Customs, byrdlands, Es-335s ect. Not JuST LPsWhere do all these paf's come from anyway?
Customs, byrdlands, Es-335s ect. Not JuST LPs
I use to feel that way but over my years of playing and owning so many different guitars I've found that acoustic properties with electrics really mean nothing IMO.
To me with electrics it's more about how the individual guitar interacts with the wood it's made of over how it resonates acoustically.
I have access to a pair of '59/'60 (likely '60 ) black bobbin PAF's with same year untouched wiring harness.
I'm trying to decide whether to put them in a LP or sell. I've done a lot of research on this and there's much differing opinion for various reasons.
Anyway, just wondering who's had great results doing this and from those who feel the boutiques are close enough etc.
No biggie. Just something to discuss.
Howdy! I bought an EC champ and.didn't.really care.for the tone also. Then I thought(duh) here is this beautiful hand wired amp in a very.nice wood cab, and it hums and sounds iffy, but I paid no attention to the tubes. After some research and removing the tumorous stock tubes, put some tube store preferred series pre-amp and a tung sol 6v6 in the right holes, this is my favorite amp, the "go too" choice in a room full of very nice amps. Thank God I gave I a chance!always made me wonder. People shell out big money buying RIs, booteek PUPs, while a nice vintage amp can be had for much less. I paid around 1k USD for my 1961 Tweed Champ and it sounds dripping sweet as honey. I bought the EC Tweed Champ RI before and returned it right away. Totally disappointing in my book. Was even 200 Euros more expensive than the real deal. Do your math
I went through a bunch of sets of vintage PAFs. Most were excellent. A few were average and one was poor. I did have a set that I was keeping that I think sounded better than anything else I've tried. Part of the PAF thing is that I like them to be slightly microphonic, so in that case wood does matter. The problem is that before you find some magical ones, I can say you'll likely go through a few. They often still sound great though, but nothing like the best. The strange thing is that even though I'm a vintage or boutique pickup guy, I love the Gibson Custom Buckers that came in my 2016 R8. They don't sound like any real PAFs that I tried but I like them for their own sound.
You should definitely try them before deciding to sell. You may have at least one great one.
I use to feel that way but over my years of playing and owning so many different guitars I've found that acoustic properties with electrics really mean nothing IMO.
I've had so many acoustically dead sounding guitars that were amazing plugged in and so many great acoustically resonant guitars that sounded poorly plugged in, I've pretty much dismissed that theory all together.
Just my preference but to me how a electric sounds acoustically doesn't always translate through amplification.
IMO the only way to tell if it's great or not is to plug it in.
For me some of the acoustically deadest sounding guitars have been monsters plugged in.
To me with electrics it's more about how the individual guitar interacts with the wood it's made of over how it resonates acoustically.
Completely different animal compared to a actual acoustic guitar.
I've had so many acoustically dead sounding guitars that were amazing plugged in and so many great acoustically resonant guitars that sounded poorly plugged in, I've pretty much dismissed that theory all together.
For me some of the acoustically deadest sounding guitars have been monsters plugged in.