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Duane Allman’s Three Beloved Les Pauls Are Reunited Onstage for the Allman Brothers’ Final Stand
Duane Allman had three primary Les Pauls during his time with the Allman Brothers Band. The 1957 goldtop that he played on the band’s first two albums as well as most of the Derek and the Dominos Layl
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Duane owned three LP's: a gold top '57 that he recorded the first two Allman Brothers albums with, a '58 sunburst and his favorite, a '59 sunburst that he traded his gold top '57 for.
But his favorite pickups were the 1957 PAFs in his gold top '57.
When the original owner of the '59 offered to trade him the '59 for the '57 goldtop, Duane said he would do it as long as he could swap the pickups from the '57 into the '59, and put the pickups from the '59 in the '57.
And that's what happened.
What's all this got to do with PRS 57/08 pickups? Well they're designed to sound like the '57 PAFs that Duane loved!
I just got my first set yesterday.
They came in a Bernie Marsden that had been upgraded with locking tuners and an adjustable bridge/tailpiece with brass saddles from John Mann, and 57/08 pickups.
The 57/08's are the first "new" pickup I've owned that genuinely reminds me of the guitars with 50's PAF's I owned back in the day.
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