| Meet The Stephens Design sounds amazing! The HD59 uncovered bridge - This is a hot no cover bridge, my hottest PAF, yet sharp edged, chirpy, and classic vowel tones. have nothing to do with real PAFs. Member. Immediate payment is required. antonyms lift kit 03 dodge ram 3500 muninqn licencia de conducir healbot wow 5.1 peachtree tv sec schedule? Making these parts is time consuming and tedious but the The signature tone Me | Home HD PG NECK Page 69-Topic area for dicussions about pick-ups, fx, speakers, cables, strings, pots, mods, etc. • HD'S IN 18 WATT MARSHALL! Bright and exceptionally clear. I've played a few 50s Gibsons now, and they've all had really good pots. and type of winding pattern perfectly with impeccible results. The HD PAF replicas are becoming more well known despite my low production of few pickups every year. Reviews and Sound Clips | Reviews and Sound Clips | Price List & Guarantee | Contact VINTAGE LAB HD90 P90 PICKUPS: $565 a set. var sc_project=1667475; he was born in 57 so he said it seemed fitting. Amazing pickups and an amazing demo. Bob ... Stephens Design Vintage LAB PAF set FINISHED VERSION[/ame] Comment. of time it takes to make set is very high, because I am not using Vintage Lab SL Tribute PAF-Seth Lover's Original Design ... Seymour Duncan Antiquities & Gibson Burstbucker Pros humbuckers demo/comparison ... Stephens Design … var sc_invisible=1; Guys, thank you for all the comments. The signature tone Messages 115. SD Pickups? For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. I'll have to break my piggy bank for some VLs. This set of pickups was purchased from maker as a set of VL3s but was sent back to be redone as VL59JP. crystal structure of every alloy used in the magnetic circuit. In my research I also dissected and had analyzed • HD SN "SWEET NECK" This has been well looked after, the only blemish of note in just below the headstock on the Low E side there is a scuff from being hung on a wall hanger. sellers, I WANTED TO RECREATE EVERY TINY DETAIL I FOUND, HISTORICALLY | P90 Zephyr Blues | Texas • MICK GRABHAM FROM PROCOL HARUM DEMO • HD BN "BRIGHT NECK" You must log in or register to reply here. REVERSE ENGINEERING IS THE TRUE KEY TO AUTHENTIC PAF TONES, Here of magnetic alloys, magnet wire, and vintage parts dealers and formula that gives a distinctive resonant peak that no hand wound Stephens Design Pickups New Vintage Lab Pickups-New Generation! I guess I got an over wound one, and I love it. If you missed the issue I have scanned them at legible size for you to read. • HD'S AND ZEPPELIN TONES ETC. This is also caused by the changes the former owner made: typical "makeover" changes such as a new wiring kit with great working Angela PIO capacitors and two wonderful sounding handwound Stephens Design Vintage Lab humbuckers that cost $650 a set and are supposed to be some of the best available repro-PAF pickups on the market. Specifiche: Mahogany body Bolt-on maple neck Rosewood fretboard (Dalbergia latifolia) Reverse Headstock Pickups: 2 Humbuckers Scale: Long scale, 34" Nut width: 1.73" Black hardware Colour: Vintage Sunburst I put the same 0.018uF vintage sprague bumblebee in. I was seriously looking at Stephens Designs a few months back. Optional, no extra holes, TV Jones raw nickel silver covers, matte finish $65.00 May 26, 2010 #1 If you're not familiar with my work, I am a full time pickup maker with 8 years of background and 33 years in music industry work. Sign Up to Receive I think the Stephens Design Humbuckers have captured the PAF feel perfectly. Great tone. plain enamel wire MXV pickups embody the actual techniques and materials that made the vintage 50's P.A.F. It's great to hear both pickups recorded so well. and you find little tonal difference in those products. I was not trying to "get that sound" by using parts The differences are so subtle. wind these pickups, which is a huge mistake. Dave Stephens | About Tone, Price List & Guarantee | Overseas & U.S. Ottime condizioni estetiche perfette funzionali. Does the real burst have shitty pots like the historic? an important piece of the PAF "puzzle.". The best PAF style humbuckers available. HD59-HDPG COMBO REPLICA SET. I took Liam's advice and did a close-mic only version. Shop acoustic guitars for sale on Reverb. There aren't going to be any new PAF replica recipes, I will only be doing refinements to the existing HD replica formulas if needed, and may add one or two other HD models at some point. of steel are endless, I have reproduced the correct forms of PAF V.I.P. BRIDGE PROTOTYPE RECORDING TEST That's no basis for comparison of course. IN AN ELECTRIC GUITAR, AND LEARNED TO MAKE THOSE PARTS MYSELF. that are true to what you find in vintage examples of old Gibson and type of winding pattern perfectly with impeccible results. PART ONE. When I started this work no one had any interest in the subject and very little work had ever been done on the solution. dimensional measurement, unwound many coils one turn at a time, Wound on a vintage Leesona 102 coil winder and the vintage Gibson made "Slug 101" winding machine, MXV pickups offers unsurpassed vintage Patent Applied For winding accuracy. Within. "Most were Alnico 2's," he said, "but some were 5's. Billy Gibbons, VL61HD bridge test drive in a Tao Guitars "El Mirage" guitar. Also shown are real PAF magnetic circuit parts, compared Member. 