Hello and happy new year!
I am wondering if anyone has the experience to describe, compare & contrast these pickups. I have a set of humbuckers from a ‘68 Les Paul Custom that have been sitting in a box since the 70s. One is a T-Top and the other is a pre- t-top. They originally had gold covers. I took them out of that Les Paul when I owned it back then because the pre t-top one was dead. I recently had it rewound by ThroBak. So now they are a working set.
My guitar currently has the newest Gibson unpotted A3 Custombuckers. It seems like the old pickups would perhaps be an upgrade but I hate to swap out pickups on a stock new Gibson without knowing what to expect. Would the older pickups sound better? That’s very subjective I suppose but if they were actual PAFs I wouldn’t even need to ask, I’d put them in for sure, lol.
So what do you reckon? What kind of difference can I expect to hear? Any descriptions and comparisons could help me decide. Would you all go for the swap for the old pickups? I’m not very familiar with these 68 pickups but I love the sounds of the old PAFs I’ve heard and played.
I am wondering if anyone has the experience to describe, compare & contrast these pickups. I have a set of humbuckers from a ‘68 Les Paul Custom that have been sitting in a box since the 70s. One is a T-Top and the other is a pre- t-top. They originally had gold covers. I took them out of that Les Paul when I owned it back then because the pre t-top one was dead. I recently had it rewound by ThroBak. So now they are a working set.
My guitar currently has the newest Gibson unpotted A3 Custombuckers. It seems like the old pickups would perhaps be an upgrade but I hate to swap out pickups on a stock new Gibson without knowing what to expect. Would the older pickups sound better? That’s very subjective I suppose but if they were actual PAFs I wouldn’t even need to ask, I’d put them in for sure, lol.
So what do you reckon? What kind of difference can I expect to hear? Any descriptions and comparisons could help me decide. Would you all go for the swap for the old pickups? I’m not very familiar with these 68 pickups but I love the sounds of the old PAFs I’ve heard and played.