Keith Richards and his guitar tech Pierre had the idea of creating a Humbucker out of two Telecaster neck pickups. Cream T was happy to facilitate and created the first pickup of its kind approved by Keith Richards and installed in his Gloria Telecaster.

The Banger & Mash has since been developed to fit any Humbucker routed guitar. The pickup is based on vintage NoCaster pickups some added PAF frequency base to it.