paf specificiation (details)

[kevinT]

Yeah, some pickups makers seem to have a lot more wind than others. Must be a key ingredient. Must eat more bran.....

You ought to hear me when I eat a bowl of chili.

[belwar]

The Frankenbucker is a conglomeration of cheap undesireable parts, e.g., brass baseplates, stew-mac spacer bars, brass covers, and mystery metals for slugs and polepieces. etc...

My dad made frankenbuckers for several years. Wound at our kitchen table, and note the two rows of black oxide hex screws as pole pieces from the local hardware store :> Gotoh bobbins, stainless baseplates, 43 poly sol wire, and crudy magnets.

Heres one in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gizrYsFPQME

Man we made some ugly guitars.

[Stan H]

My dad made frankenbuckers for several years. Wound at our kitchen table, and note the two rows of black oxide hex screws as pole pieces from the local hardware store :> Gotoh bobbins, stainless baseplates, 43 poly sol wire, and crudy magnets.

Heres one in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gizrYsFPQME

Man we made some ugly guitars.

Your dad wound pickups for Kee Marcello? Cool! I loved Europe

[belwar]

Your dad wound pickups for Kee Marcello? Cool! I loved Europe

...and made the guitars. Europe bought 9 guitars from us. Kee had two including a double humbucker tele with his name inlaid on the fretboard. It's one of the ugliest guitars you'll ever see.

[kevinT]

My dad made frankenbuckers for several years. Wound at our kitchen table, and note the two rows of black oxide hex screws as pole pieces

Man, you had me going, I thought that you were Larry DiMarzio's son.

[David Schwab]

Man we made some ugly guitars.

They weren't that ugly compared to some of the stuff in the 80's.

We have an ad from Guitar World hanging up in our shop of some of the most hideous looking instruments I've ever seen! I'll have to scan it and post it here. It looked like someone just scribbled some weird shapes free hand and cut them out! Then they were in those primary colors that Kramer was doing when they still had aluminum necks.

Your new electrics are much nicer of course.

[belwar]

Man, you had me going, I thought that you were Larry DiMarzio's son.

Thems fightin words buddy.

Monkey bars, three oclock.

[jonson]

Only thing ugly about them was your dad picking some of the colours out of your kiddies paint box. Flametops were fine and they did play good. I PDI/ed all of the ones Gerard Barte imported into the uk in the 80s and 90s and found now't much wrong with them. Only catering with what the pretty boys at that time wanted. Maybe time to go again, which from the sounds of your pickup forays is what you are up to.

[clown_luthier]

58-60 pafs were not waxed right?

[David Schwab]

58-60 pafs were not waxed right?

Gibson didn't start potting the pickup until recently... My '81 LP with Shaw humbuckers weren't potted.

[clown_luthier]

Gibson didn't start potting the pickup until recently... My '81 LP with Shaw humbuckers weren't potted.

Thanx David

[David Schwab]

Only thing ugly about them was your dad picking some of the colours out of your kiddies paint box.

That was the thing back then... the primary colors I mentioned earlier. Kramer started it I think.

[clown_luthier]

some parts:


now i need only wire

[clown_luthier]

bobbin color???

waht is the closest cream bobbin color to wintage paf color?

this is original 1959 paf:


this one too:


it the montreux color the closest to this?



if i will need double cream i will combine them with this little pice from other thread:
RSN-04/16 Nylon Spacer, 1" Long x 0.187" OD x 0.115" ID for #4 Screw Size - SmallParts.com



what do you think?
where to buy nice paf looking cream bobbins?

Thanx guys

[clown_luthier]

i found this with google:


from this maker:
Stan Hinesley Hand Crafted Hand Wound Pickups for Guitar and Bass

wat do you think where is this cream bobbin from?
does mojo or guitar jones usa look like this one?