This is as classic sounding as it gets. The Old Tone set really gets into the early PAF tone with bright, glossy clarity. The alnico IV magnet in the neck pickup has kind of a vocal vowel tone. This neck pickup is great with glass slide and sounds spectacular overdriven. The bridge pickup is exactly where it's supposed to be: bright and clear with a distinct vintage tone due to the alnico II magnet.
If you want to nail that '59 Les Paul tone, order the Old Tone humbucker set vintage-voiced (mismatched coils). It's a dead-on 1959 Les Paul tone. Think Mike Bloomfield's tone. The Old Tone humbucker set is brighter than the Clear Tone humbucker set.
All Stonewall Pickups are hand-wound (scatter-wound). This is particularly important for humbuckers. When a coil is machine-wound, each turn of the wire lies directly next to the previous turn. This causes a loss of treble frequencies. Since a humbucker consists of two coils, this effect then becomes more prevalent. If you've never owned hand-wound humbuckers, you are in for a treat: the clarity of tone and frequencies really comes through. Very open sounding with great string definition.
Neck - 6.88k
Bridge - 7.86k
These incredible humbuckers are used but fully functioning and sounding amazing! Give us a shout at the shop with any questions you may have.