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I think it's the same as G uses, most music stores should have a truss rod wrench that fits

hey that is a pretty great idea! And I finally watched that PAF vid, it was good! I must have just landed on that earlier quote by chance, when I previewed it

That's why Page tried to make his Les Paul so much like his Tele Frankly though, I kind of do the same thing. I wired my humbucker Zemaitis guitars with a high pass filter so I can make the humbuckers sound like singles when I need to. I got that idea from the PTB (Passive Treble Bass) cicuit that's in my G&L Legacy. And my Teye guitar has what's called a mood control that does the same thing. I think Page moved to the Les Paul because he preferred the way the his Paul could conjure up the heavy tones with his stage amps, and when he backed up the volumes, the PAFs could get into the Tele zone.

haha!! yes, there's that too

well, a humbucker is a single coil pickup on steroids... granted I didn't watch the whole vid, just happened to catch that bit. I'm sure he put a lot of work into it I'll check it out sometime I think I am aware of most of the PAF history though. I'm bringing a shovel to PSP so I can dig around where Pete Moreno dumped that truckload of them in the landfill back in the day

That's exactly why people work so hard to make their LP sound just like Page's Tele on the first LZ album. They're really the same, just different!

Just pony up for one or both of these. 1959 Humbucker Collector’s Edition Series 1, | Gibson 1959 Humbucker Collector’s Edition Series 2, | Gibson

I like thick black women. And once you go black, you never go back!

Because the Ox population is dwindling.....

I just installed the 59's in my PRS SE Zach Myers (a fantastic guitar). They sound like they should. It must have been the interaction of the wood with those pickups. Wood matters.

Stock Duncan 59's. I chatted with Mike Ortiz about it. He thinks the pickups might be defective. I'm going to test them in another guitar to see what happens. Maybe it was just the combination of the guitar and the pickups. But the JS Moore's sound great.

What was in it?

Yep I know & realize that It sounded like the guy was reading a bad LLM/AI prompt that scourged the internet & "logically" strung that sentence together. And he read it wirth such conviction! influencers, I tell ya...

Meant to say "the goal of the PAF was to sound like a P90 without the noise" whoops

They are just saying that the goal of PAF was to sound like a PAF without the noise. There are many people, including the early pickup designers that feel the P90 is the best pickup that was ever made. And some of those early PAFs do sound quite a bit like an hot Balckguard Tele pickup.

I have it somewhere here. Great pics of the great guitars the old guard put out.

Your kidding! Victor came to PSP that year and was actively marketing his book. I believe he secured quite a few orders. Its a great book, I didn't buy one ( I think they were about $40 back then). Haven't heard from him in a long time.....

Been a long time since we saw him last. Oddly enough, I believe he had a H127 he fully restored and it was a stunner. I had a few conversations with him at the Barn way back when. I remember the book as well as the guitar on the cover page. If anyone recalls, that H150 was on display at PSP on the final assembly work bench. Such a beautiful guitar.

Victor is a member here. He was at several PSPs. His HOC handle is Totonka. I haven't seen him around for a while, though.

What? You found something on the internet that you don't believe? Hard to imagine.

I have a 1996 Super Eagle and I can't seem to find the right size tool to adjust the truss rod. Granted I don't have a specific tool for this so I'm just trying out different sockets and wrenches (US and Metric) but because of clearance I can't get a good grip and I don't want to strip it. Any guidance would be appreciated. Heck I'll buy the wrench from Stewmac if I knew what to buy.

This is a convoluted statement of logic: "The characterization that a great burst Les Paul sounds like a Telecaster on steroids is really talking about how a humbucking pickup succeeded in sounding like a quiet P90" WTF I've never heard anyone say a great burst Les Paul sounds like a Telecaster with P90's

Got it. Autographed too, I think? It's great!

Great book! Basically pictures and not much text/info at all. Still a great book though! I'm just stating, if you get a chance to grab one thinking there's a lot of info to read, facts, etc, there is not. Great photos of old school Heritage though!