Magnets/ best, worst etc..

[big_teee]

PAF's are vastly different design than modern buckers, I am a die hard humbucker hater, and always have been, but PAF's are in a different league altogether and tonally have more in common with P90's than anything, in fact they share many of the same parts, same number of winds, same magnets, pole keepers, pole screws and magnet wire. Its their single coil vibe that attracted me....

The bridge pickups in that era always sound anemic to me.
I always want to put some wire on them.
But, that is strictly IMHO!
T

[WolfeMacleod]

Yes, I restore PAF's for FREE. But they have to have the original wire on them and not be someone's bad rewind job........

Here you go again Dave, down grading other winders again. You really should stop doing it, refering to your link to the MLP........

Dave, this is exactly why you can continue to pay retail from secondary sources for nickel silver P-90 covers.

Your attitude and demeaning disposition towards anyone else sucks. As if you are the only person who can make a good pickup.
I get the feeling you really believe you are making actual vintage PAFs.

[madialex]

Seems possums post came outta left field. Just curious if it relates to the OP?

[ReWind]

We dont even know what the harness in the shootout on the MLP was, that could really swing things around one way or the other too.

FYI -

Your welcome and thank you. This is why I used the 59 replica ~ I felt it would be the best general sounding and closest to what large portion of our members use. I'm a R0 neck carve lover for my personal choice. I'm able to play better and faster on an R0 neck. Plus the 59 is my everyday player.

I Use RS SuperPots and CTS 500K tone pots (also fromRS) . Real 50's NOS BB's caps. 50's wiring. Monster cable / the gold tip 1. I'm not sure if the exact name.

[copperheadroads]

Possum I agree about a Paf should sound like a P-90 . when its in a les paul.
I hear this in the really early records & I prefer the p-90 there easier to make ..
Anyway don't mind me ,there is some great info in this thread ...keep her going

[Possum]

They can also sound like a strat, some of Duane Allman's strat work sounds kind of like his Les Paul work, Peter Green's Albatross was a Strat, many thought it was recorded on a Les Paul. Much of Bloomfield's work is the same, hard to tell if he was playing his P90 LP or a strat, I think amp and recording choice had a lot to do with that.
Super Pots didn't work at all for me, they had this weird accentuated high treble thing and a quick drop off taper, I tossed them and replaced with same high value 550K CTS pots they sell for tone pots, way better pots for alot less.

[LtKojak]

The bridge pickups in that era always sound anemic to me.

You won't believe the heat I take every time I tell this simple truth to all those mindless T-Top fanbois...

Fact is, I made my start as a pro musician in 1973 with a terrific '68 Gibson Les Paul Custom and I had the opportunity to experience on my own skin the anemic wimpiness of those p'ups. I was 15 years old and I didn't know any better, at the time I thought it was ME that I didn't have what it took to cut it.

Fortunately, I've always been stubborn, so I didn't quit!