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We're taking a look at early patent number Gibson pickups, the ones with the patent number sticker, short magnet, enamel coated purple wire, to late 1950's PAF humbuckers (long magnet, PAF sticker on the bottom). They look about the same, but how do they compare ? There will be the usual amount of Wise Old Guys (us) discussing for a while, and then the demos. To make things easier for the impatient, see the menu below. No overdrive or distortion pedals used, just an EarthQuaker Devices Dispatch Master delay pedal for ambience. The amps used are a 1965 Vox AC10SRT and a newer Marshall JTM Studio. More details in the video.

8:22 1996 Gibson ES335 with patent # pickups-Marshall JTM Studio
10:35 1960 Gibson ES355 with PAF pickups-Marshall JTM Studio
12:50 1996 Gibson ES335 -Vox AC10 SRT
15:21 1960 Gibson ES355 -Vox AC10 SRT

17:35 2007 Gibson LP with patent # pickups-Marshall JTM Studio
19:40 1958 Gibson LP with PAF pickups-Marshall JTM Studio
22:00 2007 Gibson LP - Vox AC10 SRT
24:30 1958 Gibson LP - Vox AC10 SRT

Doug and Pat return in Part Two covering their favorite subjects in this two part opus: PAF pickups, PAF clones and their construction, the bottom line on wiring harnesses, and talk about the old days when they were buying and using Les Paul "bursts" in the 1970s. Hear our latest demo song "What?" Almost singable. Thanks to Five Star Guitars, Ben Murray, P.ete A. F.lynn and Sean from Gunstreet. We were going to call the series "Not Dead Yet" but we couldn't guarantee how long that would be true. D&P

Doug and Pat return to their favorite subjects in this two part opus: PAF pickups, PAF clones and their construction, the bottom line on wiring harnesses, and talk about the old days when they were buying and using Les Paul "bursts" in the 1970s. Thanks to Five Star Guitars, Ben Murray, P.ete A. F.lynn and Sean from Gunstreet. We were going to call it "Not Dead Yet" but couldn't guarantee how long that would be true. D&P

And now the results of the Blindfold Test #2 (Which you will need to watch first for this to make any sense). Doug and Pat now tell you which guitar was which, how did you do guessing the different sounds? Of course friends, there is no wrong answer, only your own taste in PAF style pickups so congrats to all of the people who guessed. And for the true D&P fans, Pat's fashion tips and how to shop on a budget. Everyone's a winner.

Doug and Pat ask the question, can you tell the difference between the 1958 Les Paul with PAF pickups and a mid 80's Tokai? Five guitars, all unseen will be played to see if you can find Oscar. Descriptions of the guitars start at 4:28, the demos start at 16:37 with all demo locations on screen. Lots of great information and great guitars await, take your best guess, we reveal the results on January 23rd, 2019. You want those Pat discount shopping tips? Done!

Doug and Pat dig a little deeper in what makes great tone with the help of Joe Bonamassa who kindly stopped by to chat and play. The first show took apart the elements of the instrument, amp, player and details of each. This time we go further into PAF tone, playing techniques and tips from Joe. As always, a video packed with insight, snappy patter, surprises and no ads. You're welcome.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ah yes, the P90, the venerable old single coil pickup from Gibson. Just the ugly, old noisy stepsister to the PAF's or an ultimate tone machine all it's own? It's time to revisit the P90's from the fifties as well as find out what the boutique pickup winders like Lollar, Tyson, RC and Sanford Magnetics have to offer and how they compare. Noisy, greasy and emotional: We love 'em, are you ready?

Tune in on part two of our road trip to California as we finish up watching Bob Tyson of Tyson Tone Lab wind our custom PAF style pickup explaining all the steps. Then we go to the coast to Rumble Seat Music for very cool guitars and amps. Pat reveals more health tips for guitar players and way more stuff we just make up.