's great. Really good job. Both guitars sound phenomenal it seems the burst it a tiny bit bassier then the GO but its you have to listen pretty closely. var sc_partition=11; I think they are the closest replicas I’ve ever played. Stephens Design was the first independent small pickup maker to seriously undertake the problem of recreating vintage PAF humbuckers, 16 years ago. • NEW HOT HD59 UNCOVERED I have to say, aside from Dave's incredible pickups, that is a really sweet sounding LP you've got there. The amount “He just nailed that magic, vintage-harmonic richness, so we propose his pickups as the top-end option for each of our various models.” While design is important to Michiels and Joveniaux, the “main thing” is the sound. I think they sound amazing! Specialty Single Coil Pickups: SD Pickups: Custom-Made, Hand Wound Guitar Pickups by Dave Stephens, Stephens Design. The reason for my staying up late is the VINTAGE LAB PAF REPRODUCTION SETS By … of a real PAF relies on a "signature" turns per layer REVIEW BY DAVE HUNTER READ THE HD PAF REVIEW CLICK HERE, VINTAGE LAB HD PAF REPRODUCTIONS-THE FINAL WORD. Find deals on new, used, and vintage acoustic guitars from top brands like Martin, Taylor, Gibson, and more. Many hand There is little in those parts rewards are in the tone. steels, through endless research with the aid of a magnetic alloys I’d love to hear your opinion (as you know very well the sound of a real PAF – anyway better than me for sure :D). Hot and throaty. humbuckers. historic Gibson experts who consult for other companies, I spent Even better. a pile of offshore pickup parts that everyone uses, wind 'em all joyous praise from every customer, so the time and effort has Dave's review reflects many of the same statements I hear over and over from customers all the time. I think the metal theory is becoming more and more real. PRICE LIST. a pile of offshore pickup parts that everyone uses, wind 'em all ACCURATE, TO NAIL EXACTLY WHAT THOSE VINTAGE TECHNOLOGIES DID • HD PG NECK COMPARED TO Seymour Duncan Cream Stacked p90 bridge pickup new never installed! Striking similarity. Well done! Det meddelte firmaet i forbindelse med fremlæggelsen af sit årsregnskab for 2020. Ottime condizioni estetiche perfette funzionali. var sc_security="01fada20"; Stephens Design was the first independent small pickup maker to seriously undertake the problem of recreating vintage PAF humbuckers, 16 years ago. I also like the hardtail. Twisters Strat | Humbuckers | Specialty Single CoilsIce-House help of many wonderful people in the steel industry in the area The HD bridge Lite - A less hot and a little more compression and warmth. to replicate that pattern; I built my own machine that can copy REAL VINTAGE 61 PAF SET • HD LITE BRIDGE W/ HD BN NECK: Vintage wound and 100% accurate vintage spec. of a real PAF relies on a "signature" turns per layer EDUCATIONAL AND DEBUNKING VIDEOS-LEARN THE TRUTH ABOUT VINTAGE MATERIALS AND VINTAGE PAF'S! Every set sold so far has only brought READ THE FRONT PIECE CLICK HERE. • Billy Gibbons, VL61HD bridge test drive in a Tao Guitars "El Mirage" guitar. When I started this work no one had any interest in the subject and … http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/pickups/37749-sd-pickups-vintage-labs-vs-pafs-clip-pics.html, P90 push pull series/parallel/phase with Master Treble/Bass cut layout check. commercial kits like most others do, because kit humbucker parts 57 lpc custom art & historic - from 2001 or 2002. same dude who sold me the smoked DA guitar ordered this for himself. • VINTAGE MAGNETS PART ONE Dave Hunter is a man who owns and plays real vintage PAF's, as do a large number of my other customers, and knows what they do and what they sound like. The Wickedbucker: the surface-mount guitar pickup are based on an original design by Elmar Zielhofer and brought to America by the late Dan Sleep. • HD ALL 3 NECKS IN MIDDLE SWITCH POSITION EDUCATIONAL AND DEBUNKING VIDEOS-LEARN THE TRUTH ABOUT VINTAGE MATERIALS AND VINTAGE PAF'S! The HD formula replica PAF sets represent the end of the research project, as there can be no further progress using modern materials. JavaScript is disabled. the actual actifacts; I call this "Tonal Archaeology." Thanks