Description
The PBF-49 is Bartolini’s take on early-era humbucker tone, born from a collaboration between Bill Bartolini and Chicago-trained builder/repairman Ed Reynolds. Rather than chasing raw output, this neck pickup is wound near 7.5K-ohm to keep the low end focused and articulate while letting the highs stay open and sweet — the kind of balance that made vintage humbuckers so musical in the first place.
Paired with its bridge counterpart, the PBF-51, it forms Bartolini’s Vintage Pair: a set built specifically to recreate the tonal character of earlier PAF-style pickups without the mud or harshness that can creep into modern high-output designs. On its own, the PBF-49 works beautifully as a warm, detailed neck voice in any guitar wearing a standard PAF-shaped cavity.
Every PBF pickup is epoxy-cast to kill unwanted feedback and microphonics, so you get the vintage character without the vintage headaches. This one comes housed in a nickel cover, giving it a clean, traditional look that suits everything from a ’59-style Les Paul to a semi-hollow jazz box.
- 6-string electric guitar humbucker, neck position
- Standard PAF shape for drop-in compatibility
- Dual coil construction, epoxy-potted
- Vintage-style winding (~7.5K-ohm) for tight lows and sweet highs
- Width: 1.52″ / 39mm — Length: 2.75″ / 70mm
- Nickel-plated cover
If you’re chasing the smooth, defined tone of early humbuckers rather than modern gain and compression, the PBF-49 is built exactly for that job.
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