PAF Gibson Neck Pickup

[mistad00m]

is there anyway you know what alnico magnet is used in this and other paf's? i love jimmy page's tone from his late 50's les paul and the beano tone, but i can't find info on it.

[jacobtheguitarfreak]

Do you know what year the pickup or guitar is?

[59vampire]

Jon,

Is this the pickup you used for the DT model?  thanks Bruce

[pjr779]

Sorry if it is a dumb question, but are you from ThroBak Electronics (ThroBak Pickups)?

If so, how close are your pickups to this one on the video? I saw Gregor Hilden demoing the SLE-101 LTD set and they sound fatter and with a little less dinamic response (different amp?).

Thanks!

[ThroBakElectronics]

Yes I make Throbak pickups. What you are hearing is the difference in amps and settings. If you doing an A/B comparison with the same amp and guitar this PAF is actually a little fatter in tone than the SLE-101 LTD neck pickup.

[DiabeticFury14]

Nothing better than a beautiful neck pickup.  :)

[tele100]

That to me defines the sound of a vintage paff. It is the standard to measure others!!

[drivershigh29]

damn i love this tone, it's freakin sweet, and i love those tasteful licks :P

[MyManDan]

hey man what kind of room were you playing this in? Is that reverb from the amp or just au natural, cuz it sounds great!

[racinjason95]

I love the wah/vowel type sound he gets when he rolls the tone down between 1:22 - 1:27. Definately PIO caps. Probably even Bumblebees to get that kind of tone!!! I'm green with envy!!!

[rw5791]

are these the pu's used to model the dt-102's?

[adam10603]

wow. real PAF sounds. nicee

[Metallicaforever95]

which are better ANTIQUITY HUMBUCKER  or

EMG SELECT HUMBUKERS??

[jp6l6]

Antiquities !!!!!!

[deepblue1963]

EMG's? batteries are for flashlights.

[DisasterBlaster500]

@Metallicaforever95 EMG's suck, especially if you're playing through a small amp.

[EPICFAILSAM]

Please don't give me thumbs down, but how do paf neck humbuckers compare to fender wide range buckers. I like both but never compared them side by side.

[tokojojiji]

The pafs are better trust me

[EPICFAILSAM]

@tokojojiji Yah I know that but I was asking what the difference in tone yah know like how much more midrange/treble relative to the bass end. And how did I know my comment would get crucified. lolz

[dimlocator44]

Loved it! Unbeatable guitar blues

[TheHabit00]

wow listen to that bite! love the les paul;

[LesParadyz]

way too much crappy delay...

[murfdog19]

Sounds good! But, I think a modern Gibson 57 Classic sounds just as good.

[Snotra]

That position sounds pretty good when you roll off on the tone knob and feather pick. Its kinda sad when strat palyers buy a Paul and make it sound bright and pick realy hard to get that SRV quack tone. Strats BTW have sustain of a banjo!

[spameister]

I'll show you sustain on a Strat which will floor most LPs I've played :)

[THOUSEoftheALMIGHTY]

i for got to mention my les paul is 14 pounds! solid body very heavey but i love it that way sustain for days

[IrishAmericanPride]

@THOUSEoftheALMIGHTY 14 pound guitars rock! I can't play anything lighter than 11 pounds.

[THOUSEoftheALMIGHTY]

I HAVE 3 1971 T-TOP's the best pick up i have ever heard, sound much like the origianl paf's on my les paul custom black beauty (looks like peter framptons) and the tone conrols are all original with wierd looking compacitors that you don't see anymore tone from hell

[camaro101]

do you have the volume backed off? hmmmm

[clehneis]

super bluesy ballsy tone. Gotta have it!!

[kickcableguyinnuts]

he's using a princeton, theyre bright amps. I think it sounds like a blues guitar sound should here.

[davidchila]

PAF has sort of a bite to its sound.

[AndrasSimon]

Amazing tone..... as expected from a real PAF. So how close are the pups you wind?

[SlyStrat]

I don't like it. Too bright.

[ujohn9]

turn the treble down some...

[clehneis]

Its tough to make the neck pickup sound as clear as this one is so if its too bright for you just roll the tone knob down a touch.

[Al112987]

Incredible. The top end of that neck pickup is amazing. I take it that this is one of the PAFs that you guys cloned?

[delloo]

O.K. now I'm confused. Are these original vintage PAF's (i.e. long magnet from before 1960) or ThroBak PAF's. They better be ThroBak's, because I have a set on order and that tone was killer!

[clehneis]

original PAF

[felipescalador]

Hi is that a small humbucker?? or a p90??

[vinvinvin]

i actually think its one of those new seymour duncan p-rails pickups. I believe that SRV guy used them

[kingster911]

whoever gave your comment a thumbs up is verrry dumb.

[InevitableGravity]

@vinvinvin @felipescalador: ...seriously?

[yobhsiFehT]

Nice - sounds like a lot of what Clapton was going for in the early days. Then again, I'm young, so maybe my opinions on "the early days" should be kept to myself:P:) Either way, sounds good to the recent convert to Seth Lover loving:D I'm considering getting a Tele and putting the SD SL at the neck and some sort of Esquire-esque pup at the bridge. Thoughts?

[bossmxr1]

cool blues man. May I ask if you know the output rating on that pu??

[ThroBakPAF]

7.65K.

[davo171]

I love that warm, gritty tone! This is the epitome of good tone. Expressive and raw at the same time!

