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Mitch is a great guy.

Great vid. I’m redoing a Les Paul and needed this step by step.. thanks 🎸😊

Hi all! I own a pair of KZ 115, with the 50s wiring that sounds so nice, I love them incredibly, but i'm having troubles with my neck pickup. It sounds a little bit too much muddy and wobbly even following the video where Jon, explain how to adjust the pickups height. So i'm thinking to install a treble bleed only on the neck pickup. What do you think, does it's sacrilege? hahaha

You had me, on the edge of my seat. Thinking you’d just keep see-sawing the pickups, until the end of the video… whew😂 I’ve watched some five, or six videos that “radius” the pole pieces. Personally, I don’t think that’s a good final solution. It’s merely a good starting point.

Soldering on to the pot....it's so easy to burn out one when you leave the iron on too long. .what a pain these guys make it look so easy.....I do have the concept and it worked for me it's just not as neat. ..thanks Jon

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thanks for the great video. One of my guitars is a Robin Savoy, with a BBQ Bucker in the bridge, and a Genuine Texas in the neck. both have vintage construction and the neck pick up is middle-of-the-road output and the bridge is more on the higher output. Over the years, making adjustments and trying different strings, things just haven't been sounding quite right. Did some tweaking per your video last night and I'm really liking the sound on getting out. Thanks!

Hi everyone ,I was wondering if you could help me out here. I was planning to change the cover of my pickups ( Gibson Humbucker 490r e il 498t) in gold tone so I would need to change the Pole Screws too in the same colour. I bought Pole Bolts - Slot Head 5-40 x 18mm (imperial). Did I get the right POLE Screws or did I need to buy different ones? I am still waiting to receive the guitar with those pickups so I can not really tell but these pole screw looks a little too small to my eyes. I am not an expert so I was wondering if you could help me out Thanks!

Wtf lol

LP 115 eventually got home. It belongs with you as it's not retired, but rejuvenated. This is time travel. Loved the video. I used to wind my own pickups in the 70s, long before I understood about PAF winding, although I was naturally doing scatter winding. I got into PAFs because of Al di Meola in Return to Forever. Brilliant video.

Do you guys have them in 62mm?

Would the open , perimeter covers count for keeping your pickups safe if you still wanted uncovered tone ?

Man that’s a beautiful sight!

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I watched this video a lot of times. One of my favorite. I'm just thinking at what RPM does the winding machine work? Does the speed can make different on the soud? Higher speed does make tighter the winding on the bobbin? Thanx for answering, TB the best! 🤘

You guys are such nerds. I LOVE YOU. Fantastic video, whether you want a real vintage style or you want to understand the properties that go into making the iconic masters, it's very educational.

I tend to play distorted and cranked, so I’ve always preferred dirty fingers (potted) or active pickups so as not to be a feedback nightmare.

You can salvage the strings by loosening enough to slide off the stop bar and changing out the pickups.

Wow! What amp/pedals is that lead tone?? Amazing

Very well explained

Thank you for this video, been considering these for my 335 and this was very helpful

THANKS. Greetings from CHILE.

I can hear a difference- minor but it’s there. I had a set that were not potted and there were amazing at low to medium volume. Much more sustain and responsive.

I haven’t even been to your website to see the cost, but I’ve already decided that I’m buying a set. You can thank Emerald City Guitars. 🙂

I am forever grateful that you used the metric system instead of some weird ass confusing .5 5ths of a quarter 32nd of an inch BS

4:10-4:17 You can hear the difference a bit more. Non-wax, sounds like its chimey or open. Waxed, sounds muffled or slight nasally.

Great video guys. Thanks.

I'm very tempted to get a set of these for my R9. It's a beautiful sounding resonant guitar but I feel it could use some tonal enhancement. I am thinking either this set or the standard version of this set but with Alnico 4 magnets

There are some real charlatans selling pickups (not you guys or even Phil). But there are guys that make it sound like a $99 kit guitar with their pickups will blow away anything. Nothing else matters. You could take a 2x4, put strings on it with their pickups, and it'll be better than any Les Paul ever made.

Another interesting comparison. I did notice the difference in the early scales playing more so on the low strings. The higher strings tended to sound the same on my laptop.

Loving the new segments, gents!

another great informative video by the morcomb and wise of the pickups. by the way exellent pickups i have the pg set, chris from britain

You guys still make the Tonebender or Treble Booster? I like your strings, a lot. You youngsters got it made. Ya make strings and wind pick-ups all day, wow. BTW, nothing is free...

Vintage Choice strings are all that I play, they’re great!

The "Northern Lights" pickups by Blackstock are actually very ,very good sounding! When i first heard one they were part of a Pickup shootout up against Bareknuckle, Duncan, Dimarzio, Lollar and to my ears the northern lights bridge Model was the clearest and most defined of the group being tested. Just the fact it beat out a Lollar imperial was a huge shock to me!😱Was it the most authentic P.A.F repro ever? No but i do not think Mcknight makes any claims they are supposed to be. It was however a very transparent, well defined humbucker for a good price.

Free strings are good!

never heard vintage strings before!

Fun fact: A magnetician (the word on the box) is a scientist that specializes in magnets. It doesn’t have anything to do with a magician or magic, but I could see how you could relate the two based on that graphic.

Thanks for the video guys, cheers!

YES!!!!

Amazing that this little detail was easy to hear on my laptop. I'm with the start lead pickup. The external lead was subtly different, but sounded more 'clinical' to me.

Me watching and listening I hear a little different but probably because I'm hearing with my eyes and not my ears

Really great forensic analysis of a PAF pickup. This series is fantastic. The attention to detail here is like going to pickup college. If I buy a PAF pickup, I'm buying it from Throbak!

Something I have learned over time, and it took me a while to figure out even though I am a DIY guy since my youth. The pickups under discussion here were designed in an era to work with all the amps of those eras. The amp input designs of the time which derived from Fender amps respond differently than today's amps designed around higher output pickups. It's important to remember that the famous music of the time (like today) was created by skilled musicians and recording engineers - the pickup had little to do with it. There is no holy grail pickup or effect box - only holy grail musicians.

Super great look into pickup construction. As a Joe Handy tech geek, I was glued to the screen (I love this kind of stuff). I have a question. Once I tried to adjust the pole pieces on a potted pickup (came with no cover). It immediately started squealing where the was no squealing before. My point being, once the potting is disturbed, 'things change'. So, if you wish to loosen bobbin screws, or remove a potted magnet, should you repot the pickup?

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Nice! What amp?

Glad you're back!!

Love the video! Hope you do more soon!

Two day old guitar I built. New pickups. No covers. Teaching a lesson. Drop pick. It lands on the string and up at the bottom of the bobbin. I reach to grab it. Finger slips and I push up and over the tape and cut the wire. Yay! So I decide, you know what, lets try some early paf style pickups instead. Best happy accident ever for my guitar playing. And they have covers so I can't give my pickup an accidental haircut. I also love the sonic reaction with the cover and the pickup. So many interesting tiny little responses from it. - Building a few new guitars and ordering a few sets from you. I got here through Tone Talk. - Thanks for all the great info and dedication to great pickups.