New PAF Variant from Dimarzio

[nienturi]

Dimarzio goes maple spacers, plain enamel wires, buthyrate bobbins and alnico 2 magnets

https://www.dimarzio.com/pickups/vintage-paf-output/paf-57-bridge
https://www.dimarzio.com/pickups/vintage-paf-output/paf-57-neck

 

[ErikH]

I don’t need new pickups. I don’t need new pickups.
Those specs tick all the right boxes for me.

 

[GuitarDoc]

Specs look good to me.

 

[marcello252]

whaaat? A2 for dmz??

 

[marcello252]

anyway, specs are almost identical to tonerider alnico 2 pickups, scattered winding too

 

[ToneFiddler]

Could I get them in double Parchment?

 

[Laughing Kookaburra]

Hey nienturi! Those must have gone on the site in the last couple days?

Hmmm…what ErikH said…

 

[Chistopher]

Those look pretty Classic if you ask me.

 

[nienturi]

anyway, specs are almost identical to tonerider alnico 2 pickups, scattered winding too

You can see those specs almost every pickup builder from Gibson to any other boutique winders. I think the only exception was Dimarzio and now they have, too

 

[nienturi]

Hey nienturi! Those must have gone on the site in the last couple days?

Hmmm…what ErikH said…

I realised yesterday. I was looking for something new because of the NAMM 2024 events. And surprised what i saw. Then checked dimarzio forum and came here

 

[Rex_Rocker]

Are PAF pickups supposed to be scatter-wound? I mean, "authentic" vintage-inspired ones.

 

[Mincer]

Could I get them in double Parchment?

No, that is a protected color. :naughty:

 

[marcello252]

Are PAF pickups supposed to be scatter-wound? I mean, "authentic" vintage-inspired ones.

vintage scattered means "more or less, by eye"

 

[jeremy]

no, pafs were not scatter wound. they were machine wound, usually on a leesona 102 gibson purchased in 1954. granted machine wound on that machine didnt have the same tight tolerances we have today, but its still machine wound. duncan has the actual winder from the gibson factory and uses it on many of their vintage paf type pups

 

[ICTGoober]

What was it Seth Lover said? "Wind the bobbins until they are full"?

 

[jeremy]

i think that was a fender thing. seth had a spec of 5k turns per bobbin. a p90 had a 10k turn spec, so he split it between the two bobbins and p90s and pafs were machine wound. granted it wasnt auto stop so someone started and stopped the machine which is part of the reason things are all over the place

 

[beaubrummels]

Sounds like the only niche these are filling is double cream PAF. So DMz is trying to take down lawsuits by decreasing the need for other winder's PAFs in double cream; now you can get them from DMz

 

[Juanhanglo]

These look really nice!

Now, just imagine this: if they sound really good, and are only a c note a piece, the boutique guys are gonna take a sizeable hit.

I've always wondered what'd happen if dimarzio just bit the bullet and made a period/spec correct PAF. Now we get to find out!

I'd give em a shot.

I hope they offer them in all the colors and covers though.

So, to recap, dimazio owns PAF, double cream, AND they're now making period correct stuff.

Can anyone say "public enemy number one"? LOL

 

[beaubrummels]

There isn't just one "PAF" sound, so DMz hasn't suddenly taken all the other winders out. They just reduced some of the angst of getting a PAF type in double cream. Also, by way of example, IME DMz' previous PAF pickups were more unclear/muddier/undetailed than any one of Duncan's various equivalent PAF types that I tried in the same guitar.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

I like the PAF 36th Anni and the PAF Pro. Dimarzio has a tendency to make non-traditional low output pickups and just call them PAF-whatever. The ones I tried sound good, tho.