Throbak Pickup Demo: 02 R8 Les Paul '65 Fender Deluxe Reverb

[LesterPaul01]

Why would you want to change the pups in a R8?

[LesterPaul01]

did you mod your deluxe and what was the volume set at? thanks

[tbbucsfanutube]

Pickups sound great! I love the intro to Brown Sugar by ZZ Top. Those pickups nailed that tone.

[4937645]

Hi Dan. All I can say is wow.. How do those pickups sound with overdrive??

[4937645]

Sounds sick man. I have a SG standard in which I vintaged out. How would those pups sound in it?? I have an old set of 57' classics in now and they sound great. But dam, those thro baks are sick.........

[MyBluesGuitar]

Those Pickups sound nice but don´t have much low end. At first you don´t heart because you paly well. But plugging my own TOKAI MIJ LP and playing along if was clear to me than the low end is week..

Cheers,

[Stringprodigy]

Sounds a lot like the Lollar Imperial neck pup in my Lester.

[guns1rose]

You got the JBL d120f in your amp?

How is it? My older friend has an old d120f hell sell me for $75 bucks. Ive got a '64 Deluxe but ive got the shitty oxford in it....

Thanks,

tyler

[jp6l6]

I thought LP R8 feature a plain top ?

Would you please give an idea about the price of these pickups ?

[skydog46]

@jp6l6 No. It depends on what year the R8 was made. Some R8's from '01 and '02 were flametops.

The pickups were about $350 I think. It's on Jon's website. Google throbak pickups.

[jp6l6]

Thank you and all the best.

[tims18]

sohnds very nice. what's the reason for all the pick noise? or is it just me?

[kennzo5150]

brown sugar at the end awesome i love it! really curious about these pups now. how do they compare too burstbucker pros ?

[esmin81]

hey dan, what is that song you're playing at 4:20? Sounds vaguely familiar. I like the progression.

[skydog46]

People Get Ready!!

[samguitarmurphy]

sweet tone man!!!!

[Rich915]

Hey, Let it Rain is supposed to be played on Strat..lol! The Throbacks sound great. I too broke down & ordered me a set of the 101's. Nice Playing Sky!

[skydog46]

Sshh...don't tell everyone!! LOL!! Thanks for the nice words and enjoy the pickups!!!

[clapton101]

wHATS IS THE WEBSITE FOR THESE PUPS?

[esmin81]

Those are the nicest sounding PAF clones I think i've heard. Wow!

[OhYeah729]

are PAFs stock in the 1958 vos les paul standard?

[skydog46]

Real PAF's only came in vintage 50's and 60's Gibsons. The new Historic reissues come with burstbuckers...which are copies of PAF's.

[tomasoc]

You read my mind on turning the reverb down. What is it with people running new hardware through effects?! Haha.

Sounded great dude, thanks for posting. It's great having someone with a bluesy touch testing guitar stuff. Have you tried the Luxe Bumblebee caps? Couldn't find a video online. Thanks again dude.

[skydog46]

No, I have real bumbles and black beauties in my Historics. Thanks for listening!!

[nevkv]

i think ur new pickups sound more musical.

[leftystrat62]

I really liked the sound you got out of that neck pickup. I replaced 57's with Timbuckers in my 98' LP Elegant. The Timbuckers sounded much better,especially thru my blackface vibroverb compared to my Aiken Sabre(Marshall type amp),but that neck pickup still sounds muddy.My buddy played his original '59 thru the Aiken and his neck pickup sounded great-maybe I should check these out. Have you ever played Timbuckers?

[Zztop128]

Which one are according to you the best PAF-style pickups? This ones or the skatterbanes? Or maybe other PUs?

Cheers

B.

[skydog46]

I think these sound and feel more like real PAF's than most others I have tried. I liked the Skatterbranes...but they're a little softer sounding...at least his alnico 2 versions. These were wound on the same machines as PAFs!!!

[kevinstrange1]

I tried the Scatterbranes. They weren't bad but these new pickups seem to sound like they don't bloom. It could be the reverb on the amp. Are these made by the machine that Seymour Duncan had. He bought the original PAF machine. That's what the Duncans are wound on. There's a video here on youtube. Great playing . Like to hear more from you.

[PMCMANIS]

jon gundry for president. great tone dan, as always, and the way the chords sound on these is incredible. and these are nice for those of us who cant afford the pafs or patent numbers on the occasion a real set shows up.

[skydog46]

Absolutely!!!

[Noitpure]

Great demo Dan! Love the neck pup! Hmmmm, now I'm thinking about possibly trying some out in my R9. You make 'em sound sweet!

T

[skydog46]

Hey Trina!! Thanks. I like the way they feel too!! They wont make your guitar perform back flips, but if you want a clear sweet pickup with good sizzle and harmonics...these are real nice!!!

[Noitpure]

Thanks Dan! Yep, I'm looking for clear tone with bite and harmonics. Exactly what I heard in your demos. Trina

[lespaul10]

Nicely demo'd. Cant wait to try'em out.

[Oszych]

Yeah, sound is clear but this pups . . .

It's not same sound as PAFs . . .

Or I missing ? I don't know.

Somethin's wrong .

[skydog46]

.hmm...well, it's not my R9....it's my R8, that may be part of it. I'm using the DR and maybe I should have put the camera on an angle because its mic tends to compress a little?

[StowBurst]

More reverb... that was chilled out.. sounds clear man!