Description
Klein didn’t just aim for a PAF-style sound—they rebuilt the pickup from the ground up using period-correct materials. This 1958 humbucker set pairs vintage-correct nickel-silver baseplates with double black butyrate bobbins, hand-wound in 42 gauge dark purple plain enamel wire. At the heart of each coil sits a real 1959 laboratory-analyzed Alnico magnet, paired with Klein’s exclusively made 1959-alloy polepieces and keeper bars—no modern substitutes, no shortcuts.
The result is a lower-output early-PAF voice: a fat, clear low end with real punch, topped by a clean, articulate high end that never gets brittle. Players describe a real (if slight) compression through the mids and highs that gives the set the same dynamic feel and timbre as an original ’58—not just a copy of the numbers on a spec sheet.
- Neck & Bridge, average output 7.2k (Middle available for Triplet sets)
- Vintage-correct nickel-silver alloy baseplates, 49.2mm, threaded long-leg style
- Double black butyrate bobbins, 49.2mm
- 42 gauge dark purple plain enamel magnet wire, asymmetric coils, traversed-turn winding
- Real 1959 lab-analyzed Alnico magnet, 100% identical reproduction
- Klein-exclusive 1959-alloy screws, slugs, and keeper bars
- Nickel-silver covers with nickel plating
- Steel-braided 2-conductor hookup wire
If you’re chasing that early, lower-output PAF character—warm, punchy, and just a little compressed on top—this set is built for exactly that job.
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