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jb_abides

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Magnifique!!!! Mine has Burstbuckers 2 and 3. But yours probably has something closer to custom shop jobs. Have to say I didn’t like the regular BBS I had on a Les Paul, long gone. But the 2&3 are fantastic. Immediate love.

I love that finish on yours!
Thanks. Yup I have the Antique Natural with the BB2/3; these are billed as 70s Tribute Burstbuckers, so they are modified Burstbuckers...
 

jb_abides

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That’s right. Forgot you had the Antique natural.

Is this the new one? View attachment 19076
yup...

I am no pup guru, I don't know how these are constructed or the magnet employed [in fact no information out there!]. Don't have the multimeter handy....

That said: if I had to guess they'd be Gibby's take on a slightly hotter, middy PAF tone without the more brittle highs of a T-Type... more of a modified PAF e.g. somewhere between SD Pearly Gates and SD 78, with more of a SD Jazz clean tone in the neck. Definitely not hot like a 70s Dirty Fingers, DiMarzio Super Distortion or anything akin to than hot and powerful.

The amp can get pushed when set on gain threshold, but it's not about the guitar easily pushing it there. It's a 'set the amp' appropriately, then use volume pots to push things and dial back.
 
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ch willie

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yup...

I am no pup guru, I don't know how these are constructed or the magnet employed [in fact no information out there!]. Don't have the multimeter handy....

That said: if I had to guess they'd be Gibby's take on a slightly hotter, middy PAF tone without the more brittle highs of a T-Type... more of a modified PAF e.g. somewhere between SD Pearly Gates and SD 78, with more of a SD Jazz clean tone in the neck. Definitely not hot like a 70s Dirty Fingers, DiMarzio Super Distortion or anything akin to than hot and powerful.

The amp can get pushed when set on gain threshold, but it's not about the guitar easily pushing it there. It's a 'set the amp' appropriately, then use volume pots to push things and dial back.
I play mine mostly through a Fender Deluxe. In the trem channel, if in input one, mine overdrives the amp perfectly. In two , I get the sweetest cleans.

I’ll bet you’re going to have some outstanding sounds coming from yours. .
 
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