Gibson 1959 Humbucker Collector’s Edition Series 1 pickup set install
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- In this video I install a set of Gibson 1959 Humbucker Collector’s Edition Series 1 pickups into a Custom Shop 1959 Reissue Les Paul. Check out the video and comment if you hear a difference or like one set better than the other. Everything you see was filmed at CKuz Guitars in Middletown, DE. #gibson1959humbuckercollectorseditionseries1 #gibson1959reissuelespaul #lespaul #humbucker #pickupinstall #ckuzguitars
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I see a lot of people in the comments disparaging the person that bought these pickups. For some people, buying expensive guitar gear is just a fun use of disposable income. Life is short. We're all gonna die someday. Do what makes you happy while you still can.
why are you such an idiot? no one is buying these bullshit pickups to play them. That's why they come in a fancy case with a bunch of certificates. What do you need the case for? Are you going to take the pickups out of the guitar and put them back in the case when you're not playing it? People are buying these pickups so that they can resell that at a profit (hopefully). Anyone with half a brain knows these pickups won't be anything special.
The originals sound better.
Thanks for your response!
hahaha yup
I can definitely tell a difference in tone! As for a preference? Hard to say. One recommendation I have is next time you do a comparison it’d be good to put the before and after sounds right next to each other to make the sound comparison easier
That’s good advise. Will keep that in mind for future videos. Thanks!
Both sounded good but the new set of pups have little more warmth. Great video Chuck 👍🏼
Wonder what the owners of these $1000 "limited" pickups would think if they found out that these are nothing but regular standard custom buckers only with a different magnet?
Great demo! That was a drastic change in tone. The original pickups are good for modern guitar sounds. The new 59’s are great for that old school rock n roll sound!
Should of been just played back to back. Instead of showing pup change.
Custombuckers originals, great pickups.
I wish my Custombuckers sounded as good as his. Mine are crazy overwound (for PAFs). 8.95 (neck), 8.75 (bridge), and they sound nothing like PAFs. I thought the 1959 limited editions sounded better than his Custombuckers, but you can get boutique pups that sound perfectly like PAF clones for less than half what Gibson is charging for their "1959s”. @WizzPickups charges $1000 for their pups wound with actual 1950’s NOS 42awg wound Clones, and $425 for their regular Premium Clone PAFs that are wound with reissue 50’s 42awg wire. Just FYI friends. ❤
the new 59's definitely have a warmer vintage tone.... I'm surprised they dont' include these in the '59 reissue as standards (or maybe with a $500 upcharge)
Marginal difference. The 59s are warmer and a tiny bit more musical during double stops. Certainly not a thousand bucks better
That's a lot of money to spend to get the effect of turning your volume knob from 10 to 7
It’s all marketing.
There is a very slightly rounder high-mid which you could try to replicate by turning the tone and volume a notch down on the originals which did sound a bit brighter? 1st time hearing these in a Guitar, thanks.
They sound great, but not $1000 great. I don't think any pickup is worth that kind of money. I'm having Custombuckers (that I got for free) installed in my 335. They are half the price and they still cost too much.
for all haters…. Great pickups . Find a good job , work hard and you will be able to pay for it . Be lazy? Be salty 😂
Both sets of pickups sound great with subtle differences due probably just to having alnico III vs IV magnets gibson have burstbuckers and greeny buckers with alnico II magnets for around £300, custombuckers with alnico III magnets for around £500 and these are alnico IV magnets why did they not just release these as a standard usa set for around a similar ball park reasonable price to loyal customers and sold thousands of sets over a longer period of time instead of a limited edition set of 1000 sets at £999 which are to expensive to loyal customers
because gibson doesn't give a fuck about customers unless they are shelling out too much money for too little.
Exactly what I was thinking. They should always have just made their Custombuckers this way from the start.
What were the original pickups? Custombuckers?
$1000 🤣🤣🤣🤣
but hasn't gibson been telling their customers for decades that they actually had authentic recreations of paf's in their custom guitars? Once these thousand pickups are sold, are they going to say "just kidding! Here's our actual recreation of paf's, just 2k a pair!"
Also, after gibson released their "historic spec" bumblebee capacitors, why should anyone believe their claims that these pickups are anything special at all? Like the bumblebee's, they are probably just 2 dollar chinese pickups in a fancy tweed case.
Also dude, you could not have fucked that AB up any worse if you tried. You don't play the A then spend 10 minutes fucking around before you play the B, you play them back to back with no pause in between.
Thank you for doing this video Sir respect !
Does the customer who owns the guitar prefer the new pickups so far or the original ones? When you played them which did you prefer and why? Was there a feel difference between the two sets? Thanks for the great demo!
That's what I wanna know too.
Did you know that originally, they were called, "humbuckings" not "humbucker." It was also reVERB, not REverb. And it was ALnico, not alNIco. Just thought you might appreciate an old timer's musical grammar lesson (been playing 62+ years, by the way).
How do they make them so cheap?
It's weird that you strum the exact same chord exactly 10 minutes apart (2:51 vs 12:51) ! The last one sounds better to me. Less harsh more rounded very subtle.
