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Have a Les Paul Standard 2013 with BB Pros. I don't mind them, but was wondering if anyone has any experience in changing them out and putting in something a bit more boutique. Any insights.
Ive heard good things about Lindy Fralin Pure PAF.
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Lollar as you mentioned are worth looking at - I find them more crisp - Not thin - almost a single coil snap/clarity about them and more of a 335 voice than LP - open rich smooth and clear
Not tried them yet but Monty p/ups - http://www.montysguitars.com/ - they are getting many rave reviews
Maybe no specific answer and on FB you'll get plenty of suggestions - truth is that until you fit them and like/dislike them, you'll never know
For know other reason that I've not tried them and heard so much fuss about them I'd go down the Monty line - but it is only a hunch
Mark, how do Throbaks compare with Lollars? (I know you've had a few of each on various Collings)
I had some in a Les Paul Std and they totally transformed the guitar.
Haussel are also worth a try.
Saying that Seymour Duncans are usually good and you have a wealth of choice both new and used.
Rift Amplification
Brackley, Northamptonshire
www.riftamps.co.uk
That said, I have heard from a couple of people who's opinions I really respect that Monty's PAF's are the closest to original PAF's currently available.
(formerly miserneil)
Years ago, there was a guitar design (originally John Birch I think, and then IIRC Hamer or Shergold?), who made a guitar where the p/ups were 'modular', and encased in a resin 'holder' that could be popped out of the guitar and other types popped back in in 5 secs flat with no need to solder - the connection points were built in. It was a brilliant concept that just never seemed to catch on - but the idea was you could go into a store and pop in a dozen or more different p/ups to hear them in your guitar, & then buy the ones you liked.
- Can't find the link straight away but a good shoot out with Pat and Doug as well
Yet I've just fitted a set of Throbaks on a 2004 period LP Standard and they have that velvet voice with a single coil clarity that ensures good articulation on gain channels and a Pete Green open voice with excellent clarity when you use less gain
(formerly customkits)
http://www.tonequest.com/files/TQRJan09_proof.pdf
Can't find the exact part of the feature, but I love the quote that effectively states 'how do you accurately replicate something that was built on an ad hoc basis, with different ingredients and different tolerances almost each time they made them
@guitars4you. Thanks for the info.
JD swears by them...
The truth is, no one may ever be capable of reproducing the exact tone, dynamic and vocal character, clarity, bloom and rich harmonics found in a great set of PAFs, which were, after all, essentially happy accidents created by the convergence of extremely varied and largely undocumented materials and components, assembled by relatively unskilled factory workers laboring with flexible specifications and imprecise equipment
You can probably find at least as wide a variation between real PAFs as between new replicas.
If you're really trying to hit a specific sound I'd recommend buying any properly made PAF clone then experiment with magnets to fine tune it.
You may even find exactly what you want by changing magnets in your existing pickups, it only costs a few quid and the SD forum is a mine of useful info.