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10 Best paf style pickups in Canada
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EMGEMG 57/66 Bridge and Neck Humbucker Guitar Pickups Set, Brushed Chrome
Main highlights- The unique combination of Alnico V magnets and steel pole pieces evoke an unmistakably PAF quality in its tone
- The ceramic pole pieces bring out the clarity in the upper register
- The active attributes provide the headroom and punch necessary to deliver excellent definition and presence
- The 66 is a result of pickup design inspired by the specific needs and requests of today’s players
- The 57 is a bridge humbucker pickup designed for today’s guitar player regardless of style or genre
- Alnico V magnets provide the warm, smooth mid-range and expansive lows
- A completely solderless installation makes this pickup set easy to install all on your own
9.9Exceptional
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Seymour Duncan
Seymour Duncan Antiquity Bridge Humbucker Pickup – Unaged Nickel Cover, Vintage PAF-Style Tone
Main highlights- Stage-Ready Durability: Wax-potting and robust hardware guard against microphonics and corrosion, ensuring reliable performance night after night.
- Hand-Aged Metal Covers: Chemically aged nickel or gold covers replicate decades of natural patina, for an instantly broken-in look that turns heads.
- Crystal-Clear Articulation: Balanced lows, smooth midrange, and sparkling highs cut through any mix—perfect for blues, rock, jazz, and studio tracking.
- Authentic Vintage PAF Tone: Hand-scatter-wound coils, vintage-correct Alnico II magnets, and period-accurate impedance recreate the warm, harmonically rich voice of 1950s PAF pickups.
- 4-Conductor, Solder-Free Wiring: Color-coded leads let you split coils, reverse phase, or tap outputs in seconds, no soldering required.
9.7Exceptional
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- 03Musiclily
Wilkinson M Series Vintage Tone Alnico 5 Covered Humbucker Pickups Set Gold
Main highlights- The classic PAF style humbucking pickup fits most Epiphone/USA Les Paul, SG, ES style guitar or many similar guitar, neck/bridge position
- Package included: 2 Pieces Pickups (neck/bridge). Note: Our screws maybe will not fit your usage, please use your own if you can
- Magnet: Alnico V, Resistance: 7.6k (Neck) / 14.1K (Bridge). Four conductor wires, black wire is ground, yellow wire is hot, red and white is for splitting coil
- Genuine Wilkinson parts. 50mm/52mm pole spacing for neck and bridge, wax potted
- Classic PAF vintage tone. Alnico V magnets provide incredible focus and dynamics
9.5Excellent
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Value for Money04MusiclilyWilkinson M Series Vintage Tone Covered Humbucker Pickups Set Chrome
Main highlights- The classic PAF style humbucking pickup fits most Epiphone/USA Les Paul, SG, ES style guitar or many similar guitar, neck/bridge position
- Package included: 2 Pieces Pickups (neck/bridge). Note: Our screws maybe will not fit your usage, please use your own if you can
- Magnet: Alnico V, Resistance: 7.6k (Neck) / 14.1K (Bridge). Four conductor wires, black wire is ground, yellow wire is hot, red and white is for splitting coil
- Genuine Wilkinson parts. 50mm/52mm pole spacing for neck and bridge, wax potted
- Classic PAF vintage tone. Alnico V magnets provide incredible focus and dynamics
9.3Excellent
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- 05Wilkinson
Wilkinson Vintage Tone Alnico 5 PAF Style Humbucker Pickups Set for Les Paul Style Electric Guitar, Chrome
Main highlights- This classic PAF style humbucking pickup fits most Epiphone/Gibson Les Paul, SG, ES style guitar or many similar guitar, neck/bridge position
- Package included: 2 Pieces Pickups. Note: Our screws maybe will not fit your usage, please use your own if you can
- Magnet: Alnico V. D.C. Resistance: 7.6K neck, 14.1K bridge. Four conductor wires, black wire is ground, yellow wire is hot, red and white is for splitting coil
- Genuine Wilkinson parts. 50mm/52mm pole spacing for neck and bridge, wax potted
- Classic PAF vintage tone. Alnico V magnets provide incredible focus and dynamics
9.2Excellent
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- 06ZIFLUX
57 Classic 57 Classic Plus Alnico 2 Vintage Guitar Humbucker PAF Braided Wire Pickups Bridge and Neck For Les Paul style Guitar Chrome (Chrome)
Main highlights- Wire clip: plastic wire clip
- Resistor: about Neck 8.15k/Bridge 8.52k Inductance: Neck 4.3H/Bridge 4.9H
- Pads: Maple pads
- Package Included: 1 x Neck Humbucker Pickup 1 x Bridge Humbucker Pickup 4 x Screws 4 x Springs
- Output wire: metal braided wire 1P Braided Shield Copper shell: cupronickel copper shell
- Magnet: Alnico 2 class alnico2
- Hole spacing: 50mm/50mm
- Copper wire: German brand plain copper wire
- Coil winding direction: neck clockwise CW/Bridge clockwise CW
- Coil Polarity: Neck South&north/Bridge North&South
8.9Very Good
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- 07Seymour Duncan
Seymour Duncan Psyclone Bridge Humbucker Pickup - Nickel
Main highlights- The neck pickup is designed to perfectly recreate the original Filter’Tron pickup spec from the fifties. Originally designed in our Custom Shop, we took special care when sourcing materials to ensure the look and fit of the pickups are perfect – whether you’re restoring a vintage guitar or dropping them in a modern classic.
