE WAS ALWAYS A GENTLEMAN TO DEAL WITH. J.R.

Kerry Johnson · Post by **Kerry Johnson** » 9 Feb 2020 7:37 pm

Sad to here this.

Condolences to his family.

Fred Justice · Post by **Fred Justice** » 9 Feb 2020 11:25 pm

Sad news indeed. I ordered and used Jerry's pickup's from time to time.
Of course we would visit a lot as well.
I'll miss Jerry, RIP friend.

Leon Brannan · Post by **Leon Brannan** » 10 Feb 2020 5:56 am

Jerry rewound 8 pickups for my Fender Quad, 2 special 10 string spacing and 2 12 string pickups for a special project. Very nice Fourmite and a Gentleman to deal with. Leon Jerry RIP

Stu Schulman · Post by **Stu Schulman** » 10 Feb 2020 6:23 am

My Condolences to Jerry's family.

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 10 Feb 2020 8:40 am

That's very sad news indeed.
He was my go to guy for pickups.

Erv

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 10 Feb 2020 10:37 am

Who's gonna fill his shoes?

Bob Carlucci · Post by **Bob Carlucci** » 10 Feb 2020 10:59 am

Oh boy, bad news after bad news in our community.. I used Jerry's pickup for years.. Other steel players loved the sound of my Truetone equipped steels, so Jerry certainly did something right... Big shoes to fill, when it comes to making good quality, classic sounding single coil steel guitar pickups... bob

Jon Light (deceased) · Post by **Jon Light (deceased)** » 10 Feb 2020 11:29 am

Dude was a master. I've got one Bud rewind and one odd egg he made for me out of a failing GL TPPP. He was a hell of an asset to our community.

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 10 Feb 2020 11:35 am

that is very sad news, I used his pickups enywhere I could... Mr. Papić used True Tone pickups as a standard pickup on all of his Promat guitars , and I have them on my Promat today as well as in all the other Promat guitars I bought in the past ... RIP Jerry

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Patrick Richards · Post by **Patrick Richards** » 10 Feb 2020 8:21 pm

He was a nice person, superb at his craft and I'll miss him.

Eddie Freeman · Post by **Eddie Freeman** » 11 Feb 2020 7:36 am

He was greatly gifted and will be greatly missed, Our prayers to family.

Cartwright Thompson · Post by **Cartwright Thompson** » 11 Feb 2020 2:33 pm

I’m really sorry to hear that. Jerry was the best.

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