Does Ron Ellis wear the PAFs crown?

[Marc B]

I would say Gibson hold the PAF crown as the original PAFs are lauded as being the best.

Bonjour.

 

[Amp360]

I would say Gibson hold the PAF crown as the original PAFs are lauded as being the best.

Bonjour.

This is why I don't go for the high-dollar pickups out there. I've tried some, and there were good and some meh. I have a couple of guitars with Lollar, but I have an LPC that came with a costly and lauded set of hand-wound pickups, and the guitar played and felt great, but I thought it didn't sound that good. I sold the high dollars in a day on Reverb, bought some Antiquity pickups, and saved half the money.

Don't be afraid to play with your pickups (or "pups" as the internet says!) height and pole pieces before you change them out, and don't be afraid to stick with the common brands.

 

[Marc B]

This is why I don't go for the high-dollar pickups out there. I've tried some, and there were good and some meh. I have a couple of guitars with Lollar, but I have an LPC that came with a costly and lauded set of hand-wound pickups, and the guitar played and felt great, but I thought it didn't sound that good. I sold the high dollars in a day on Reverb, bought some Antiquity pickups, and saved half the money.

Don't be afraid to play with your pickups (or "pups" as the internet says!) height and pole pieces before you change them out, and don't be afraid to stick with the common brands.

As I always say.. the most valuable piece of equipment for your rig.. is an eq pedal.

 

[Amp360]

As I always say.. the most valuable piece of equipment for your rig.. is an eq pedal.

That or lessons! I buy tons of books and still take lessons from two professors I studied with in college almost 30 years ago. I always try to learn something new.

 

[c_wester]

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[57gold]

Ron's pickups replaced the A5 Custombuckers in a ML LP BRW to good effect. Have a "Frisell set" in a Collings I-35 LVC that sound great, as "good" as vintage PAFs, have owned seven Gibsons with them. Still own/play three. Worth checking Ron's out.

Also dig Throbaks in my JGs and other Collings and a new set of ReWind 1959s in a great replica; as someone said above, toneful wood at least as important. Great choices these day with vintage PAFs in the stratosphere.