Wizz — Premium Clone PAF — Cherry Burst Pickups

The 'Fillmore Set' is the set of P.A.F. Pickups currently residing in Duane Allman's 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard Cherry Burst, although it is essentially a tale of two guitars as the history of those pickups goes back a little farther than the Cherry Burst.

Serial Number 7 3312 belonged to the 1957 Gibson Goldtop Duane played before getting his Burst, and is perhaps most notable for its presence, along with Eric Clapton, on the legendary Layla Sessions. Duane purchased this Goldtop from Lipham Music in Gainsville, Florida in the late ‘60s.

Duane acquired his Cherry Burst in September of 1970 in a trade with Rick Stine (Stone Balloon’s guitarist) for his 1957 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop, a 50 Watt Marshall head, and $200 cash. Duane purchased the Cherry Burst under the condition that Duane got to keep the P.A.F. pickups from the Goldtop so that he could install them in the Cherry Burst.

PAF Pickups from 1957 were normally lower output than those installed in 1959, yielding greater clarity and articulation. As was usual for 1957, these pickups had fatter wire, double black bobbins and were both wound with a DCR of approximately 7.0kΩ. In 2013 the Gibson Custom Shop had this guitar in house for replication and the resistance decided on for the #3 Custom Buckers in the Gibson Les Paul ’59 Duane Allman Signature Cherry Sunburst pickups was 6.97kΩ in the neck and 7.04kΩ in the bridge. Those are the measurements Wizz provides in the Fillmore Cherry Burst Set in an attempt to get as close as possible to the amazing tones heard on the immortal 'At Fillmore East'.

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