Keys for the most unique Les Paul "middle position" quack sound

[eclecticsynergy]

Re: Keys for the most unique Les Paul "middle position" quack sound

^ No, page's neck pickup was a 'hot' one for PAF specs......8.5 K or so according to all reports. It was stronger than his bridge PAF which I think most say was about 8k. The T-top of course was a bit weaker again, most likely 7.5-7.8k is pretty usual.

Ah, that's probably it was always set so very low. I know the mags in PAFs were pretty random. If the 8.5K PAF at the neck was an A2 (or even A4), the T-top with its short A5 and slightly more aggressive sound would still have been a great match, I think. Certainly a pretty good pairing tonewise!

 

[AlexR]

Re: Keys for the most unique Les Paul "middle position" quack sound

^ And I apostrophe'd the hot too, because there is some thinking from the various boutique winders that the high K rated PAF's weren't due to the more wire, but perhaps a change in tension, or an off spec smaller diameter. I certianly know from my own PAF clone buyings from a wide range of vendors that you can have high K and bright and clear, and low K and thick and driving. Its all about the various wind characteristics and how they combine in the one pickup. Almost all of the burst clones I've made need the pickup way low in the ring.....and thats even with a semi-calibrated set.

The pic here is of one of my own builds that has historic tall rings, and you can see where the pickups typically sit.

But certainly having 2 pickups of different tonality can work.......funnily enough I have a LP with 2 T-tops of about the same era as Page's (mine are '72) and the mid posi is not so complex as some other pickup sets I have.

 

[Drunken Bowling]

Re: Keys for the most unique Les Paul "middle position" quack sound

Nice quilt!

 

[eclecticsynergy]

Re: Keys for the most unique Les Paul "middle position" quack sound

Really nice top on that one!

 

[JB_From_Hell]

Re: Keys for the most unique Les Paul "middle position" quack sound

The best middle position sets I've heard are my Squier VM (Tele bridge, humbucker neck) and my dad's 62 SG/LP (real PAFs).