What makes a PAF style humbucker a PAF style humbucker?

April 28, 2025

· There are a few key factors:

· The gauge and coating of the coil wire needs to be 42 AWG with a plain enamel coating.

· The number of turns of wire per bobbin which tends to be around the 5000 mark.

· The material the bobbin is made of which needs to be butyrate.

· The magnet needs to be AlNiCo.

· The baseplate needs to be nickel silver

· The lead wire needs to a braided single lead

· A wood spacer

· And the most expensive part of the whole equation…the cover. The cover needs to drawn and it cannot have a layer of copper underneath the plating – this is a huge differentiator.

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