I've had the PATB-1 set as well as the PATB-3. Great pickups.
The PATB-1 definitely hits the front of the amp harder at 16k. The PATB-3 is around 9k. More of an overwound PAF style pickup. I dig them both for different applications. For hot rodded super strat tones, the PATB-1 is hard to beat, IMHO.They sound pretty similar in the two videos, thoughts about differences between the two?
Agree.The PATB-1 definitely hits the front of the amp harder at 16k. The PATB-3 is around 9k. More of an overwound PAF style pickup. I dig them both for different applications. For hot rodded super strat tones, the PATB-1 is hard to beat, IMHO.
I've had the PATB-1 set as well as the PATB-3. Great pickups. The PATB-1 is about JB output without the upper mid spike. Probably one of my favorite Duncan pickups. The PATB-3 is a PAF output style pickup. A bit more growl than a standard PAF though. Here are two clips of both pickups in the same guitar.