Dylan Talks Tone Ep #34 Vintage vs Modern Pickups #53

[@crazyuncleduke9]

Your honesty is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

[@stepvanjoe3469]

I have to say your videos are never a waste of time to watch as I almost always gather some new information from you. Thank you sir

[@jcmcclain57]

Good talk and true! The points made are the reason that I always take intricate measurements of components that create great tone and why I empirically develop my tone circuits.

[@BrianJohnson-cj8xf]

Glad we had this talk !!!!! Your Honesty is greatly appreciated !!! Happy New Year Everyone !!!!

[@joshuahek4564]

Best piece of advice in this video, "It's your instrument, don't cut corners on tone".

[@andyt6191]

RESPECT DYLAN! YOU ARE HONEST MAN!

[@ianyoung8392]

I would love for you to take apart some of the industries most famous pickups and explain where that tone comes from and where recipes overlap with pickups. Like the engine of a great car the specs are for the different purposes between models. Then how would someone in theory design a pickup from the ground up.

[@jeffmclowry]

I appreciate your explanations.

[@lone-wolf-1]

How about aplying the principle of old vintage guitar parts: having put those parts on the shelf for 40-50-60 years. Some wires (the copper and the isolation) ages, magnets are aging (they degausse naturally), even wound pickups that are exposed to mechanical vibration are aging well. The wax also alters with age. For Woods, that principle is used: by grabing very old wood for building. So, why not stock NOW pickups for using them 40-50 years after?? Just thinking... Just produce 500 PAF style pickups now, stack them in the basement for 35-40 years. They will bring you more money as sold as they where manufactured... (Strange and funny thing: even if they are not better sounding, at least the „mojo“ of „ vintage“ gets them sold for plenty more money (just some thoughts from Deutschland)😎 Keep going, Dylan!! You ROCK

[@fiddlix]

Great video. Thank you for presenting the truth.

[@ralphfulwider8915]

I don't know if it's honesty or if it's being a little smarter than most "About this stuff" either way I learn something and it's clear to me. Thanks buddy

[@alext9067]

I was looking at a Gretsch back in '64 and it had a fantastic sound. I didn't buy it because i'm an idiot. What was the secret that made the old Gretsches sound so different? Excellent videos, BTW.

[@michaelogden5958]

By the way... I was on dylanpickups.com a few minutes ago looking at single coil pickups. There might be a typo there on the classic and hot pages. You list the resistances apparently for neck/middle/bridge, but it actually says neck/middle/neck. Or, there is a strong possibility that I don't know what I'm talking about. Cheers!

[@dacvader2]

Can u do a video discussing thw pros and cons of vintage 50s style les paul wirings vs modern wirings? I always hear about the pros, and rarely about any cons,but after several chances ive given the 50s style wirings, i still dont really like it as much as i would have hoped for. I mostly play metal(modern metal/progressive metal), and i get my tone from front ending amp modelling. Im always trying new things, and my tone is wicked,but eaxh time i do thw 50s style wiring im dissappointed ALOT. I wanna hear more about the cons to the 50s style wirings. All i can find is basically just wayyy too much on the high end. Which is my biggest issue with it myaelf haha.

[@Yupppi]

I bet with NOS materials there's a similar thing as with NOS electronics components, most of the good stuff was used back then, the bad stuff survived in the shelf.

[@tedc6694]

Oldie but s goodie

[@giankperez6377]

Once you rewind a vintage pickup, is not vintage anymore.

[@paulkielt9301]

As pickups degrade over time, how can you tell the way a particular pickup's sound was when it was new in the late 60's?

[@jeffmclowry]

Generally speaking, it’s a waste of time asking anyone but a person who winds pickups for a living, what is and isn’t good.

[@Aleklawa]

Hello Dylan this is Alex from.Brazil i have made some pups in Brazil the things até Very dificult the people Just enjoy Dimarzio Seymour and Fender the Trade Mark is most important " idiots" .hahahahah... I would Like to produce a 69 kit for my strat...I Expect the Sound recorded on the song POWER of LOVE back on the Future guitar lick and Solo...What can you recomend ? the point is I Just have New Stockholm of AlinicoV and Poly Wire the flatwork is forbon from USA , let me know about the Gauss charge.. Sorry for my simple.english

[@ApolloVIIIYouAreGoForTLI]

Bro! its soooo funny how people like you and me see guitars and tone. I work with electronics so to me its fucking ludicrous that a Boss CE2 made in 1979 vs a Boss CE2 made in 1986 could sound 100 times "warmer" or "less harsh" because Roland changed 2 ICs that are essentially the same anyway......... Sorry long way to bitch about Tone Hipsters.

[@piedaterre8843]

i am a solidly fair/moderate player and it is hard to give criticism but i notice a trend with these "tone hipsters" as you call them. I always called them gear addicts but it is something that happens when one's wallet begins to exceed one's passion for music. Hours on eBay (or reverb) begin to replace hours playing, fingers on computer keys, mouses or trackpads instead of on frets etc etc. It happens around middle age and there are thousands of them out there who would rather buy gear, play it for a half an hour and then get back on the computer to buy more gear. For me the "tone king" is the quintessential example of what i am talking about and i really like the guy and enjoy his videos but he ( i am sorry to say a very poor player who has so much gear that he just comes off as foolish) pathologically surrounds himself with more gear than half of the bands of the 70s had at their disposal. Now this Tone King has made a career of sorts out of his "addiction" with his videos sponsors etc and that is great but it is the rest of the unwashed masses, the hundreds of thousands of guys filling some hole that a passion for music used to occupy- these are the "tone hipsters" imho.When did we get to the place where we feel the need to spend hundreds of dollars (sometimes thousands) to get from 70% of sounding like Xplayer to 90% of sounding like Xplayer- it really is fucking stupid! My saving grace is the piano, i think hopping on a different instrument really helped me avoid being one of these "addicts". presently 3 guitars (2 electric 1 accoustic) 2 amp heads, 1 2x12 cab and 6 pedals (not including my tuner)- even that i find a bit excessive; i could lose 1 electric guitar, 1 amp head and perhaps 1-2 pedals.

[@ziggybass8592]

I'm surprised you are explaining all this stuff regarding cost effectiveness. It's obvious to anyone that more works costs more money! 7 minutes Nooo teach us all this cool stuff. Don't keep apologizing if your worth your money then you don't need to tell us. By the way my old 69 Hohner 'Fender copy' but made by Cabinet makers in West Germany. I played that all around 70's Scandinavia and touring Germany in the 80's and the Jazz pups are down a little but if I wanted that fixed I would pay to have the originals re wound with new Alnico 2's or'3 can't remember which it is but an experienced winder would know! I heard you can re energise original pickups and some folks go for that but it is Vintage! If nothing used post dates the original. It's either Vintage or Veteran. That's the way the terms evolve after in English after the term 'Antique'. if it's one hundred years or older it's an Antique like some guitars and soon to be E Guitars and Bass. Anyway! I love your video and I would pay for whatever I ask you to do!

[@fiddlix]

Great video. Thank you for presenting the truth.