Best PAF tone ???????

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: Best PAF tone ???????

Thanks to all, however, I am looking for the tone that most of these guitars specifically produced in some way I realize that wood technique etc... make a differnt however, When I here Billy Gibbons, Charlie Daniels, ABB and these other Southern rockers, It is very much the same, with the difference IMO: amplication and technique to name a few, So an example I guess would be the difference in the famous "GREENY" Les Paul and its tone when Peter Green Played -vs.- Gary Moore playing it, Same guitar, same guitar tone output, different results, So its just that Woody, double tone that I here in all of these guitars I am looking for. All of the famous guys have this tone despite there music such as Page -vs- Duane. I am just looking for help here and am sincere, do not want to create any debate

You made mention of a woody tone...get a set of Antiquities and be done with it! I have used a lot of humbucking pickups, most of them PAF style and the Ants do the woody thing better than any of them.

 

[Zhangliqun]

Re: Best PAF tone ???????

What would be significant difference? IIRC Fralin's unbuckers have much greater difference, but that would be for coil-cut purposes, right?

The more narrow gauge wire coil would be smaller and thus thinner sounding. So it wouldn't help much with coil cut.

And which coil should be with greater DCR, neck-most for both neck and bridge?

DCR is a bit misleading when dealing with different wire gauges because narrower wire has more resistance over the same distance. It's about the number of turns.

But as a general rule, to my ear the neck-facing coil being strongest (most turns) on both pu's sounds best to my ear.

 

[uOpt]

Re: Best PAF tone ???????

I never tried the Seths, but the others.

I think this is more guitar than player dependent. You want a balanced sound after it went into the guitar.

Uses, IMHO:

• Jazz neck: wonderful in dark, aggressive all-mahogany guitars like Explorers to get nice, shiny clean picking sounds. Can be lame otherwise.
• Antiquity humbuckers: very sensitive to guitar, to guitar controls and playing. Will emphasize a great Les Paul and make anything else sound like double frozen chicken tastes.
• 59: very dynamic, gets very loud (sound-wise, not volume-wise) very easily. Good for aggressive playing styles when you need something PAFish, when you want trebly, optionally harsh dynamic sound at not too high gain. I would normally only use this in the bridge but if you need something compatibale in neck and bridge for fast-paced switching a 59 neck might be it.
• APH1: in the bridge, a nicer cruncher in a Les Paul. In the neck it gets slapped around by the Antiquities. On the other hand, it is potted and cheaper so a might still be a good alternative.
• I didn't "get" the Pearly Gates, but only had a neck one. Maybe I had a bad one.