Long A4 vs. Unoriented A5 | Biggest Difference Yet? The Great P.A.F. Magnet Duel Rides On! Upgrade your guitar with ThroBak Pickups 👉 https://www.throbak.com/
The Vintage P.A.F. style Alnico magnet train keeps rolling in Episode 072 when ThroBak compares Long Alnico 4 vs. Long Unoriented Alnico 5 magnets in ThroBak Reference pickups. Hear dueling Heritage H-150 Custom Core guitars and pick your favorite magnet tone! Then Jon & Matthew debate: Do guitarists judge tone with their eyes rather than their ears? The hotly debated Guitargument also reveals the 7 Rules of the Luthier’s Code. Did Fender break an ancient, unspoken pact with its March 2026 cease & desist letters? Watch and find out!
🎸 Gear Featured in This Episode Heritage H-150 Custom Core Guitars ThroBak Lucky 7's P.A.F. Style Repro Reference Pickups Vintage 1979 Fender Silverface Deluxe Reverb Live Gig Gear: Vintage 1979 Fender Vibrolux Reverb 2004 Gibson Les Paul Historic Reissue with ThroBak '57 SteelHead A4 pickups Fender American Vintage II 1951 Telecaster Reissue with ThroBak T-'52 Fullerton 457 Telecaster pickups Nobels ODR-1 effect pedal
Show Rundown:
📬 THROBAK NEWS, VIEWER COMMENTS AND DIVE BAR GIG CLIPS Does the ThroBak crew practice the great tone they preach? The answer is YES and the guys prove it with clips form their recent Dive Bar Gig! Jon & Matthew also dig into viewer questions and comments from Episode #071.
🧲 PICKUPS OF THE WEEK — LONG A4 vs. UNORIENTED LONG A5 The ThroBak Reference Sets return! We compare USA-made Long Alnico 4 magnets against Long Unoriented Alnico 5 magnets in matching Heritage H-150 Custom Core guitars through a '79 Fender Deluxe Reverb. Hear the difference the magnets alone make.
👀👂 THE GUITARGUMENT — DO GUITARISTS JUDGE TONE WITH THEIR EYES OR THEIR EARS? Vintage logos. Famous names. High prices. Beautiful finishes. Legendary provenance. How much does knowing what we’re looking at influence what we think we’re hearing? Jon & Matthew debate whether guitarists can really separate tone from expectation.
🧊 THE COOL DOWN The debate may be over, but the argument isn’t! Jon & Matthew cool things down and revisit the question.
📜 THE LUTHIER’S CODE! Jon reveals his 7 Rules of the Luthier’s Code—the unwritten rules that guitar builders have traditionally lived by. Did Fender break an ancient, unspoken pact when it sent cease & desist letters to guitar builders and retailers in March 2026?
🎵 MATTHEW’S RORSCHACH RIFFS — BASS EDITION Forget six strings! Matthew puts Jon to the test with another Bass Edition of Rorschach Riffs. How many can you identify before Jon?
🔵 MATTHEW’S MUSICAL MUSINGS — BLUE DOT FEVER OUTBREAK! Matthew has diagnosed another dangerous out break in Grand Rapids, Michigan commonly known as Blue Dot Fever! Could it be coming to your town next?
👋 OUTRO Jon & Matthew wrap up Episode #072 and another week in the ThroBak Guitar Lounge.
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