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Doug and Pat take on the big three of German engineered PAF style pickups to find out how they fare against Oscar, the '58 Les Paul. Man, we can see these guys are going international but perhaps they'll tell us about their summer vacations too. And did Gibson really use only A4 magnets in the Golden Era? It's all here. The demos start at 7:20, the mayhem starts immediately. Guten Morgen, lass uns gehen . D&P

You just got those expensive boutique pickups like you saw on The Doug and Pat Show and put them in your guitar and plugged them in but they don't sound like they did on the show. What's going on here? The question is: are there any other factors in getting "that sound" other than the pickups? Doug and Pat go head on into the subject trying to find out and try to keep the price down at the same time. This might be scary but you know you have to do it don't you? Alrighty then.

Dang these noisy little pickups can make some great sounds! But how great? Let's listen to four sets in a '95 Gibson Les Paul Special and compare them to a real deal '56 Les Paul Special. Pickups from Reilander, Organic, Onamac Windery and ThroBak all weigh in on P90 tone, all with a little bit something different going on. And just because you asked us, a '63 Gibson Melody Maker just for fun.

Doug and Pat return with five new PAF style humbucking pickup demos and as always will be comparing them to the original PAF equipped 1958 Les Paul goldtop tone machine known as "Oscar". Let's check out the Duncan Antiquity set, Geppetto Nomad set, Onamac Windery Top Shelf set, Rheilander Muckbucker and from Chile the Organic Stigma. How do they do? Let's find out in spite of all the danger.

Doug and Pat get off the PAF train long enough to take a look and a listen to the Grand Daddy of electric guitars, the Fender Telecaster. A bit of history and some playing of a couple early fifties Teles, a '60 Custom, a new '52 reissue and more. Some vintage amps thrown in for perspective and a whole lot of rambling on and snappy patter as well. Get on board, this Telecaster train is leaving the station and you just might enjoy the ride. Special thanks to Jon Koonce, Mark Spangler and John at the "Petting Zoo" for the nice rigs.

Doug and Pat take you on a journey of tone to re-discover Les Paul, the guy not the guitar, talk to Tom Doyle who worked with Les for many years and dig a bit deeper on Tom's "Doylecoils Tru-Clones PAF" pickup and wiring harness (does it make a difference?). Was Les Paul really a space alien from the future or just an amazingly inquisitive and inventive man and guitar player? And what did Tom learn from him in those 45 years? The interviews are at 10:40 and 41:06. The demos at 21:30. The show starts at 03 and yeah it's kind of long but fun. Want to chat? Email us at theDougandPat Show@gmail(dot)com. We miss you Les.

Doug and Pat discover that there is more to the electric guitar than the pickups-who knew? Here they start their detailed journey of discovery about what they are, how they differ, does the value of the pot matter and what are these little black things with colored stripes on them? Ever curious and benevolent in their quest for tone, sort of like Gandhi meets Leonardo Da Vinci (or is that Dicaprio?) they are willing to swap them out and plug them in to answer the big question: can they make you sound better? And vintage? We got your vintage! How do the replacement harnesses compare to the Les Paul's of the Golden Era? Has it changed the already rich and entitled lives of Doug and Pat? Maybe, but will it change yours? Grab your favorite pipe and a cup of tea and let's find out together.

Here's show #2 on some cool vintage and obscure amplifiers brought to us by our buddy Dr. Kimberley (that's right, HE'S A DOCTOR) with no stupid viewer edits. Who knows, maybe this is a series. Of course you have to check out Pat's cool sport coats, the man's a Maven! Here we go with a tube Vox Cambridge Reverb with a 12" speaker, Japanese made Omega and the ultra rare DeArmand R15. Let's get this party started, is there a doctor in the house?

Doug and Pat take a little break from PAF pickup comparisons and bring you Part One of two parts: vintage Obscure Amps which they like a lot and have a bunch of. For an added treat we're giving you the "viewer suggested Non-Waxing On" version. Since they tend to ramble on sometimes they're going to let you, the viewers pull them back just a little, b ut just this once! Stay tuned for Part Two.

They're back from wherever they were and have three new pickup sets for the PAF tone curious out there. The Bare Knuckle "The Mules" from England (played in two different guitars) and the Sigil "Holy Grail" sets from Canada. Sigil doesn't just use vintage spec wire on them, he actually uses NOS wire from 1958 and '59 wound accordingly on the "58 LTD" and "59 LTD". Can you hear the difference? How about with covers on or off? Sounds like fun so let's get going then, but not without a stern warning - these guys like to talk about guitars and pickups A LOT and it seems that nothing can stop them, as if you wanted to anyway.

