My FAVORITE PAF Humbuckers

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

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[@LostOnTheNarrow]

I bought the Doyle coils for my es335 based on this video. Excellent play through, notes, and general thoughts. This is how gear reviews are done.

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

Thanks! Hope you enjoy your set!

[@fenson6738]

My vote goes for the Doyle Coils too but , to be fair with the other pickups, you should have tested them with their covers as it can affect the sound.

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

Yeah more a function of me not owning a good enough soldering iron and not wanting to damage a set of $500 pickups. I do plan to do a video showing the sound of the covers on and off at some point, just waiting on one more set to come in.

[@fmaraldo2829]

That “air” and “chime” from the Doyle’s is definitely the lack of covers. Having removed and replaced covers on half a dozen pickups, it’s a sure fire way to get that chime back into the mix.

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

We'll see how much, planning on doing a mini comparison with them on and off soon. Fwiw I know 3 other people that have bought them with covers and all have an extra air and chime to them vs other PAF's they've tried. Ymmv

[@fmaraldo2829]

@@YeatzeeGuitar excited to hear what you think!

[@hgostos]

The best pickup demos i have seen in a long while

[@moskitoh2651]

Häussel 1959 Custom Neck and AGL Wild Honey Bridge is my favourite PAF type combination.

[@cryodemic]

I purchased a used Les Paul on Reverb about a year ago that came with Doyle Coils. I've recently come down with a bad case of G.A.S. (gear addiction syndrome) and have been looking for other pickups to swap out...until I found your videos. The pickups you demoed here were some I was looking at trying out, and thankfully I agree with your assessment on the Doyle Coils... So I will be keeping them in my Les Paul. Thank you for the video because there's no telling how much money and time you've saved me! Subbed and looking forward to more videos.

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

🙌 Love saving people money ;)

[@ksharpe10]

It's also called Gear Aquistion syndrome, it is a quite contagious disease, with no Vaccination in Sight. LOL.

[@bryantherocker]

Pro Tip for Everyone = Your existing Humbuckers is Good Enough, if you want better tone, just make adjustments on Pickup height, tilt the pickups, pole pieces, or change the EQ of the AMP or get an EQ pedal. This will save people money better suited for guitar lessons. Stop chasing your dream tone and make music with what you have.

[@paternuin]

I came to the same conclusion before you mentioned it, Doyles for me too. BTW, I am amazed about how much work is behind this review, specially for me who I hate dealing with the soldering iron

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

Ya it was a beast to complete! I'm not a fan of soldering either, particularly so many times haha. If you haven't already check out my new video I just released doing the same thing with 6 new sets of humbuckers in my ES345! kzbin.info/www/bejne/n32qp6Swbq2tqdU

[@davemahan1993]

Such a great video. I can tell you put a ton of work into it. I had a set of Wizz PAFs in my Les Paul for a while and found that when uncovered they added a ton of top end. Almost more so than when I experimented with removing covers on other pickups. My main amp at the time had a ton of top end so I didn’t end up keeping them, but this is making me want to grab another set for my R9.

[@manelalentorn]

Amazing comparison… Great video!

[@stratocastermaster9]

Hey mate, great demo, if you ever get a chance to check out dimarzio PAF 59 set , give me them a go. Think they will be similar to some of these, yet not really a boutique brand. I have a set and can't really fault them.

[@musikus7092]

Interesting. My first thoughts in the first video were that the Doyle coils sounded best

[@willemklewais4284]

thanks a lot, what a job man. I ll have to watch these videos more than once. thanks a lot

[@plexilespaul1956]

Custombuckers for me. Great demo

[@peacefulruler1]

An amazing amount of detailed work and editing went into this! Thank you. I was surprised there were no Throbak sets included. I also felt that either the amp or miking made all the pickups sound a lot brighter than most videos, verging on being harsh.

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

Disagree but to each their own! I've got a more recent video with Throbak if you're curious.