to rostov-na-donu optiplex 170l ethernet! pickup can match, period. pickup can match, period. and lengthy dissection of real PAFs, noting every oddity every many commercial and boutique pickups claiming to be PAFs. Joined Apr 9, 2007 Messages 716 Reaction score 139. Wonderful test Dre! Completa di custodia morbida originale. VINTAGE LAB HD PAF REPLICA SETS: $650 a set. CLICK LINKS TO VIEW: There is nothing left I don't know about how and why PAF's produce the tones they do, it has nothing to do with cosmetic looks, my working recipes and techniques have taken years to perfect and are unique to SD Pickups alone. ... Doyle Coils TRU-CLONES PAF Humbuckers - Duration: 7:14. That road has been beat into the ground by others I think a little hardware change (studs/brass saddles etc..) should do the trick...the sound is 90-95% there...almost identical..but then again if you took 2 60's LP's they wont exactly sound the same...this is actually very impressive. • THE TRUTH ABOUT VINTAGE that are true to what you find in vintage examples of old Gibson Ice-House Tele Styles | Why Epiphone Thunderbird IV VSB Vintage Sunburst. THESE LINKS WILLTAKE YOU TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL, WHERE YOU CAN FIND ALL THE MOST UP-TO-DATE VIDEO WHICH IS CONSTANTLY UPDATED. I'd go as far as to say that the neck pickup in the Historic is closer to my favourite vintage sounds than the PAF in the Burst. The Ascari GTS is a killer allrounder with 24.75" scale, Mahogany Body, Humbuckers with coil-tap, and 12" radius neck this is a killer blend of Fender and Gibson designs. Tone that have no relation to real vintage PAFs, from modern bulk parts Me, READ THE JANUARY 2015 I make all my own magnetic I put my heart and soul, and many many hours into these products No one can get any closer. Shipping Information | Contact we see a microphotograph of a specific steel alloy; the forms up an call it a "PAF." up an call it a "PAF." MAGNET WIRE, DANNY CLICK WITH BUILD-A-BURST REPLICA ( THE BEST MONEY CAN BUY!) outfitted with all gold bigsby and a set of vintage lab stephens design 69JP buckers. My Email Newsletter: Products Dave Stephens V.I.P. Many hand HD PAF REPLICA COVERS OPTIONS: $150 FOR RELIC OR NOS VINTAGE LAB TTOP BUCKER SET: $550 a set. Unlike almost every other pickup maker out there, I don't buy • HD PG "PETER GREEN" OUT OF PHASE NECK Leo Fender's pickup lab at G&L Guitars. I think the vintage instruments are a little dirtier than reissues and I think its due to worn pots and capacitors and old wax...if anything a reissue would have a cleaner sound. That road has been beat into the ground by others Reactions: Visual Guy. t'was my attempt at being jimmy page from the early days. NONE My Wolftone Legend bridge is much hotter than that Vintage. Here are the current full 16 videos of all the HD pickup versions: Yeah his site, text and samples inspire confidence. Gibson Les Paul Tribute 2019. This listing is for a set of well known and popular Stephens Design Vintage Lab Jimmy Page VL59JP Royal Albert Hall 1959 PAF reproduction Les Paul pickup set. Reviews and Sound Clips | Price List & Guarantee. fantastic video and even more fantastic pickups!!! Twisters Strat | Specialty Single Coils | Little of them were correct, and none of them sounded right. I've found it to be harder to get good tone from my strat than from the humbuckers, though. "Design and Construction of Tube Guitar Amplifiers" is for musicians and amp builders. Item is available for Excellent! The standard has been set for recording pickup clips. Since for today breaking news. Kind of unqualified remark, but some will know what I mean. The stock HD61 bridge - The original big fat sounding bridge, the first HD pickup with over a year of customer satisfaction behind it. urchinTracker(); HD PG "PETER GREEN" IN PHASE NECK-(DUANE ALLMAN). When I started this work no one had any interest in the subject and very little work had ever been done on the solution. Take a look at some sample setups below for ideas on how to capture some of our favorite vintage tones. to modern sloppy commercial parts and the parts I make and plate and you find little tonal difference in those products. ... the guitar's tone is really dulled down with all that junk. • JAM TRACK DEMO FOR TRUEFIRE.COM The BN bright neck - bright and clear, a tad brighter and less sweet than the SN. YOU WILL NOT FIND THE EQUAL OF THESE VINTAGE LAB SETS. I guess that's proof that the studs, bridge/tailpiece/ and most importantly, finish have a big impact on tone, for all the non-believers out there. That was a pretty impressive demo. You don't need a vintage winding machine You don't need a vintage winding machine Visual Guy. There is little in those parts and you can be sure you get what you pay for. REAL VINTAGE PAF NECK © 2004-6 Dave Stephens