Okay you guys I'll go with my Tims only because you're waxing just far too lyrical about the TBs.
I'll qualify this by saying that I haven't had a good pair of PAFs to compare to in my historics over the years(had 3 from a '61 SG LP for a number of years) and have only played maybe one or two bursts or GTs that floated my boat out of the 15 or so I was able to get with when I was at Arlington in 2011.
Got my sets way back when Tim was doing them and never looked back.
They do it for me..............I rest my case:dude:
Who said you had to change?
I liked the ThroBaks alot and they have excellent paf tone, I wouldn't replace my Tims with them though. I wouldn't replace my Antiquity's with anyother either. 'Cause I like 'em in the guitars they're in. I'm satisfied.
Yes well that's the life of it isn't it Al.
Horses for courses as they say.
All the best to you and yours this Christmas and for 2020.
Steve
My reason for having the same pickup in my 8 Les Paul's is because when I had to replace the Burstbuckers 1 & 3 , I gave the ThroBak's a shot and liked them in the R8 and then I reasoned that if the one set sounded good in my one Les Paul then I wanted that same sound /tone in all of my Les Paul's and I have not regretted it one bit at all . It's like I have solved one piece of the never ending puzzle of the challenge of making music . Here is another way of looking at it along with the addition of my Marshall's (2555X ) I have never sounded better ,nor been happier making music which is what its all about !
El Hombre Grande, I do things my way and I don't think it applies to anyone else. It is just my way. I find I like variety more than duplication. It is why I have Teles and Strats and Kays and Jrs and etc... Half my Les Pauls have Bigsby's, some have flipped magnet pup for oof tone, different value pots and caps, you get the idea.
I like the big box of crayons. I let the guitar guide me. Same for amps. Just my way and nothing more. What you are doing is your way, and the right way for you. And it's cool.
I think you get it.
Big Al , How are you making out with your health and arm ?
I wish I could say all is well. It's been 3 months since my emergency surgery and the stitches are still holding the skin/pectoral muscle flap over the large wound on my shoulder. So much damage from pst surgeries, removal of my humerus and replacement with a metal 'bone', radiation and chemo, loss of most soft tissue, dislocation and eruption of metal out through my shoulder and subsequent replacement/repair surgery have left me beat up beyond words.
After my pectoral muscle was disected from my chest, it was pulled under my chest and out onto the surgical wound, with artery and vein still attached for blood supply. Still the underlying tissue is so damaged, it hasn't grafted onto it and the stitching holds it in place.
The chest healed, the drain and stitches removed, but I have to dress the graft everyday as it is stil draining/bleeding. They still want me to consider amputation, and it may come to that, but not by choice!
Hard to remain cheerful, especially as every Friday I go to the hospital to have tissue cut away from the bottom of the graft, nearest the crook of my arm where drainage is most severe. No novicane, no numbing.
I'm still in my surgical sling and cannot remove it, for any reason. My arm has remained, immobilised. I may never play guitar again. It is so painful.
Other than that, I'm living the dream.