[@MWallis2]

That's largely the sound of open coils vs. covers. Uncovered pickups have an awesome presence, touch sensitivity, airiness, and texture.

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

Maybe. Would be fun to test at some point.

[@MWallis2]

I’d love to see that video. I’ve got a not-so-small hoard of PAF pickups both replica and original. I have three sets of ReWind pickups with the NOS wire upgrade (PAF-1, Low Output, and a Low Output neck w/ PAF-1 bridge set), a set of regular wire ReWind Pat# replicas, a set of regular wire ReWind ‘58, Wizz Premium Clones, Doyle Coils, Throbak SLE-101, Throbak DT-102, Tom Holmes, Fralin Pure PAF, Clive Brown, and an original set of short mag 1961 PAFs (the set I kept after owning about a dozen real PAFs). I’ve also played owned and sold dozens more from the big name boutique guys down to the high end boutique winders. Each and every single one becomes more present, touch sensitive, and open when the covers are removed. They also become more microphonic which allows them to pick up more of the finger / pick noise resulting in gorgeous texture. But the do tend to lose some of the wordiness and sweetness when the covers are removed. I’d love to hear the ReWind ‘58 set compared to the Doyle Coils uncovered. I think they’d be very similar but with the ReWinds having a touch more muscle and the Doyle’s having a touch more clarity (especially in the neck pickup).

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

@@MWallis2 wow that's an unbelievable collection! Yeah it's something I've thought about doing, but it's just so much work to do these videos and they get no views for the effort they require so it's not something I'm jumping up and down to go do if that makes sense. Still I'll get there eventually I'm sure

[@luizdiaz5196]

My favorite "PAF" neck pickup came off a latitude guitar. The sound blew me away! I ripped that baby right off and am saving it for a special guitar.

[@adamwhite2329]

Nice job. You obviously put a lot of work into your videos and it is appreciated. Personally I thought the ReWinds sounded best, but they're all good.

[@elkbomb]

My favorite PAF replicas are by Stephens Design but the Doyle Coils are up there.

[@jeremyhendricks5734]

Hello my friend, this was an excellent comparison of some nice pickups. Totally well done and I thank you for what must’ve taken a long time to do. I completely agree with your decision. From the first strum the Doyle coils had me! I fell into the bottomless pit of tone chasing and have my fair share of boutique PAF’s. I never thought to try the Doyle’s cuz he’s such a cheesehead lol and it all seemed so gimmicky. Now I must investigate these... Great job and excellent playing sir! Jer

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

Shoutout to the person that dislikes my videos as soon as they go live 😎 So what'd you think? Did you agree or disagree?

[@jeffreygriffith649]

Hahah that’s kinda funny to be honest

[@stephenchow5161]

wished u had tried some ox4, great job. subbed

[@regisjoly2232]

I have the Doyle Coils on my 335 and loving them, I am also a big fan of the Wizz but my set is a beano set on my LP.

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

Nice! I've wondered how the Doyles would sound in my 345

[@ahoneyman]

T Tops are their own thing whether it's the real deal or the slum version with a magnet swapped Gibson 490. The brightness works surprisingly well for indie rock and 70's glam stuff.

[@Joey-sd2uq]

Yep, I didn't like the look of the Doyle covers, before I installed them I rubbed them down with my hands and removed the residue of film from whatever they used to relic them...they look better and sound great😊

[@gbaren]

Great review & succinct descriptions of your opinions. Kudos

[@nickfanning]

I think this sold me on the Doyle coils

[@richp67]

Love this series, great job!

[@superman-el9jd]

I agree.The Doyle Coils

[@gabrielm.4554]

Heads up, on the vintage Les Paul's, the M69s were a different shade of cream compared to rest of the plastics... WIZZ and Throbak are the only makers sourcing the right color m69s

[@denniscraven8438]

Best Demo on PAFs bar none. Bought Doyle Coils from this. BUT there’s only a few cents difference between all of them.