Jason Lollar of pickup winding fame comes to The Doug and Pat Show to straighten these two out and also talk about some of his own pickups and philosophy. They put the new "Staple" pickup, "Gold Foil" Pickup and Lollar version of the PAF humbucking, "The Imperial" through the D&P demo machine with some interesting results. It's intense, it's exciting, it's informative, or are we all just dreaming?

Doug and Pat check out some of the higher priced PAF type humbucking pickups in their on going quest for truth through tone. Featuring the popular Wizz pickups, ThroBak SLE-101, Doyle Coils TRU-CLONES and the legendary Tom Holmes sets with a direct comparison to the '58 Les Paul gold top with PAF's known as "Oscar". Worth the money? You decide friends. There is a high cover charge for this party but it just might be worth it.

Doug and Pat really get into PAF tone in this one and make a visit to The Old Days which might answer the question: why they are so darn serious all the time? Oh yeah, and what a great shootout this is as four slightly under the radar pickup winders bring their amazing tone machines up against the original 1960 Les Paul Sunburst known as "Jayne" and why D & P refuse to call it a "Burst". Also, the first installment of Rare and Unusual Guitars featuring The Worthington with early Seymour Duncan '59 pickups and it's journey to a Portland pawn shop. So look around, enjoy yourselves but remember to show some respect for your elders people, they're just trying to have some fun.

So have Doug and Pat gone over to the dark side? Overdrives instead of PAF's? Not quite Dear Friends, join us while we check out a Klon clone called The Klone and see if it's something you can use without giving up your hard won tone (hey, that rhymes). And let's see what it sounds like compared to that old workhorse the Ibanez Tube Screamer. Sounds scary to us but it's too late now.

It's been called the Mystery Amp to the amp that never was. It's the 1965 JMI built Vox AC10 Super Reverb Twin head. It's the amp used in every pickup and guitar demo ever done on the Doug and Pat Show and it's time to get a closer look at this low powered tone machine. You might just want one of your own if you can find one.

Well, these pickup makers really showed up ready to take on the 1958 Les Paul PAF equipped tone machine known as "Oscar" and we don't mean maybe. PAF modeled humbuckers from Buzztone, VIP, Geppetto and Monty's of London. Do they bring us tonal bliss? We think so but it's your turn with the score card so come on in and we'll compare notes.

Call us crazy but can you really tell the difference between a highly prized vintage Gibson electric guitar from the fifties and a re-issue? How about those high priced boutique PAF clones you're thinking about buying, how do they stack up to the real deal? Confused? OK, how about if you could hear them all playing the same song by the same player through the same amp recorded exactly the same way every time? Welcome to "Chasing Oscar", written and recorded by Doug and Pat for exactly that purpose: to hear how (let's say) a 2013 R9 might compare to the original 1958 PAF equipped Les Paul known as "Oscar" or a Custom Shop Les Paul Special to an original 1956. And how do those expensive boutique "PAF" style pickups sound when you put them in an affordable guitar compared to the icons of the guitar world? You get the idea. Let's take this journey together, right now, and then on the Doug and Pat Show web site. Go back often as we'll be adding more guitars and more pickups every week all for you. Doug and Pat Present "Chasing "Oscar", need we say more?

Grab yourself a little snack and your favorite beverage as Doug and Pat wax on about one of their fave subjects, the early Gibson ES semi hollow thin line electric guitars meaning the 335 and it's fancy but more affordable brothers the 345 and 355 from '59 and '60. Let's talk history, construction, Varitone's, Bigsby's, stereo wiring and of course pAf's and hear what they sound like while we're at it. We can hardly wait, how about you?

Doug and Pat risk it all making sure they get it right playing three sets of the ThroBak KZ 115 pickups with A2, A4 and A5 magnets. How do some of the best boutique PAF style pickups you can get stack up against the amazing sounding "Oscar", the 1958 Les Paul gold top? Trust us, you'll want to know. But you better fasten that seat belt friends, Pat get's a little upset right on camera. Oh yeah.

Yeah we know, we've played some LP Standards on other shows but not all of the original series from the very first in 1952 to the last SG style in 1963. We have them all and we play them all back to back sprinkling in all the snappy patter you expect and maybe some you don't. Warning: we did have to use the Magic Sword Canes to go back in time again but we're back now and doing just fine.