Pickups other than PAFs

[vortexxxx]

I was wondering what other humbucking pickups are there that aren't PAF based.

Such as Filter'trons, etc. Fender Wide Range buckers,

I don't want another PAF based pickup because I have too many guitars with PAF tupe pickups

[Mpcoluv]

Bill Lawrence, and Joe Barden are not PAFs.
TV Jones makes several Gretsch flavored pups that are good.
Mini humbuckers can be great...

[jamdogg]

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[vortexxxx]

Fiirebird pickups are a little different too. And there was a guy who made transparent pickups with a coil around each polepiece. I can't remember who though.

[shane88]

thare's a huge stack of S & T sized humbuckers too ;)

[acoupland]

There are a lot of humbuckers that won't give a PAF sound - so the question is what kind of sound are you after? Higher output - lower output - less mids - more bass, etc.

Lots of players love having something more low-output + "clear" in the neck pickup for clean/jazz

easy answer: a p90 sized humbucker :) or a p90 if you don't have an existing humbucker-sized guitar you're looking to insert into.

[cowboytim]

Ya know I picked up a Classic Gold Top at a local guitar store to just try....the Gibson with 495/500...blew me away. Playing it next to my 335 with BB 1&2s...I really liked the tone of those stock pickups.

[vortexxxx]

There are a lot of humbuckers that won't give a PAF sound - so the question is what kind of sound are you after? Higher output - lower output - less mids - more bass, etc.

Lots of players love having something more low-output + "clear" in the neck pickup for clean/jazz

easy answer: a p90 sized humbucker :) or a p90 if you don't have an existing humbucker-sized guitar you're looking to insert into.


In my case I have various paf type guitars with deffering high and low output and am covered with some excellent P-90s.

[Sweetfinger]

Just about anything over maybe 9K, with non standard poles like the Duncan Invader or Lawrence L series. Lots of Dimarzios look kind of like standard PAF styles but use different winds and magnet assemblies to get pickups that are definitely a step away from a traditional PAF type sound.
Do you want a different pickup just for the sake of being different or do you have a tonal goal in mind?

[MichaelSaulnier]

Lace Sensor and EMG come to mind.

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[magicaxeman]

TV jones if you fancy something different to what you currently have..

PAF based I would try the PRS 57/08 set, excellent set IMO

[JaySwear]

Dimarzio Super Distortion. Classic sound, but definitely no PAF.

[Tito83]

Why would anyone want a humbucker that's not a PAF?:confused::huh:nuts







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