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

🙏

[@ted501]

I have original paf ('58,'59) ... tom doyle pickups really awesome

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

Wow! Jealous!

[@gaelou15]

Great video ! Thanks ! But, for next time, could we imagine that the Tornade MS paf 59 and the Hepcat paf 59 are part of the comparison ? I've never heard the Hepcat but the Tornade MS are fabulous.

[@seanyiscubsfan1]

Do I see a Victory RK50 in the background?

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

V40 :)

[@finoroverato7640]

Great pickup review have you played the Fralin Pure Paf?

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

Not yet

[@KingGodson316]

Doyle’s are absolutely fantastic!! Great job on the video and making the right decision hahaha

[@singpraize2]

Great Comparison, I really like Lollar Imperials in my PRS Custom 22 and 24

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

Think I may need to get a set for the next series with my es345

[@Burkhimself]

I think the tests should have all been done either all covered, or all open (preferably open for my tastes), enjoyed the vid regardless. I think I leaned towards the T-tops…..maybe because I’m an “A5 guy”…..

[@bryangarcia662]

Great video! Actually looking for a nice PAF set right now and the Doyle Coils are for sure near the top of the list as far as options go. By any chance have you tried the Sunbear PAF Replicas? Curious how they'd compare to the Doyles, especially their Alex Hamilton set. Regardless, thanks for the great comparison vid!

[@Kvtheblue]

Really Great demo! What’s about Tom Holmes and Throbak? It seem to be out of your list.

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

Check my more recent PAF video, I featured both in that one :)

[@Kvtheblue]

@@YeatzeeGuitar Thanks a lot🙏🏻

[@paulsadoff3661]

Custombuckers are not consistent from year to year. I have a set from 2018 that are amazing. I had a set from 2013 that were so microphonic as to be unusable at club volume. It is hard to generalize about a pickup that seems to have changed quite a bit in just a few years.........the good ones are good-at least in my experience which is limited to just a few sets. Your video is great, by the way.

[@paulcowart3174]

Really glad I found your channel VERY good demo's and done about as good as you can get it Plus covered all the nuance's and subtle tone things like bloom..sustain..could just hear it all 👍 And having just picked up a 2019 HCS Standard that really checked all the boxes for me especially the weight and fit and finish 8.4 lbs which was the clincher Nice wide flame instead of the thin lines which are very much the norm these day Subtle flame as well which I prefer So very happy with my purchase Only complaint is about the plastic input jack plastic that cracked a little So back to the issue at hand is probably going with the Doyle Coils or maybe Wizz Excellent demo Hats off 👍

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

Very kind of you to say, thanks for watching and leaving a comment! Report back what you think of whatever pickup you decide to go with!

[@paulcowart3174]

@@YeatzeeGuitar Your welcome....and will do Also if you do any P90 demo's I will be listening I have an old 59 dog ear and a 60's soap bar Im doing a Tele build and was going to try the soap bar in the neck Actually have the dog ear in a 66 SG Jr but truthfully it doesn't sound that good So am going to a/b it w a Lollar I have and see what the deal is Just because something is old doesn't always mean it will sound good The builders these days are really hitting home runs Cheer's and keep up the good work 👍

[@scottjamable]

have you tried mojotone '59 clones yet?

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

Have not!

[@smacaveiu]

Hello! Nice video! I have a question since you have tested all those PAF pickups: I want to add a bridge humbucker in my Strat to replace the single coil. I am looking to have a good worship sound for it. What you recommend out of all for a Strat setup?

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

I've never played an hss strat that felt balanced honestly. Depends on what single coils are in it to determine a good humbucker fit but in general go something low output

[@timhenderson2643]

I thought the Doyle coils sounded the best as well from your first video. You did a great job too. I see this video is a couple of years old now but I am curious if you stuck with them or have moved on?

