Sometimes I just gotta let it all hang out.... We get calls and e-mails nearly everyday from guys who want to know what pickup they need to get the sound of an old PAF. We can only answer with: Which one of thousands are you talking about? Think about it. They had machines without counters, at least 4 different magnet types (tons of them were cheap rejects), inconsistent wire (which they finally quit using), MANY different operators,even varying voltages from the public utilities (which affects motor RPMs,especially bacK then), etc. Just look at the D.C readings they had. Anywhere from 6.5k, to over 10k. Sound consistent to you? Wire tensions, patterns,? Another guess at best. Who was running the machines that day? Most likely whoever they could drag off the street at extremely low wages. At Jim Wagner Pickups, we have narrowed down the field for you. We haven chosen to compare our achieved tones to famous live ones that have been sought after by all types and ages of guitarists for literally decades. And in doing so JWP has dis-proved any and all theories that they had to be built the old way. I have used all new modern materials and designs to not only replicate all the old tones, but achieve fantastic new modern ones as well, and have done so for MANY years ( for over a decade world-wide), winning the 2 biggest and best shootouts ever, and even having a modern-design ( the IronMan) being named pickup of the year in 2007. I even have 2 Platinum and 1 Gold record just because I made pickups for the Artists involved. MANY of my customers tell me that JWPs are better than the best PAF they ever played, and in fact usually wind up selling the old timers so they can invest in other parts of their rigs. When you look at the JWP Artist Page, you will see that there are some pretty well-known names that agree with those statements. jimwagnerpickups/Artists.html You will see other companies ( most of them) that claim they have discovered and use the original alloys, magnets, have the old wire, machines,( and the one that really kills me is rare magnets with magnetic anomalies) etc. So what? All hype and malarkey. They still have the same old hit-and-miss inconsistency,overall junk tone,squealing, etc. , and STILL lost to me..( in fact the quote from the HollyWood Shootout judges was I CRUSHED all others. And frankly I could wind better pickups with a leather glove and a variable-speed drill for tools. So I ask: Why would someone want to spend almost twice what I charge, for pickups that have been proven inferior to mine? Just listen to clips on the JWP site like EdAs Cross to Bear, or the Stormy clip in the Sound Clips section of the site. Or for that matter the modern IronMan tones by Brian Hunsaker on the same page: jimwagnerpickups/cilp_links.html We have many clips of most of our pickups, others are currently being worked on. They can also be seen all over youtube All clips and vids are done by customers and fans of great tone. None are made or doctored by us. By using equipment all designed by me, a different wire type than everyone else,, radical propitiatory winding and potting material (and how it is applied), and magnet design for over 14 years, our pickups perform as advertised. Even BETTER in most instances. Not only are these tones achieved consistently with JWP Pickups, but you are then thereby given a great platform on which to base your OWN tone on. These are not one-trick-ponies by any stretch of the imagination. We have proven time and time again that there is no need to spend thousands of dollars on pickups that are no more than a crap-shoot at best. Yes, SOME of the old PAFs sounded fantastic ( the tones I have successfully replicated and surpassed), but most are just expensive junk. You money is FAR better spent on your choice of JWPs ,boutique amps and speakers and leave you change for other toys... ;-). All you have to really do is compare the satisfaction rate of 99.99% to the .01% that, well, you know... ;-) Played by thousands, heard by millions,JWP gets it right the 1st time, every time, both VINTAGE and MODERN tones !!
Posted on: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 23:58:42 +0000
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