DiMarzio PAF Master Bridge and Neck Pickups

[@scttymc1967]

Paul Riario is a class act with great chops and vibrato.I enjoy watching him play very much.And these pickups sounds really great.

[@humphreyguitarchannel6410]

I like how Paul gets to the point, these pickups sound like vintage Gibby HBs all the way. Tone heaven.

[@nico_]

People who say this sounds too thin know jack shit about PAF / vintage pickups (and why they are great if you can handle them). Go get your Ultradestroyer Doom Pickups and have fun. Peace! :-)

[@jimraimondi410]

These are incredible pickups that sound exactly like what he is displaying on this vid. I installed a set in my friends LP Standard and it was amazing. I just ordered a set for my 2015 LP Tribute.

[@Twobarpsi]

Hey Paul, your choice of riffs, and the way you demo gear lately, is a huge improvement over reviews you did a few years back. Great job, it's enjoyable to watch you put different gear through their paces!

[@robhanson2653]

The filming style you guys are doing in 2015 is immense ...keep that shit up!!

Dimarzio PAF Master bridge is truly the best vintage voiced pickup I've tried so far in my Gibson Les Paul. Low output and great dynamics with punch and clarity of the good rock 'n roll pickup!! Thanks Dimarzio!

[@MichaelDespairs]

I like Paul's playing here better than anything else Ive heard. Pickups sound pure vintage rock love them

[@EradicatedVoid]

Mmmm, sounds sweet. Great review!

[@philybates]

Delicious tone

[@jotarodripjo4449]

Sounds amazing!!!

[@mascotquellson9906]

I don't know what everyone else's problem with this video was. These sound great. I guess none of them know what a mix is.

[@cannadaincowboy]

I think they are making these with AL-4 now. Which to my ear would clean up the ice pick on the bridge with the AL-5's.

[@Daren67]

Mate, Always a pleasure watching you play! Is that your 59 RI, if it is did you prefer the Dimarzios?

[@hoplophobe]

36th Anniversary neck vs. PAF Master neck: which would pair better with a 498T bridge? Or would something else pair better? I just don't care for the 490R I have in my '98 Les Paul Standard at all.

[@misterguitargeek]

Not sure that the high gain part of the demo was well-suited to the vintage voiced pickups. At least it is better than some drop tuning and AxeFX

[@axleblaze123]

Sound just like garry moure and slash combined !

[@stewarttomkinson3356]

Pats had alinco magnets at first those are the one people love

[@SCtrojan2k]

They sound great.

[@palopo-t3v]

I'd like to know if those are 500k or 250k pots. I'm looking for a PAF sound for my neck pickup and I want them to sound fat, so I don't know if my 500k pot won't get me that sound. What pot would be best for a fat neck sound with humbuckers?

[@DiedrichKnickerbocker1783]

Raising or lowering the value of the volume pot doesn't fatten a pickup up. I'm not a tech so take what I with grain of salt. To my ears changing the volume pot increase or decreases brightness / edge.

[@palopo-t3v]

John Hardin Yeah, I'm starting to think a 24 fret will never get me the fat sound that I had with my 22 fret guitar.

[@nightrider6976]

use 1 meg pots and roll them back a bit

[@maartenb143]

Am i the only who thought the rythm crunch was just distortion not crunchy at all?! But rest of the review was great you improved a lot!

[@ssw1066]

Im new to costuming my guitar, and all of this. I was wondering on how he switches from clean to distorted.

[@9unslin9er]

Multi-channel amp and a footswitch.

[@nicholasflamel1134]

They sound very bright, to the point of being ice-picky. I guess some people like that. I suppose some of those early PAF's were low output and very bright.

[@Wesquire]

That is what the tone knob is for. The bridge pickup will generally be too ice picky with tone at 10.

[@phil8249]

Does he ever do a bad review?

[@TeddyRodriguez818]

Sound is usually preference.

[@raffijvartanian]

Any one know what amp Paul was playing through? Sounded great!

[@BCyr1991]

+Raffi Azar it looked like it is the EVH 5150 III behind him, I noticed the lights were on at the beginning of him talking

[@helixworld]

I didn't expect such strong pick attack and harsh tone from A4 magnet. Maybe they should have gone for a softer A2 magnet like the G***** classics.