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

Still in the guitar! Check my 2nd most recent video :)

[@timhenderson2643]

@@YeatzeeGuitar hey man is there a way I can email you?

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

@@timhenderson2643 [e-mail]

[@timhenderson2643]

@@YeatzeeGuitar I have emailed you. Please take a look

[@kyceessadki2501]

i wonder how these compare to the current gibson unpotted custombuckers, I'm looking at the underwound set which is 7.2k (imo the less output the better)

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

@@kyceessadki2501 I've heard great guitars with them, and meh guitars. Very guitar dependent I think

[@smkh2890]

I thought the PAF must stand for something exotic, but it's 'Patent Applied For' ! Seems like it takes 8 decades to get a patent approved in the States!

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

😂 Just signifies a date range in the history of Gibson humbuckers

[@ksharpe10]

Wow the microphonics of the Doyle is alot. Probably not the best pickup for a High Rock volume setting. But most likely an accurate PAF style pickup. TTops were most likely the mid 60's til the 70's pickups style. Which in Higher volumes would have been better. Thanks for doing these.

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

Actually just played a gig with these rewind ttops and had a little bit of a microohonic issue as I added gain on the bridge pickup. I haven't run into any issues with the Doyle's yet

[@CS_Murphy_R9]

A properly wound p'u will not have microphonic's even with high gain. I have a unpotted Zhangbucker "brownbucker" that was handwound by him and it has zero microphonic's. I play high gain with a Marshall, Soldano and 5150.

[@jcsk8]

If you play guitar in my band and change the pickups for every rehersal I´ll never know you changed something if you didn´t tell me. But knowing and personally is another story. I personally prefer unpotted pickups personally. Good review.

[@cimmeriakurt]

Well done. For harder rock would you go t top or Doyle's?

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

Hmm probably neither to be honest. The T Tops are pretty low output and bright and the Doyle's are also low output and bright but also pretty alive which might not be good for tons of gain. I'd probably lean towards something potted, or the RAF's which aren't potted but well behaved.

[@macauley70]

great... are all this pickups unpotted?

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

No, the custom buckets are potted. I can't remember if the righteous sounds were, I mention in the first video whether they are or not (this video is pt 2)

[@curtahnlund3758]

Love this analysis100%

[@Paul-hn1wo]

Which pickup was in your opinion the best PAF Clone for a Les Paul? Thanks

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

Tough to answer, depends on the guitar and the sound you want. Love these Doyle Coils, still have them in my guitar. Rewind electric PAF's are excellent, as are throbak and Wizz

[@eeeejcicjn]

What do you think about Monty’s PAFs. Have you ever tried or compared against these? Thanks for the videos btw...

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

I actually bought a set! I haven't installed them yet though. I will say the covers are definitely not on the same level as the Throbak / ReWind / Wizz tier

[@Paul-hn1wo]

Hi, it's Paul from Oakville, Ontario. I bought a set of : Mojotone 59 Clone Low Output Humbucker Pickups. There's a demo on there site. I paid $206. U.S. Delivered for the set and I think they sound nice and clear. Can you tell me what you think of them compared to the ones you tested.

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

Hey Paul if you like em no need to worry about comparisons. I've never tried them but heard good things, congrats on the new pickups!

[@landocalrisianguitars]

Did you changed the factory bumblebees for the luxe bumblebee before this video?

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

The guitars wiring was never changed from factory 🙂

[@landocalrisianguitars]

@@YeatzeeGuitar ok but I notice better smooth response when I changed the Orange Drop of my LP Standard for Russian PIO and for that reason I plan change the fake caps of my Historic

[@landocalrisianguitars]

You know Who aged your guitar in Gibson, Tom Murphy?

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

Nope, just someone in his staff presumably

[@landocalrisianguitars]

@@YeatzeeGuitar yes, this is the mistery, mine is aged in Murphy's Style but nobody know Who done the job in Custom Shop. With the serial number in Gibson Service only give the model and color...

