DiMarzio PAF 57 Review

[@RICO_SUAVE21]

Great demo! How would you compare these Dimarzio 57s to the Wolfetone Dr Vintage/Marshall Head? Thanks!

[@topfloorstudio2684]

I appreciate you doing this man because I too *love* *Dimarzio* ,I also love Seymour Duncan, EMG, & Fender. But I can totally say that you're carrying the torch for a reallly great company! I might even go as far to say that *if* I was an endorsed musician that I would settle on *DiMarzio* and be completely happy forever!! Look at Paul Gilbert .... They're making pickups to his specs!! Totally awesome...

[@SlamoCustomGuitars]

At this point I feel the same. I could be happy with using DiMarzio pickups exclusively myself, however, my customers like variety and I agree with that as well, which is why we offer and test all of the popular brands. More to come on that....

[@angusorvid8840]

Great demo! I've been looking for a demo of the new PAF 57. I'm a bit DiMarzio fan too. The Super Distortion and Tone Zone are my two favorite bridge pickups of all time. I've been using Super Distortions since 1985 or so when I popped one into a Kramer Baretta to replace the Duncan JB which just wasn't working for me. The Super D is great for anything from classic rock to metal, and that's sort of the territory where I play, and I play what I'd call instrumental jam band/space rock, like Mahogany Rush meets UFO and a bit of Zep and Rush and Purple. The Super D handles this territory well. As for the 57 PAF, I find in your demo that it definitely does the jangly middle position very well. Page would dig it. Great harmonics too. I would call it a rawer but more vintage version of the 36th Anniversary PAF.

[@srh361]

What is that God awful clinking noise throughout the video???????

[@wyldeslash2003]

It’s joe banamassa hacking this guy’s webcam. Stealing all his tone secrets.

[@Harleyforever20]

Hey I’m glad I stumbled onto this video. I hope you are safe and doing well with the recent weather situation Florida has been in for the last month or so. My question is I also have a Tribute model that I want to swap pickups with. I definitely want a super distortion on the bridge would a 57 paf be a good choice for the neck?

[@OperationEndGame]

Are they less middy than the 36th anniversary?

[@franklinslamo]

Less midrange and more of that A2 bounce. A very nice pickup!

[@willraven7]

Mine has a classic 57 neck and a super 57 bridge from factory....same type sound u think??

[@markboogie7864]

A comparison one can actually hear the difference. Let’s go 57’ Ordered a bottle of your cleaner as well.

[@franklinslamo]

Thank you!

[@danielshean6319]

Hey Slamo, I've been. Looking at replacing my pickups in my 1996 Gibson Les Paul Standard with the DiMarzio PAF 59 Bridget n Neck or the DiMarzio PAF Bridge Master and Neck or the 36th Anniversary Bridge n Neck, now After watching your review I'm not 100% sure. 😊 Your set up with the DiMarzio Super Distortion (DP100)? Bridge and 36th Anniversary neck sounds great.. And so does the the 57 PAF. I'm also looking for that old school PAF pick up look no cover relic white or cream... And I like the Joe Bonamassa sound that's what I was looking for.. What would you recommend?

[@franklinslamo]

Haha you just said what I have been thinking. The 36th is probably their best set if you want more of a punchy rock and roll sound. I would like to try the PAF Master bridge myself but I recently swapped the A2 magnet in the bridge 57 with a rough cast A4 and it gave it a little more bark and slightly more output. The stock A2 was great, I just like A4 in the bridge. I am not sure if I like it better but I am going to run it for a while and see. It's definitely a cool hot PAF bridge sound. They are great pickups and they make it hard to choose, which is why I did the videos. ;)

[@danielshean6319]

​@@franklinslamo If the 36ers have that punchy rock n roll sound, what would you say the 57s sound like? More JB / Led Zeppelin sounding.?

[@SlamoCustomGuitars]

Shout out to Cable Free Guitar for the Zero-Gravity Strap! I bought this myself to try and it is really great with a Les Paul. www.cablefreeguitar.com/products/zero-gravity-strap

[@topfloorstudio2684]

Dude are the '57 ones pretty much like their PAF Pro? Thanks

[@SlamoCustomGuitars]

@@topfloorstudio2684 No. See their website for more information.

[@sleggarri]

PAF 57 big improvement over SD. Much more detail in your tone.