[@desvega5849]

Paul sounds great here and does these pickups justice. A word of advice from experience: try the PAF Master Bridge model in the NECK position with a hotter bridge PAF-esque pickup (I used a Duncan '59/Custom Hybrid). They pair wonderfully and BOY does that DiMarzio kill it for clean tones.

[@9unslin9er]

This video has surprisingly few dislikes. Good job Paul.

[@JusAequum]

Sound thin, almost single coils like. Is it because of recording?

[@Direlake]

Yeah it is, apparently their recording guy never heard about a low pass filter.

[@TheF86Sabre]

It's the guy at the end of the pick-ups that's the problem.

[@Direlake]

TheF86Sabre Paul is just the player

[@TheF86Sabre]

***** Right, and he can make anything sound like shit.

[@Direlake]

TheF86Sabre What the hell do you have against Paul? He's a great player.

[@vixenvendettaofficial]

Cool! Kiana Shotgun =)

[@juana1483]

I like these. Lots of LP's sound way way toooooo thick. Not these.

[@TimoM67]

Wonder why the open A is much lower that the B -barré ? there it sounds a bit weak . seems the low E is much louder than the others .

[@marcobignami1264]

the disortion tone is just obscene considering the demo being a vintage-PAF review! thin and shrill.. If there was a way not to demo such a set of PUs, that was it,

[@jucio]

Test PAF7 ;)

[@Bodyknowledge77]

First 5 comments get these pick-ups in the guitar of your choice (under $1000)!!!!!!!!...............................................................................................................................I'm being deceptive:-I Dat wud be sweet do!

[@fyrcrack1]

Paul, you ever heard of a comb ? You always look like you just got out of bed. Show a little respect to DiMarzio and your viewers

[@SHEMAMAN]

fyrcrack1 .yeah, he should be taken outside and given a jolly good thrashing for his tardiness.

[@jayz6008]

fyrcrack1 no worse than the ugly hair styles from previous generations .

[@musicspeaks6905]

fyrcrack1 dafuk u talking about gramps!

[@MrOzgooner]

@@musicspeaks6905 hahaha lol

[@8bigtubes]

Sounds fizzy

[@MatthewTomich]

I blame the amp.

[@billhillard]

Paul, you're a grown man. Wash your hair and see a barber.

[@ricklachaine5406]

😂😂😂

[@markr2879]

These sound like ass. Put the stock ones in for the love of God.

[@MrGlasstech]

They sound terrible!

[@Ghop7577]

Sounds synthetic. He is using something that is killing the sound. Probly an axe fx or software. I wish he would use a plain jane 212 combo for these demos. This is an unrealistic demo.

[@brucedunkle9136]

Yeah, I agree. I would like to hear that LP with those pickups straight into a Marshall Plexi, or perhaps a Bluesbreaker.

[@KILLNSFUN]

They sound horrible. Is it the recording or do they really sound that tinny and thin and fizzy? I wouldn't buy them based on this video.

[@BenCaffrey]

I think it's a combination of a too low action, poor amp settings or bad recording settings. Perfect for blues tho lol.

[@lucazoares]

Bad. Too bad.

[@kennyh5083]

They do sound great! But IMO the Duncan Antiquity paf set kills these dead! IMO these would sound better in a rock'n mahogany Tele!

[@rockprophecy2897]

Sounds good, but that's a fake gibson lol. It's a chibson.

[@ubdejones1]

horrible pickups. If you want PAF's, buy gibson

[@ubdejones1]

***** seymour or dimarzio... the same shit sound

[@ubdejones1]

***** i've never seen a seymour or dimarzio turning a gibson in a better guitar, just worse. My ears are good, believe me

[@ubdejones1]

***** fender nº1: fender pickups. fender nº2: dimarzio pickups. end of conversation /watch?v=So5PmFkw4Xg

[@adrianpierce3047]

original gibson P A F's tend to be a bit pricey now

[@Magik1369]

Shrill and high end-ish. No thank you.