[@IndyRockStar]

I have cutombuckers that came in my R9 and they are unpotted. I'm starting to think that "Custombucker" is range of pickups and not a specific one.

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

Unpotted Custombuckers iirc are 2019+

[@CS_Murphy_R9]

Yeah those CB's being potted is a big deal here. I do not think most believe that wax potting can change the pu's tone that much but my experience with both potted and unpotted pu's of the same exact model showed a noticeable difference. Not sure it is still on YT but there was a vid of a guy that demonstrated his Duncan Seth lover stock unpotted then he potted it and played the same guitar and riffs through the same gear. Did not even sound like a seth lover anymore.

[@darrelpennington3489]

What is your opinion about The MHS pick ups in a solid body Les Paul ? Versus semi or hollow body ?

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

Probably a touch under powered I'd say.

[@adamwatson6916]

I do not know how good they would be in a les paul . They are somewhat underpowered and do not really push the amp and they are basically a custombucker that was modified for the characteristics of hollow and semi hollow electrics they are a great pickup but not what you would think of for a les paul I have seen people comment about trying them in les Paul's and some thought they were kind of muddy in an lp. Hollow and semi hollow guitars respond better with darker pickups I have found . The Mhs are like a middle ground between a custombucker and a 57 classic.

[@markn4526]

Another nice comparison and obviously you put a lot of work into making the vid. Again, I preferred the Doyle's. Regarding the Custombuckers...I have them in a 2018 R8 and 2021 R9 and they sound very different between the guitars. In the R8 they sound bright, raw and lively...which I like. In the R9 however they sound, as you have described, like the tone is stuck in the guitar and is blocked from being transferred to the amp. They sound pretty good, but I would have expected them to sound a lot better since this particular R9 has an incredibly vibrant acoustic tone. As you said, they sound soft or flat, lacking dynamics. I'm wondering if Gibson changed something in the 3-year period between the guitars' birth dates. But I also believe that pickups need to be matched to the particular guitar. Wood and other variables make a difference and you need to find a synergy between the guitar and the pickups. However, I have '57 Classics in 3 different guitars (a 2001 R9, a 2001 R7 BB Custom and a 1997 ES-335 Dot) and they sound amazing in all of them. I know '57 Classics don't seem to get a lot of love in the guitar community, but I'm just sayin'...

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

You're totally right about custom buckers. A friend bought a 60th Anniversary R9 and it's custom buckers are super bright and clear, very special sounding.... And nothing like the other custom buckers I've played! I think they just vary a lot honestly.

[@markn4526]

@@YeatzeeGuitar The funny and ironic thing though is that makes them even truer to actual PAF's.

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

Not a bad point!

[@markn4526]

@@YeatzeeGuitar I need to ask you how close to the strings are you adjusting the Custombuckers in the neck and especially in the bridge position.

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

I don't remember the measurements off the top of my head but they were all set the same, then I did minor adjustments if a set felt like it needed it. Neck always lower than the bridge with the poles out a bit, bridge pretty close to the strings. Pretty standard layout

[@dougckelly]

Did you make any adjustment to the pole pieces?

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

For these I usually set them all exactly the same, then tweak if they feel like they could use a little adjustment. Usually means very small changes, pole pieces really only do small tonal adjustments.

[@CaryChilton]

I think the Doyle sounded best in this shoot out but it is unfortunate you never had the right comparison rewind electric pick up for this shoot out!!!! The T top is advertised as more treble and scooped so I can't understand how or why it was chosen to be in the shootout.....because the Rewind sounded great, a close second imo.... get the correct pick up to compare it with. Maybe the dude at Rewind will send some PAFs....57,58, paf-1 a2 or a5

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

I explain why I had the t tops. I bought them under the impression they were the pafs he offers. Turns out they weren't but I included them anyways because it's what I had. But you're in luck, I did a new comparison with my es345 and feature 2 different ReWind pafs sooo

[@bimwopbarn47]

stick with the wizz since you liked them the best while playing. after all, that will make you play best and that will sound best

[@curtahnlund3758]

Have you tried RAF2 a little more push & bite.... ?

