Stephens Design VINTAGE LAB-PG set-Peter Greend specs!

[fmilktoast]

hey dave. do you know anything about what string gauges he used?

[SDPickups]

@fmilktoast No, I wish I did, string gauge is really important in figuring out what an artist's tone was. For example, early Page, he used 8 gauge which is critical to nailing his sound. Bloomfield surprisingly used very heavy strings like 12's or even 13's. If you find out let me know.

[kissyxander]

As a lifetime PG fan, you may not have captured the playing quality (no criticism, few ever have) but boy you have the guitar tone nailed. Great sounding amp too. Hats off to you.

[SDPickups]

@kissyxander Thanks. You need the right amp for Peter Green tones too, if you watch all the available YouTube videos of him playing you only see Fender amps that use 6L6 power tubes. Michael Bloomfield also used Fender 6L6 powered amps, my Vibrolux fits right in that groove.

[JakeHoyle92]

Is that a Stellar guitar? If so, what is your opinion on it

[SDPickups]

@JakeHoyle92 Yes its a Stellar. Its not a bad guitar for the money, I'm not sure they're making them like this one anymore. You really need to removed the pickups and the complete wiring harness because they are all very substandard garbage. I have completely rewired mine to authentic 50's wiring with NOS bee caps, new pots, the whole deal. Any VL PAF set needs a 50's repro harness to go into, no matter how expensive your guitar is, the harness is part of the tone too....

[Slammintone]

Can I get this set with the magnet flipped normally in the neck position, like a regular in phase set? I think they would be wonderful. Thanks!

[SDPickups]

@Slammintone Yes you could. You might also take a look at the VL59JP set, as it is somewhat similar and designed with similar hot wind but neck is purposed for playing the right way around with really nice clarity for a hot neck....

[SDPickups]

@blackjerryboymetal You need to do better research ;-) He never flipped the magnet but the magnet IS flipped. Buy the Les Paul Handbook by Paul Balmer. Joel Dantzig founder of Hamer guitars took the pickups out of their cavities and found the neck pickup magnetic polarity IS backwards. This is documented and photographed in the book. Few pickup makers know this. Turning a pickup backwards does not change phase, try it. Some PAF's accidentally had flipped magnets, not uncommon at all...

[deepblue1963]

Correct me if im wrong, but didnt Green get his sound from the middle position?

[SDPickups]

Yes and no. He is known for the out of phase tone but he also played the bridge and neck pickup just as much. Find the YouTube video "Man of the World" with Peter Green, he plays only the bridge. Many songs he recorded he never uses the out of phase position at all...

[fenderplayer757]

thats some great tone!!! Have you done any more mods to the amp besides blackface it, because ive never heard a fender amp produce that amount of a gain while still producing smooth compression and saturation.

[SDPickups]

That amp has a real blackface power transformer in it. Yes, I did two easy mods to do. I installed a vibrato disconnect switch which adds a touch of gain, and installed in the back a negative feedback loop switch which adds a touch of treble gain. These are real easy mods to do and really bring the amps alive at lower volume.

[fmilktoast]

that middle position sounds insane. i cant wait for that damn t-top set.

[Gusdaq]

Hi Dave, Ive got my PG set on order with you, and hearing that, cant wait to get 'em!!!

John (England)

[BARKERDYLAN]

More fabulous tone Mr S!

Your Vintage Lab PAF pickups are, hands-down, the best PAF-style pickups available. Deep tight bottom end, complex gnarly mids and a liquid top end that extends way up but never gets piercing.

People - these pickups are the real deal, vintage correct PAF tone you always hoped to find. Get em while you can...

[kyle9371]

what pickups are these

great sound by the way

[newking70]

so, what's next?

[SDPickups]

Whats next is the Vintage Lab TTop set coming soon. Also check out my video for the Vintage Lab P90 set now available.

[joeltothemax]

what is the intro song?

id kill for your ipod

[SDPickups]

The intro song is me playing over a jam track, the pickups are the Dirty Harry pickups in an Artcore Ibanez archtop. I tried to use some Peter Green solos in the into song but YouTube wouldn't let me due to copyrights You can't have my iPod, sorry :-)

[SDPickups]

Yeah, modern players basically don't like accurate PAF tone much and prefer darker more modern tones. I"ve done some blind audio tests and seldom do players choose real PAFs in a shootout :-) Thats our puppy sheltie, his name is Jazz, he rocks!

[soundmasterg]

Sweet pickups! I like the regular PF Stars better, but these are nice too. I love the touch of the dog (lion) at the end, pretty funny! :)

[SDPickups]

Introducing the new VL-PG set, 8.6K bridge, 8.2K neck, both alnico 2. Shown with flipped magnet and pickup turned around like Peter's. I listened heavily to Peter Green and Gary Moore, both playing that out of phase guitar. I did side by side recordings with that guitar to assure I was nailing it. Email me if you want to hear those audio files. Thanks,

Dave

[mistersnaredrum]

so if you've flipped the magnet and then installed the pickup backwards, it's lamost back in phase, right? have you wired it out of phase as well, or not?

sounds awesome!

[SDPickups]

No. If you flip the magnet the pickups will be out of phase no matter which direction the pickup is facing. With the neck pickup having the screws face the bridge, the brighter slug coil is hearing the strings closer to the neck, so you get a noticeably different tone by itself. You can wire the pickups out of phase but it won't sound quite the same.