The new 59 pickups seem better to my ears. Warmer, smoother, sounds more full and less steril but that’s all a matter of taste.
$1,000 for ancient technology.
that is daily being reproduced by a thousand different vendors at much higher standards for a fraction of the cost.
Hi, the old technology is excellent. I have 2 original 52 Les Pauls with really old technology P90’s and none of the other guitars I own come close to the tone. It’s the same with the original PAF Humbuckers, excellent tone. I have a set of the Ltd editions on order and will post my opinion when I’ve tried them.👍
@@junglejuice3553 you can have one custom made exactly like the old ones for $300
Not sure that's the right amp for the job. No headroom (10W) and a 1x 12" Celestion (Seventy-80 speaker) can't bring out the full sound spectrum like a 50w head with a 2x12 cab would.... But hats off to you for making the video.
I appreciate your response however, it’s a 200 sqft room and I felt the headroom was enough for the space. A 50watt head with a 2-12 would have had to be attenuated to get any sort of warmth in a room that size.
The new set is woolier, less chimey. Depends what you want. I prefer the original set.
Thanks for doing this! I've been trying to find a video of someone testing them for weeks. There are plenty of pickups selling in the $400 - $800 range theses days and everyone claims they are awesome. When they sell them used, they can't get 40% of what they paid for them. People boast about their equiptment much like golfers with their $1,000 drivers, but they still only drive 180 yards. Bonamassa would sound great playing a Squier but he plays $300,000 guitars. If you believe they sound better, you will play more and be better. I bought 2 sets of these and can't wait to put them in. These are authentic Gibson and time will prove they will be in demand and hold their value. It's a unique marketing idea that has been successful. The doubters commenting on these are the same guys that own 50 pedals they paid $300-$500 each and don't know what pure tone sounds like.
i just bought a set of strat pickups off ebay that were custom made to my specs and they cost 120. And they sound great. if you pay over 200 for pickups, you're getting fucked.
What do you think the difference is between these and other custombuckers? The answer is nothing. You sir, got scammed by Gibson. I will never buy anything new from gibson. They have become corporate whores and unfortunately, they will learn that one the hard way.
I've watched a few vids of these limited edition PAF's. TBH, regular Seymour Duncan Seth Lovers sound so much better to me. If I'd bought a set of these PAF's, I'd put them away for a year or two and triple my money. I have a gut feeling these things are going to be worth a lot of cash real soon.
I enjoyed the video but honestly, I don’t hear a difference. If the owner is happy with them, that’s all that matters. Thanks for making the video.
When I strum the G, D & A chords during both tests, you are hearing the audio from an iPhone. Unfortunately, I lost part of that audio from my DAW so, I kept it consistent by using the phone audio both times.
I guess it boils down to how much of a tone snob you are.
The 59s sounded a lot better sonicly and harmonicly.
I like them but ther are botique builders that blow them away in the same price range.
Cost is relative to what you think the tone you are looking for is worth to you.
there are cheap japanese pickups that came stock in tokai's and greco's that will blow them away
What the original pickups? Custombuckers?
0:55 Original neck pickup
11:05 Humbucker Collector Neck Pickup
1:44 Original bridge pickup
12:29 Humbucker Collector bridge pickup.
custom shop originals and the new pafs sound very similar
@@avivpinto4013 You should hear the "Four Uncles ABR-1 Restorations Bridges”. They’re exact replica clones to the golden era ones.
There's a sucker born every minute🤣
Cool video
They sound a tad different...
$1000 worth of difference? 🤣 No freakin' way! But I appreciate the video nonetheless. Thanks, good sir! Very cool, if only for our amusement.
I wish Glen from Spectre SOund would watch this video!
What amp are you playing through? That matters way more than the pick-ups.
Blackstar Studio 10 6L6.
Ok
@@CKuzGuitars
That sounds more like a Strat.
Interesting. They are lower ouput humbuckers and I kept that gain medium to low to show the tone of the pickups more than the amp but I didn’t think they sounded like a Strat. Maybe next time I compare this track to an actual Strat. Thanks for your input.
No one buys these
Well, someone did. I am not a Gibson dealer, nor do they send me stuff for free. I had less than 50 subscribers the day I posted this video. Certainly doesn’t put me in the “send this guy $8k worth of stuff to do a video category.” The guitar and pickups came to me from a customer who asked me to do the pickup swap and I asked him if it was OK for me to do a video. Maybe if he sees this he will chime in. Who knows.
They sold all 1000 in the first day.
@@mdominic that is correct, and I see people all over reverb trying to sell them for $1500-$2000.👎
I got them. Threw them in my les Paul faded 60’s and I am super happy with them. In my opinion it was money well spent, but to each there own. It definitely was hard to justify the price tag but I think they were worth it!
@@mdominic that’s the moment you lose all faith in humanity lol. Imagine wasting $1000 in reissue PAF humbuckers. Some people just deserve to be made fun of …
thats an upgrade ! subtle ... but the new ones are less muddy and the attack is clearer and punchier, more mojo with these well done !