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

I have not, but I'd like to!

[@RicardoRiveroHerrera]

Have you ever tried nowadays actives? Like EMG 57/66 or fishman fluences? I ordered a custom ESP and it comes with actives, I play everything from bethel all the way to Stryper or other christian metal bands, I would appreciate a lot your take into it.

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

I have not! Don't think they'd be a good fit in the Goldtop or es345 but hey if they sound good in an ESP that's great!

[@NINEWALKING]

If you are PAF purist then covers are necessary part of that sound. Taking them off changes not only the top end and perceived output but also changes way the middle tones sound. Without cover they sound more HiFi but less PAF alike. That little bit of plinky metallic sound will be gone and top end will shine more. Same pickups with covers sound simply more vintage alike for the lack of the better word. 40 years ago I was preferring no covers regarding looks and even tone. But those were different times and every guitar player was stuffing his open type humbuckers in your face. Nowadays I do prefer covers for the look on all vintage guitars. Although I have to say that in this case that double cream looks damn sexy. Well I am a bit of a Gold Top fan myself. I have Murphy Lab first batch R7. Got to say yours look damn fine. Anyways I am not sure what Custombuckers they have used in your M2M guitar but in current CS guitars those Custombuckers III are unpotted most of the times. How do I know? Well disregarding that it states on the tin I have opened them and I saw no wax in there. So why did I open completely new pickups on completely new guitar that costs way to much? Well to change their hookup wire. In my process of getting most of the Gibson guitar made after the Golden Era (50-ies and beginning of 60-ies) I change completer harness. Lucky they still use good input jack and the toggle switch and relatively got pots. But they fail checking the pots value and often solder in way to low and even out of the tolerance pots. I have measured even 420K instead of 500K :( And worst insult is what they call vintage braided wire. Instead of going with proper dual layer isolation wire from the same Company as they have used in 50-ies they are going with trash braided wire that eats up tone and lowers down the output. It sucks the tone out of the harness. So I mostly make my own harness with selected pots and proper oil in paper caps and proper wire. I have talked to few custom winders and they all use same brand. Proper capacitance wire. Sad thing is that it is not even that expensive. They charge you 6 to 10K for Murphy Lab CS guitar and can't spare like 10 bucks on proper wire? So you can buy proper handmade harness and it will make a huge difference. But if you want to hear how the Gibson pickups actually sound you need to change their hook up wire. It is a job that is not for everyone though. It requires removing the crew pole peace's coil off the base and some nice soldering and isolation of the solder points. Lot of guitar tech's do not want to do that. Thy do sound way better after it. More details, more output. Simply they sound closer to the boutique offerings.

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

Fascinating never heard anyone talk about change in tone from the pickup wire!

[@NINEWALKING]

