PATB hybrid

[playas]

Orpheo, BachToRock etc
Simple question...can anyone please describe what a PATB-1B/3B hybrid sounds like?


Anyone tried it?

[beaubrummels]

That's like asking has anyone smelled a unicorn fart

[playas]

[ToneFiddler]

That's like asking has anyone smelled a unicorn fart

why would it be any different than a horse fart???

OP: sounds like a great idea!

[Despair]

I can't recall if anyone has actually done one.
The PATB-1b seems to be the Parallel Axis take on a Custom 5 [hotter, but with extended treble due to coil architecture, higher inductance, lower string pull, and softer attack that is extremely responsive to pick articulation]. Not precise, no confirmation from Seymour Duncan, and the wind may not be identical, but it is 15.7K of 43AWG, and a lot of people have noticed resemblances to various models of the Custom.

PATB-3b is the Parallel Axis inspired by the '59 Bridge.

So a hybrid of the two ought to be similar to a Parallel Axis version of the '59 Custom Hybrid. Can't know for certain without trying it, of course.

IIRC, someone did and liked a PATB-1b/PATB-2b hybrid, for a tangential factoid.

[orpheo]

Funny enough, I have tried it. it is okay. The PATB1 is hotter than the #3, so the #3 is just there for the ride to cancel the noise, so what you end up with in this case is a bit of a nasal sound, a bit singlecoily vibe. Like Dimarzio's bluesbucker if I dare say so. It doesn't give you that medium hot grind of the '59Custom hybrid.

the 1/2 hybrid, on the other hand, is intense. it is hot, it sizzles, it is a lot. I loved it for years, but I am moving towards low output pickups nowadays so I seem to have lost my appetite for it.

[playas]

Despair,
to my ears the 1B has way more mids and is way higher output than any of the custom variants.

Thanks orpheo,
I guess it doesn't achieve a mix the 3B's sweet highs and lows and lower output with the 1B's higher output and strong mids?

I was hoping for something to tame down the output of the PATB-1B and I thought it might be an option.