Here are the characteristics that make a great vintage humbucker: a soft magnetic field, sweet tone, perfect balance between warmth and clarity, the ability to go from clean to distorted by pick attack alone. The PAF^® 36th Anniversary Neck is smooth but not muddy. It performs equally well in the neck or bridge, just as the best humbuckers from the 50s did. The PAF^® 36th Anniversary is built any way you want it. The PAF^® 36th Anniversary Neck is available uncovered, and also with three types of covers: standard polished and plated, buffed with no plating, and vintage worn cover that looks so authentic and broken in that you’ll swear it’s been hanging around since 1959.