@@YeatzeeGuitar proper braided wire has two isolation layers. First layer is white and most often from fake silk called rayon. Second layer is your standard cotton, most often waxed. Proper one is made by Gavitt and that’s exactly the type every boutique pickup winder uses for PAF inspired humbuckers. I have personally spoke with two of them and they have confirmed. Thorbak makes really great replica PAF’s with attention to detail that’s almost insane. He replicated even lines on bobbins that you normally do not see. He has original winders as well. He uses Gavitt. Gibson uses cheap cotton only isolation. You can check it up there is no white layer next to the inside wire. You can measure capacitance if you have good meter. Their braided wire has way to much capacitance. In length of like 10 inches in the Hookup wire length (two inches are inside the pickup) I have measured 200 Ohm difference in perceived resistance. That comes from the way how digital multimeters measure resistance. Analog meter would see no difference because it works with constant signal and battery. Digital meters use pulses and those get triggered by capacitance. So 8,2K bridge Customcucker III measures 8,4K after the hookup wire change. Way bigger difference comes from the harness because in the Les Paul you have toggle switch and pretty long runs of the wire. Gibson just takes 500 K Ohm CTS pots and solder them in. Though they have tolerances and some batches are really bad. I saw 420K pot in Custom Shop Gibson guitar. That’s just sad. Low resistance like that combined with high capacitance wire and your guitar is simply muddy. You loose details and output because signal leaks true the parallel capacitance into the ground. With good harness guitar starts sounding like someone took off blanket that was covering speaker cabinet. If you still have stock one go order high quality harness you will not believe it. It brings guitars way closer to vintage sounding instrument. Then you can understand why expel with good amplifiers and guitars start with 8 on Volume and 6 or 7 on the tone. BTW on PRS clinic I have asked Paul Read Smith about wire. He is genius. Not only that he know how much difference it makes but he knew how much pF per inch has the wire that they use. Gotta love that man. He knows why and how. He has forgotten knowledge. There is an idea for the video content. Your guitar before and after the harness. If you have any question why or how something works just shoot. Odds are I can explain. Especially stuff about tube amplifiers. I have designed few of them from the scratch. But I build for friends and friends of my friends only. Mostly point to point boutique stuff.

[@BossHossStudios]

Pop those covers off the custombuckers and see your head explode. Not a fair comparison imho. I think the custombuckers would be a lot closer with the covers off

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

Custombuckers are pretty inconsistent it seems. I've played one amazing set and a few like the set I had here. Ymmv but without covers they wouldn't meet the Doyle Coils here I don't believe.

[@BossHossStudios]

@@YeatzeeGuitar fair enough

[@looneytunes47]

just pulling the covers off bumps up the midrange and high end frequencies dramatically. i do not like any humbuckers with covers on them..They always sound muffled and dark to me.

[@adamwatson6916]

The issues with custombuckers can be solved with magnet swaps . . An A5 or unorieted A5 in the bridge or the neck will fix the middle position tone . Even leaving the neck A3 or switching it to A2 combined with A5 or unorieted A5 in the bridge will give a great middle tone .A5 clears up the neck quite well and will pair good with the stock A3 on the bridge. The thing about custombuckers is that they are more in line with the earlier pafs form 57 and 58 then they are with 59 pafs .

[@theshyguitarist]

No. They’re potted with wax. Magnet swaps won’t fix that.

[@holmes1978]

Gibson

[@jeffreygriffith649]

Hey, look at that logo ;)

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

You're such a legend for doing that for me! If anyone needs graphic work hit this man up!

[@jeffreygriffith649]

Yeatzee Guitar :)

[@pensive_]

The Doyles jumped at me from the beginning. Gibson seemingly still dont get it. It is quite apparent that they have a tough time making an "authentic" Paf copy of their own pickup.

[@drewsleyy3836]

Uncovered pickups will always have more high end and be more articulate than covered pickups. Not really a fair shootout, but a very high quality video otherwise!

[@lukscar2000]

8:40 8:50

[@Skylark-f7x]

10 years old

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

?

[@bobaldo2339]

For older guitar players, all the distorted, what people might call "rock" tones. are irrelevant. If I can't hear what a PU sounds like completely clean, I haven't heard it at all.

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

Ok

[@FrankMacDonell]

The way to get that vintage sound is to back off on the overdrive. Any vintage wind humbucker is fine. If you dial up enough drive that there is no longer any struggle you have overdone it. Those old blues guys had personality in their playing because they were naked. Albert king and B B King sounded as good with T Tops as with PAF

[@randallhaney7909]

Disclaimer these are just my thoughts and impressions: As an independent disappointed 3rd party. I don't believe any of these pickup are worth their asking price, And your thought process on this matter may be a bit deluded.

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

No disclaimer needed, that's the case with every comment! You're entitled to your disappointment as much as the next guy is entitled to his appreciation for the items / content.