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Its not uncommon to see OTPG pickups for sale at Reverb for ebay selling in the $2,000 range. Here are some listings, click on the links below to find out more.

More About OTPG Pickups

OTPG didn’t believe in product lines.
He believed in truth.
One model was all he ever needed.

He chased the feel of a great late-50s humbucker, not the spec sheet version, not the corporate replica, not the polished museum clone. He wanted the living, breathing, vocal thing that only a handful of real PAFs ever had.

Most winders try to recreate history.
OTPG tried to resurrect it.


OTPG PAF Humbucker Set

This is the pickup that turned quiet whispers into underground legend.

Every set carried the character that players describe the same way:
open, woody mids, a vocal top end, tight lows that still breathe, and a harmonic bloom that feels like the note is being pulled out of the wood instead of pushed out of the pickup.

OTPG achieved this by doing the same thing true master winders have always done.
He listened.
He trusted his hands.
He shaped each coil by feel, letting micro-variations create the personality that sterile, modern winders will never achieve.

Key qualities players noticed:

42 AWG plain enamel wire with the right tension for movement and color
Alnico Magnets
Open dynamics that reward real technique
Harmonics that break up like a living instrument
A voice that feels vintage rather than pretending to be vintage

Players who knew tone described OTPG PAFs as rare examples of pickups that didn’t feel modern, didn’t feel polite, didn’t feel engineered. They felt alive. They felt like the better side of 1959.

No two sets sounded identical.
Just like the originals.
But they all shared the same DNA.

These pickups were installed in the best bursts, the most accurate conversions, and the instruments trusted by players who had already tried Holmes, Throbak, and every other name worth mentioning. The verdict from real musicians was always the same, OTPG was king.

OTPG nailed the feel.
The touch.
The bloom.
The movement.

That is why these sets are almost never for sale. Most players who get them keep them. And most players who missed out are still searching.

One model was all he ever needed.
Because when you get it right, one is enough.

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