[nikolasredondo]

mmm.. the lovely sound come from that beauty guitar

[thelefty300]

Dude ITS ORIGINAL!

[ThroBakPAF]

No it's a vintage PAF.

[Mellifluous49]

sweet-warm-mellow-hot-gotta share this one

[StowBurst]

You have some great licks.. tone is fantastic and you have soul in your playing!

MORE VIDS?

Cheers

s

[cl0udtop]

wow, the narrow spacing doesn't seem to matter all that much does it? Now all I need is a vintage Byrdland or ES and a chainsaw!

[pascalsantana]

Magick!!

[cosn2009]

The seth lover sounds like this? thank you

[gooftroop009]

this may sound stupid but will you get more sustain by putting gibson pickups in another type of guitar..specificall Godin

[OzzmanX30]

no the sustain is made by the bridge and the magnetic pull of your pickup so if u get any vintage humbucker itll have good sustain also slant paddle head stock add sustain

[petegoyeroslin]

sustain also comes form the neck, the body, the type of wood , the electronics, the player, old paf pickups dont always sound great either. the newer seymour duncan PAFs are much better. the old pafs had no consistancy, as they wernt made at gibson but by subcontractors, who used all different types of slug poles, sizes and alloys

[darkrider221]

what will be the best pickups for sweet child o' mine?

[kenan6346]

Dunno about that song specifically, but most of Slash's electric guitars have Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro pickups in them

[FFXGuitar]

Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro in Neck and a Fishman PowerBrige in the bridge for most of his guitars

[FFXGuitar]

Excuse me, I meant a pair of Alnico II Pro (Neck and Bridge), and Slash uses a Fishman PowerBridge (Tune o Matic Bridge) that helps him get his signature tone.

[samguitarmurphy]

from wich year is that les paul?

it really sounds great!!!

great playin'

[alphaBootes]

I love it's old crunch more than my SH1'n 59's clarity on my Ibanez SZ

[computerblue1]

Are you plugged straight into the amp?

[ThroBakPAF]

Yes. Everything is set to 10 on the amp except for the reverb which is around 3.

[Mustang1204]

@ThroBakPAF

So your amps don't go to eleven? :D

[Mustang1204]

@ThroBakPAF

Nothing set to 11? :D

[bullshitdetective1]

how did you get the action so low? i have had mine done professionally and it nowhere near as low! wot the hell are they doing wrong?

[ThroBakPAF]

The action is not really that low on this guitar. It looks lower on this clip than it really is

[bullshitdetective1]

well it looks very low to me!!! can you tell me how low it is on the 12th fret please??

[micirest]

very personal

[rockin4shred]

nice dude. what peice??

[ThroBakPAF]

Just improvising. Made it up as I played.

[goerge4]

the only thing i can say is that you can groove dude!!

[lynchite]

What year is the Princeton Reverb?

[ThroBakPAF]

Late 70's Princeton Reverb with Pull Boost volume. I changed a few components to get it to Blackface specs. I never use the pull boost.

[lynchite]

Thanks, I've got a '79 PR, never use the pull boost either! Great tone!

[fenderstandardstrat]

What kind of magnet does that pickup have?

[baskethilt]

So this one is an old 1950´s pickup?

[Wooodstock69]

Yes its a real paf humbucker. many people think it's the best humbucker ever made.

So do I

Love and peace

[baskethilt]

Do u know why its so hard to recreate them, rebuild them? Did they lose some blueprints or other information throughout the years?

[Wooodstock69]

as for as i know the big companies can't remake them bcause the pickups are not cheap to make so they can't make a lot of profit..

Pickups are difficult things! You have to use the same kind of metals, wires, machnetally make them the same. But i don't know a lot about pickups.

Love and Peace

[lordkoos]

The alnico magnets are different now...

[ultramegasloth]

Many companies do make PAF-type pickups. The problem with making a replica of them, though, is that there is no one PAF sound. They varied winds and magnets during the early years. So every PAF remake is a more or less valid variation on the PAF. But for the most authentic remakes of the PAF, Seymour Duncan makes the Antiquity Humbuckers, which are painstaking recreations of the originals. They use the exact materials, and artificial aging processes. The result is basically a great PAF.

[Wooodstock69]

I think sd pickups make the best pafs...

Peace

[murraypw]

as far as i know, SD bought the kalamazoo pickup winding machine when that plant closed down so the pickups are wound on the same machine as the original 50s PAFs.

It should all be on the SD website

[ThroBakPAF]

PAF's were machine wound. There was more that one machine used to wind them but most were wound on the Leesona 102 winding machine. Seymour Duncan has one of the machines. I have one as well. I am not aware of any other pickup makers that have this machine. Set-up of the winding machine plays a big part in the variation and tonal differences of PAF's. Vintage winding machines like the Leesona 102 have their own unique winding pattern that can't be duplicated by hand.

[mesimeriaris]

Outstanding clarity and sweetness!!Maybe PAFs aint only mojo after all....

[skydog46]

What is the guitar?

[RickyboyH]

its a les paul

[ThroBakPAF]

It is a 2004, R7 Gibson Historic Reissue 1957 Les Paul. Nice weight at 8.6 lbs. Lots of fun to play.

[StowBurst]

Great tone..more?

[hvst]

Can we please see one with the left hand, too?

[Smrtokvitek]

nice sound

[pingo775]

nice

[AlvaroPinto2]

Sounds g8 pure-rock `n roll

[steveb334]

sounds great!!!