🎸 1960-ES – Freddie King PAF Clone

The Hollow-Body Humbucker That Electrified the Blues.

🔥 THE SOUND THAT SHAPED TEXAS BLUES

This is not your average PAF. This is the 1960 ES-345 tone—the exact voice Freddie King used to carve his name into blues history.

His playing was raw, explosive, and dangerously melodic—and that energy came straight from the pickups in his 1960 Gibson ES-345.

Vocal mids. Hollow snap. Thick low-end with a bite that sings.

We tracked down a real 1960 ES-345 PAF set, dissected the voicing, and rebuilt it piece by piece.

What came out is one of the most alive, reactive, and emotionally charged PAFs we’ve ever cloned.

🛠️ BUILT TO ORIGINAL 1960 ES-345 SPEC

We stripped out the Varitone circuit and focused on what mattered most—the raw PAF tone Freddie King actually recorded with.

Every detail is period-correct:

• ✅ Plain Enamel Wire

• ✅ Scatter-Wound for 3D Bloom

• ✅ Alnico Magnets

• ✅ Exact 1960 DC Resistance Matching

• ✅ Aged or Polished Nickel/Gold Covers Available

The tone is dynamic, harmonically rich, and explodes under your fingers. These pickups don’t just respond to your playing—they anticipate it.

🎧 VOICED FOR TRUE HOLLOW-BODY EXPRESSION

These were tuned specifically to capture the unique snap of a semi-hollow body at full volume.

Clean? They shimmer.
Cranked? They scream.
And when you dig in—they bark.

You’ll hear the same voice Freddie channeled on “Hide Away,” “The Stumble,” “I’m Tore Down,” and “Have You Ever Loved a Woman.”

💰 HIGH PRICE? LET’S ADDRESS IT HEAD-ON.

This set costs $1250.

Not because it’s boutique.
Not because we slapped “vintage” on the label.

But because this is the only way to get Freddie King’s 1960 tone without spending $8,000+ on a pair of real vintage ES-345 PAFs—and praying they’re playable.

We’ve cloned some of the most respected pickups in history—Tom Holmes, Virgil Arlo, Abigail Ybarra —and this set belongs in that exact same conversation.

🧠 IF YOU’RE READING THIS, YOU’RE NOT LIKE MOST GUITARISTS

You care about tone.
Not trends. Not marketing hype.
Real. Functional. Historic tone.

The world may have moved on from real music—but we haven’t.
And if you’re chasing that sound...
The sound of Freddie’s early fire and swagger...
You just found your missing link.

⏳ LIMITED AVAILABILITY – DON’T WAIT

We make these in small batches.
Why? Because they’re built like it’s still 1960.
Slow. Careful. Exact.

So when they’re gone, they’re gone.

💬 STILL DECIDING? READ THIS:

Most guitarists will never play a pickup this good.
Not because they can’t—but because they won’t.

They’ll settle. They’ll compromise.
They’ll chase tone and never find it.
You don’t have to be one of them.

⭐ TRUSTED BY GRAMMY-WINNING COMPOSERS

We don’t just make clones.
We build pickups for session pros, world-class composers, and top-tier players who can feel the difference.

🎯 READY TO GET THE FREDDIE KING SOUND?

Click “Add to Cart” and make your rig legendary.

Professional Testimonials

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“These pickups respond just like vintage pickups. What makes them better than vintage pickups is that each set is consistent. You don’t don’t get that with vintage pickups…some are great & some are duds.  The Tone Specific’s always sound amazing. There's nothing else like these on the market.”

-Dan Courtenay, Vintage Guitar Expert

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"These are the best pickups I've ever used. I'm so happy to have these in my guitars. They are better than vintage pickups. I was shocked to discover they are even better than the Arlo's. They just feel & sound amazing. Man you are a Genius. "

- Will Crosby, Legendary Guitarist (BB King, Aretha Franklin, Mavis Stables)

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“It sounds like the have Tubes in them...almost three dimensional. They just sound really sweet. I don’t how they do it but they even feel sweet. Just like vintage pickups but with more sustain and less noise. They are just amazing”

-Mike Gallaher, Legendary Guitarist - Joe Cocker, Leon Russell

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"Just like vintage pickups only better. They have this dynamic thing going on kind of like a great tube amp. I imagine this is what new vintage pickups sounded like back in the 50's & 60's"

-Dani Robinson, Blues Guitarist (Performs Jimi parts w/Billy Cox Experience)

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"They sound better than all of the other pickups I've used. I think they even send better than the Arlo's. I'll be using them in my future builds."

-Ken McKay, Luthier

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