PAF in a 62 ES335 vs. others. You be the judge.

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Had some free time and thought I could put something together as a pickup reference for everyone in this forum. Enjoy.

Dry Z in an 81 GRECO SA1200
http://www.supload.com/listen?s=FO70B2OWKDHP
http://www.supload.com/listen?s=PM6ODXANYTS0

VH-1 in a Burny 59-335 replica
http://www.supload.com/listen?s=RF1SZ17HSJRE

Super58 in an 82 Ibanez SA200
http://www.supload.com/listen?s=I2PR234CL7WM

PAF- in a 62 Gibson es335
http://www.supload.com/listen?s=55YQHMJ143NB

Kent Armstrong in an '04 Eastman 146 line
http://www.supload.com/listen?s=UX01HABYZFDU

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Nice playing. I enjoyed listening to the samples.
I didn't like the tone of the VH-1 in the Burny or the Kent's but the others were nice. Call me biased but I really did like the PAFs in the '62 above all the others.

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What the heck is a VH1, sounds like a cable tv rock station, and what is a DryZ? Never heard of those. Hard to compare different guitars and different licks but did like the PAF also....

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Sorry for not being clear about the pickups

Thanks for the compliments. Glad you like them.

Dry-Z is a PAF replica that were in high end Greco guitars. SA1200 is Greco's 335 clone of Gibson 59 ES-335.

Super58 is also a PAF replica that Ibanez uses in their George Benson GB20 and AS200 (John Scofield's 335 esque) guitars.

VH-1 is a short magnet PAF clone that were in 80s BURNY/FERNANDES guitars as upgrades. Maybe I was trying too hard to push the tweed champ to get that tweedy dirty southern blues. But It does have a Gibson feel and tone when played clean thru a Vibrolux. The clip is also played/recorded from a Burny's '59 ES-335 clone.
Here is a clean jazzy clip of it.
http://www.supload.com/listen?s=L6D8ECFALTF7


The 62 Gibson ES-335 pickup/PAF is a bit bassy(boomy-is fuller the right word?). I had to cut out some bass when play/record.