09/10/2026
Q Pickups PAF set, bridge and neck position, designed to replicate the tones of Peter Green’s 1959 Les Paul – the famous “Greenie“.
This set is magnetically “out of phase”, resulting in a unique and nasal guitar tone. The bridge pickup has standard magnet orientation – while the neck magnet is flipped so the screw bobbin is “north up” and slug is “south up”. When both pickups are engaged they will cancel out certain frequencies, creating a distinct tonal character. Although “out of phase” when both are active, on their own these will retain pure and fat tone, both clean and overdriven.
Mr. Green manipulated the volume levels between the neck and bridge pickups to achieve his signature sound. This technique allowed him to emphasize the out-of-phase effect.
7,9kOhm BRIDGE Alnico IV (A4), reverse butyrate ZEBRA bobbin (cream screw / black slug)
7,3kOhm NECK Alnico IV (A4), reverse ZEBRA
wound with plain enamel Elektrisola AWG 42 wire
stamped nickel silver baseplate with 49.2 mm – 1 15/16″ pole spacing and LONG LEGS
raw non-plated AGED Nickel-Silver cover
USA vintage reproduction BUTYRATE bobbins
rough cast Alnico 4 magnet bars
3-48 mounting screws and springs included
USA 1018 nickel plated steel screws and “bulls eye” slugs
hard maple spacer
machined humbucker keeper bar
single conductor shielded wire with tinned braided copper shield
brass phillips bobbin mounting screws
coils and pickups are wraped with 50`s style black paper “flat-back” tape, 1/4″ wide
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