Originally Posted by: RazboIn reaching for that 'brown sound' I'm open to suggestions for pick ups. I am not sure I can order the "PAF" any more and I just don't know a thing about pick ups.

The Gibson 57 or 57T pick ups are probably what you're looking for. They were the redo of the PAF. In the 80's, Gibson decided to bring back that sound and I think somewhere in the late 80's or early 90's started calling them by 57 or 57T. The 57 is a good mellow pick up and ideal (I think) for a neck pick up and the 57T is a hotter pick up (a few more winds of the wire). The 57T might the pick up for the 'brown sound' element you're looking for.