Wizz PAF Humbucker Set - Croatia

Wizz Pickups has built a real reputation among tone obsessed players and builders for one thing above all else, faithfully reproducing the vintage correct pickups and parts found in the great instruments of the past. Operating out of Croatia, Wizz builds in small numbers rather than chasing volume of production, with each set hand wound and assembled by an expert with decades of experience and every set individually numbered. The mission is authenticity above all, matched bobbins, correct magnet types, period correct wire and construction methods, all aimed squarely at recreating the sound and feel of an unopened, all original 1959 PAF humbucker as closely as modern parts and craftsmanship allow. It is exactly this obsessive attention to detail that has made Wizz a genuine go to name for players and luthiers restoring or building vintage style instruments who want the real thing rather than an approximation of it.

This is a genuine Wizz Premium Clone PAF Humbucker set, built with sand cast, USA made Alnico magnets and custom 42 AWG plain enamel wire on cellulose acetate butyrate bobbins in light cream, matched to the bobbins found in unopened 1959 PAFs, and finished with the correct aged butyrate M69 white pickup rings. Both pickups are fitted with nickel silver covers in the correct TV shape with nickel plating, and threaded nickel silver baseplates carrying the silk screened "Patent Applied For" decal, exactly as period correct examples would have. The set is built to the classic slightly understaffed neck and bridge DC resistance pairing that gives genuine PAFs their clarity, dynamic range and touch sensitivity, rather than the higher output, more compressed voicing of later humbucker designs.

Condition is brand new, supplied loose rather than in Wizz's presentational packaging, but complete with everything needed for a straightforward install, the matching pickup rings, mounting screws and springs, along with the braided two strand hookup wiring left uninstalled and ready to be fitted. This is about as close as you can get to a genuine unopened 1959 PAF without sourcing the real, and now extremely rare and expensive, vintage original.

Specifications:

Brand: Wizz Pickups

Model: Premium Clone PAF Humbucker Set

Magnets: Sand cast Alnico, USA made

Wire: Custom 42 AWG plain enamel

Bobbins: Cellulose acetate butyrate, light cream, matched to 1959 PAF specification

Rings: Aged butyrate M69 PAF style rings, white, included

Covers: Nickel silver, correct TV shape, nickel plated

Baseplates: Threaded nickel silver with silk screened "Patent Applied For" decal

Hookup Wire: Braided, two strand, cloth covered

Hardware: Mounting screws and springs included

Country of Origin: Croatia

Condition: Brand new, supplied loose (no presentation box), uninstalled