The Shows

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

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.