Summary
A vintage-voiced, extremely versatile neck pickup that pairs well with most bridge humbuckers.
Description
The
’59 Model neck pickup is one of our most popular pickups because it’s
so versatile. It’s designed in the spirit of the original P.A.F.
humbuckers of the 1950s, with sweet sustain, full-sounding chords,
clear and bright attack, but we’ve made a few refinements to slightly
modernize the design and make it more adaptable to different styles.
The
’59 has a full low end which is great for adding character to your
clean sounds and sustain to your leads. The high end is slightly
boosted for improved pick-attack clarity and the mids are a little
scooped for an open, smooth sound that’s great for preserving the
clarity of the individual notes in a chord. Play softly and the mids
and highs seem to fade back, but pick hard and the note will be
confident and clear. There isn’t a genre that the ’59 can’t work
within. It pairs nicely with a high output bridge humbucker like the JB
or Custom but is equally at home with more moderate pickups like the
’59 bridge. And it’s a popular choice for those with humbucker-routed
Telecasters as well. And if you order a four-conductor version for coil
splitting, its single coil mode is crystal clear.
The ’59 Model
neck pickup is wound on Seymour’s Leesona 102 pickup winding machine,
the very one that was used in the Gibson factory in Kalamazoo, MI in
the 1950s. It comes standard with a long-legged nickel silver bottom
plate, vintage single conductor braided push back lead wire and no
logo.
Output
- DCR:7.6
- Magnet:Alnico 5
- Cable:4c Braided Shield