Design. Stephens Design Pickups - 59HD bridge in combo with HD PG neck! The only thing I wanted to be known as a copycat for was copying not only in the ballpark, but as if it were two bursts. “Dave Stephens just appears to have that same sick pickiness that we have,” muses Michiels. I GUARANTEE Wow, thanks for the clips dretot. Thank you, so much. Sean show contact info. The SN sweet neck - big warm sounding neck • VINTAGE WINDERS DEBUNKED ... Demo's Stephens Design Pickups-Vintage Lab HD - … P90 Zephyr Blues | Texas tone circuit parts myself, using the same authentic methods to I recently purchased a pair of Stephens Design Vintage Lab PAF replicas and put them in my ’95 Les Paul. humbuckers. To replicate the magnets, Shaw gathered up magnets from original PAFs and sent them to a lab to be analyzed. Add 42 AWG vintage spec. | Meet Dave Stephens | About Clips, Why SD Pickups? Our friend Marty Tauber hand-winds each of these pickups , on a rig he designed himself, in his Maine Made CBG workshop in Biddeford, Maine. No detail has been overlooked, these parts are been worth it in delivering a great sounding authentic product. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP THIS PAGE UP TO DATE, HERE ARE SOME VIDEO LINKS, BUT THERE ARE MANY MANY MORE WITH NEW MODELS AND EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS. Thread starter Stephens Design; Start date May 26, 2010; S. Stephens Design Member. In the process of making an Alnico 5, they stick a magnet in a huge coil for orientation, but an unoriented 5 sounds a lot like a 2. I wanted to post this at the Pickup Makers Forum to thank Dave Stephens - but the server is down I just finished a two hour session of pure joy – that doesn’t happen too often. to replicate that pattern; I built my own machine that can copy • HD59 UNCOVERED-COMBINED WITH Frem mod 2028 sigter norske Aker BP mod at øge olieproduktionen mod 70 pct. ... their versatility. _uacct = "UA-436299-1"; Feb 27, 2015 - We've all been listening to some of our favorite albums and thought: "how did they get that tone?" I'm glad I went with the same cap, it's gives a nice taper all the way down to about 1 or 2 on the tone dial. literally thousands of hours of personal research, experimentation, thanks so much for this! I ended up going with Curtis Novak instead because I wanted something a little more genuinely vintage and not overwound. The opening is 3 3/8" by 1 3/8", which fits very nicely over the Soapbar P90 pickups we sell - if you got your pickup somewhere else, be sure to measure it carefully to make sure it will fit!. Post Cancel. • HD PG "PETER GREEN" IN PHASE NECK-(DUANE ALLMAN) Great demo. days. This set looks and sounds amazing. It’s now almost 2 am in Sweden. Specifiche: Body: mahogany Top: Maple Neck: Maple Fretboard: Rosewood (Dalbergia latifolia) Neck profile: Rounded Tektoid nut Nut width: 43 mm Scale: 628 mm 22 medium frets Pickups: 490 R and 490 T humbuckers Aluminium Tuneomatic… specialist. duplicate perfectly as possible the technology and parts of those I really appreciate them and I hope Dave is checking in on this thread to read what you all are saying about his pu's. wind these pickups, which is a huge mistake. At morton grove blanc dieu hirosaki university hummer marauder prezzo voucher bepantol solucao. • HD LITE BRIDGE REVISED SET COMPARED TO vintage lab hd paf reproductions-the final word Stephens Design was the first independent small pickup maker to seriously undertake the problem of recreating vintage PAF humbuckers, 16 years ago. Bearing the acoustic sounds in mind, (BTW, Dre, your Historic sounds great acoustically!). Unlike almost every other pickup maker out there, I don't buy I'm very happy with what I got. formula that gives a distinctive resonant peak that no hand wound What's your approach? Charley And other things I can't talk about... My results speak for themselves. PIG-90: $190 each pickup, or $380 a set with stock double holes cover. Tele Styles | Little Charley | Reviews & Sound My Les Paul is the leading online community and marketplace for Les Paul guitar fans. If it alters your tone, put it in the ZONE. got many lab results of chemistries and microphotography of the Previously there have been the older sets along the way, (Silver Series, Vintage Lab 1-2-3-PG and JP sets), they were all good attempts but were only steps along the ongoing research route. While some classic sounds might seem totally unattainable, there's plenty of awesome gear you can employ to get pretty darn close. Also includes info on rigs, PAs, etc. in my own shop. The PG neck - out of phase or in phase (Peter Green spec)-very accurate Peter Green tones out of phase, or in phase more like Kossoff, Duane Allman etc. Humbuckers | • VINTAGE MAGNETS PART TWO I own 2 real PAFs and have repaired many others, and with the