- The Seymour Duncan Psyclone Vintage Filter’Tron pickups recreate the distinctive sound of the original Filter’Tron pickups of the fifties and sixties. Due to tighter pole spacing, low DCR, and strong magnetism, the tone falls somewhere between a P.A.F. style humbucker and a single-coil – warm, clear, snappy, and sweet, making it the perfect complement for country, jazz, and classic rock.
- The Psyclone Vintage pickups are drop-in replacements for any guitar routed for Filter’Tron style pickups and include the correct hardware for either direct mount or pickup-ring mounting options. Psyclone pickups are hum-cancelling and use a single conductor lead wire. Each Psyclone pickup is handmade in Santa Barbara, CA.
- Handmade in Santa Barbara, California: Seymour Duncan takes pride in designing and crafting our products to create the most amazing sound possible. That starts with providing an environment that attracts and retains our great team of engineers, product designers and craftsmen, many of whom have been with the company for decades.
- DCR Neck: 4.56k, Magnet: Alnico 5, 1c Shielded Cable
8.8Very Good
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- 08Seymour Duncan
Seymour Duncan SL59-1 Little 59 Humbucker Strat Pickup - Black Neck
Main highlights- Single-coil-sized Humbucking P.A.F. Neck Pickup f Strat-style Guitars - Black
8.6Very Good
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Seymour Duncan
Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB Model Humbucker Pickup, White
Main highlights- Use it with a 500k volume pot for great high-end cut, or try a 250k pot to sweeten and soften the tone for smoother styles. It pairs particularly well with the Jazz or ’59 neck pickups, and some players even like to use a JB in the neck position for an extra-fat solo tone.
- The JB Model humbucker is our most popular pickup of all time. Blues, country, fusion, punk, hard rock, grunge, thrash; the JB has always sounded just right, even as new genres emerged around it. The low end is full and powerful, the highs are crisp and detailed and there’s an upper-midrange bump that adds crunch and chunk to heavy chords but translates to a singing, vocal-like quality when you play single notes or solos.
- Meanwhile the hot output pushes your amp just that little bit harder for more sustain and harmonics. Use it with a 500k volume pot for great high-end cut, or try a 250k pot to sweeten and soften the tone for smoother styles. It pairs particularly well with the Jazz or ’59 neck pickups, and some players even like to use a JB in the neck position for an extra-fat solo tone.
- Hand built in our Santa Barbara, CA factory, the JB Model uses an Alnico 5 bar magnet, nickel silver bottom plate, 4-conductor lead wire for multiple wiring options like series, parallel and split coil, and is vacuum wax potted for squeal-free performance. Available in standard humbucker and Trembucker spacing for 6-String, as well as passive mount 7-String options.
- DCR Bridge: 16.60, Magnet: Alnico 5, 4c Shielded Cable
8.5Good
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- 10Seymour Duncan
Seymour Duncan SH-1b 59 Model 1-Conductor Pickup - Black Bridge
Main highlights- Vintage PAF-style Bridge Humbucker - Black
8.4Good
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