1959 Tim White PAF Gibson Les Paul Pickups
These were in a 1956 Real Gold Top Les Paul.. The owner installed real Paf's.... These sounded Better than Real Deal...(he wanted to make it orig)These are No Longer made.. It was 2 year wait even if did want a set...
This set has all the typical appointments (hand wound/unmatched coils/Alnico magnets) and read 8.36k and 7.78k respectively, and both have Tim White's hand written signature on the distinctive white labels.
The lowest output set is also, for me, the best. For those who don’t know, Tim White makes these pickups in his spare time, and they’re modeled after an original P.A.F. that he was asked to duplicate by a member of the Les Paul Forum. After that, everyone was so impressed he was just inundated with orders! Because of the limited number of pickups Tim can make, and the large demand there is for these pickups, there’s a bit of a wait – it was almost 2 years from the time that I got my order in to Tim getting around to being able to make them! A long wait? Yes, but they are the most authentic sounding P.A.F. replica’s I’ve heard. They have it all: the harmonics, double tone, clarity, punch, that "chirp" – everything! A word of caution though; these pickups are NOT wax potted, just like the old P.A.F.’s meaning there is a greater risk of pickup squeal if you play in high gain situations – that’s not to say they can’t cope, because they do just beautifully, but P.A.F.’s enjoy an amp that’s being made to work and not drowned in distortion. Once again, original construction materials and scatterwound, unbalanced coils go that extra step to getting P.A.F. tone.
They have been said BEST PAF Holy Grail Bell Tone out of ALL Re Makes.. To include Rolph, Fralin, Duncan, Bare Knuckle. ALL OF THEM. ALL ALL ALL
You will not, nor most likely Ever see these for sale again... Not Cheap.. But Rare and Best.. You get what you pay for!