ThroBak DS-55 Patent Office P.A.F. Humbucker Guitar Pickups
DS-55 MXV Humbucker Guitar Pickup Specs.:
Neck 7.3K Long A3, Bridge 7.9K Long A4
The ThroBak DS-55 P.A.F. humbuckers brings to life the original Patent application P.A.F. humbucker as envisioned in the patent application documents and prototypes from 1955. Although the PAF pickup as we know it today has adjustable pole screws, the original design and original prototype PAF's had no adjustable pole screws. With the ThroBak DS-55 double slug bobbin, Patent Prototype pickups you can now discover the tones that inspired Ted McCarty to green light the PAF humbucker!
How do they Sound?
We wanted to know too. What tones set in motion a new guitar sound for a generation? How do they differ from the classic PAF pickup tones we all know? Well we found out and we are thrilled with the results! The ThroBak DS-55 has the familiar response and dynamics of a classic PAF humbucker but with an added depth and fundamental clarity that one usually associates with with a single coil pickup. Notes ring and pop like a great single coil but with the added balance and punch of a classic PAF pickup. The total tonal package of the DS-55 make it a welcome addition to the tonal tool kit of any guitar player. We feel that the DS-55 is the golden link in the chain that historically connects single coil and humbucker designs together.
How do they Sound?
We wanted to know too. What tones set in motion a new guitar sound for a generation? How do they differ from the classic PAF pickup tones we all know? Well we found out and we are thrilled with the results! The ThroBak DS-55 has the familiar response and dynamics of a classic PAF humbucker but with an added depth and fundamental clarity that one usually associates with with a single coil pickup. Notes ring and pop like a great single coil but with the added balance and punch of a classic PAF pickup. The total tonal package of the DS-55 make it a welcome addition to the tonal tool kit of any guitar player. We feel that the DS-55 is the golden link in the chain that historically connects single coil and humbucker designs together.
Vintage 1955 P.A.F. prototype.
The Details.
The ThroBak DS-55 sees through the original design beyond the prototype stage to a final production version of the double slug bobbin PAF humbucker design. By taking design cues from the existing prototype pickups, and the final production PAF, we combined key details to create a new pickup from the ground up. The original prototype PAF's were made from modified P-90's, reworked to prove the new concept. P-90 details like long A3 and A4 magnets, large P-90 flat head bobbin mounting screws and P-90 winding pattern impact the tone by giving the DS-55 it's unique inductance signature. Square cornered Nickel Silver covers, Butyrate bobbins and internal ground baseplates mirror the classic P.A.F. design. Finally a newly designed no hole, short leg Nickel Silver baseplate allows the DS-55 to be installed in any humbucker routed guitar.
The ThroBak DS-55 sees through the original design beyond the prototype stage to a final production version of the double slug bobbin PAF humbucker design. By taking design cues from the existing prototype pickups, and the final production PAF, we combined key details to create a new pickup from the ground up. The original prototype PAF's were made from modified P-90's, reworked to prove the new concept. P-90 details like long A3 and A4 magnets, large P-90 flat head bobbin mounting screws and P-90 winding pattern impact the tone by giving the DS-55 it's unique inductance signature. Square cornered Nickel Silver covers, Butyrate bobbins and internal ground baseplates mirror the classic P.A.F. design. Finally a newly designed no hole, short leg Nickel Silver baseplate allows the DS-55 to be installed in any humbucker routed guitar.
Hear ThroBak DS-55 pickups in a Novo Serus.
Vintage ThroBak Meteor ME-301 winding in use.
Maximum Vintage DS-55 Specs. MADE IN USA
• Coils wound with vintage, Kalamazoo-era winding machine for unsurpassed vintage winding accuracy.
• 42 AWG Plain Enamel wire and vintage 1955 winding pattern.
• ThroBak Maximum Vintage™ Butyrate bobbins, Made in USA.
• ThroBak custom made short leg Nickel Silver baseplates, Made in USA.
• ThroBak Maximum Vintage™ PAF style no hole covers with standard buffed
raw Nickel Silver finish, Made in USA.
• ThroBak Maximum Vintage™ PAF style vintage alloy pole slugs, Made in USA.
• Vintage formulation long Alnico 3 and Alnico 4 custom magnets, Made in USA.
• P-90 steel mounting configuration.
• Coils wound with vintage, Kalamazoo-era winding machine for unsurpassed vintage winding accuracy.
• 42 AWG Plain Enamel wire and vintage 1955 winding pattern.
• ThroBak Maximum Vintage™ Butyrate bobbins, Made in USA.
• ThroBak custom made short leg Nickel Silver baseplates, Made in USA.
• ThroBak Maximum Vintage™ PAF style no hole covers with standard buffed
raw Nickel Silver finish, Made in USA.
• ThroBak Maximum Vintage™ PAF style vintage alloy pole slugs, Made in USA.
• Vintage formulation long Alnico 3 and Alnico 4 custom magnets, Made in USA.
• P-90 steel mounting configuration.
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