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fancychords · 07-25-10, 10:08 PM

Can anyone explain this...If during the period of roughly 1958 through 1961, all the guitars 335's lespauls sg's etc. all had paf pickups why then today do the 335's have 57 classics and the les pauls and sg's have burstbuckers..

au_rick · 07-25-10, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by fancychords

Can anyone explain this...If during the period of roughly 1958 through 1961, all the guitars 335's lespauls sg's etc. all had paf pickups why then today do the 335's have 57 classics and the les pauls and sg's have burstbuckers..

Nope !
I was thinking the very same a week or so after looking at new Lp's in the shop.
I guess it's all just marketing ?

PHILBERT · 07-26-10, 04:27 AM

Wrong section, but the answer is simple. 57 Classics and Burstbuckers are all "forms" of PAF's. PAF's back in the day were not always evenly wound, so the Burstbuckers have that type of brighter tone. 57 Classics are even wound on both coils, so they have that type of midrange tone. You also get wax potting to help lower microphonic feedback with the 57 Classic. Both are considered PAF's.

reswot · 07-26-10, 04:28 AM

Both are variations of PAF clones.

John Potter · 07-26-10, 11:32 AM

What they said AND... they all have the "Patent Applied for" sticker on the bottom.

Thankfully, Gibson is also currently indicating: Classic, Classic+, BB1, BB2 or BB3 with a white sticker added.

From various threads it seems that a lot of people like Classics in the ES-3x5 series and BB1/BB2 in the LP series.

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07-25-10, 10:08 PM	#1
fancychords Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: staten island Posts: 249	paf Can anyone explain this...If during the period of roughly 1958 through 1961, all the guitars 335's lespauls sg's etc. all had paf pickups why then today do the 335's have 57 classics and the les pauls and sg's have burstbuckers.. __________________ "There are no bad notes,only bad resolution"...

07-26-10, 04:27 AM	#3
PHILBERT Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 557	Re: paf Wrong section, but the answer is simple. 57 Classics and Burstbuckers are all "forms" of PAF's. PAF's back in the day were not always evenly wound, so the Burstbuckers have that type of brighter tone. 57 Classics are even wound on both coils, so they have that type of midrange tone. You also get wax potting to help lower microphonic feedback with the 57 Classic. Both are considered PAF's. __________________ Phil "There is something about this that is so black...It's like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none...none more black"

07-26-10, 04:28 AM	#4
reswot Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: IN Posts: 2,321	Re: paf Both are variations of PAF clones.

07-26-10, 11:32 AM	#5
John Potter Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 217	Re: paf What they said AND... they all have the "Patent Applied for" sticker on the bottom. Thankfully, Gibson is also currently indicating: Classic, Classic+, BB1, BB2 or BB3 with a white sticker added. From various threads it seems that a lot of people like Classics in the ES-3x5 series and BB1/BB2 in the LP series.