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For about $750 less you can skip the fancy case and get a padded envelope with a set of Wolfetone pickups in it and start ripping it up. Also if you don’t like the A4 sound you can re-authenticate them with a set of rough cast A5, 2, 3 or 8 magnets from Philadelphia Luthier for $7.95. I assure you these magnets were scientifically analyzed. Most people would benefit more from the Wolfetones and spend the $750 on guitar lessons.

The exact science is finding great examples from the past, finding out why they sounded so good, and then consistently being able to wind a pickup that gets that solid tone consistently. I know Throbak pickups are expensive, but frankly, I've never heard a bad one. And yes, maybe a pickup is not too complicated of an item, but sourcing the right materials to assemble pickups takes a bit, and I think Throbak not only sourced the right materials, they put the work in to get the details that make the pickup winding right, and they got the winders. The proof is in their track record. They make a consistently good pickup. And they sell for what people will pay for them! And these Gibson pickups? Most people around here know that I'm a Gibson fan, but I don't think they are that consistent in their pickups. They have hit and misses even in the same pickups. I've heard and installed many good and bad examples of Classic 57's, Burstbuckers, and Custombuckers. If I truly thought they had nailed the original PAF tone, I would buck up the money for these limited editions, but I seriously doubt they did,

Seriously: sometimes I'm embarrassed to tell people I play gtr, with all of this ridiculous bullshit going on.

Still on the shaky side. My remaining Heritage guitar is a sweet, stunning, Sweet 16. I've had equally stunning h-530, h-575, and custom h-150 come and go. At 70 years of age I'm not sure how long I can wear my rock and roll shoes. Carpe Diem indeed

So I am guessing that they cost bout $20 to make. But you do get a nice boxe to store your old pickups in.

Wow. Yeah the whole guitar community, with the whole "vintage correct" thing has gone off the deep end in my opinion. It's absolutely unreal what people are paying for some of this stuff. It's now become a "hey but I HAVE this" thing instead of just having what you need to play and sound your best. But hey, everyone's free to spend their cash on what they want to. Just makes no sense to me. But as long as people are lined up to buy this stuff, they'll keep making it and making it very expensive too.

The original machine that wound those PUP's is in in use at ThroBak. They also use period correct wire size with the same metallurgical content. I too would rather go with ThroBak.