Burstbucker 1&2 or 2&3?

[Awesome Possum]

Hey all,

 

I did a search on this but came up short handed. I was recently given a Gibson Burstbucker 2, and would like to use it with another Gibson pickup to replace the stock pickups in my Epiphone Les Paul Custom. My question is: What are the differences between putting it in the bridge position with a BB1 in the neck compared to putting it in the neck position with a BB3 in the bridge position? I have tried googling it, youtube for sound, etc - but cant find a direct comparison.

 

For context: I play everything from Zep to 90s alt rock (Collective Soul, I Mother Earth, etc) to metal (using a Morpheus Drop Tune). I run it through a Fender Princeton with several different effects, including a Marshal Jackhammer, Tube Screamer, and Tube King.

 

Cheers,

Derek

[marvar]

Hey all,

 

I did a search on this but came up short handed. I was recently given a Gibson Burstbucker 2, and would like to use it with another Gibson pickup to replace the stock pickups in my Epiphone Les Paul Custom. My question is: What are the differences between putting it in the bridge position with a BB1 in the neck compared to putting it in the neck position with a BB3 in the bridge position? I have tried googling it, youtube for sound, etc - but cant find a direct comparison.

 

For context: I play everything from Zep to 90s alt rock (Collective Soul, I Mother Earth, etc) to metal (using a Morpheus Drop Tune). I run it through a Fender Princeton with several different effects, including a Marshal Jackhammer, Tube Screamer, and Tube King.

 

Cheers,

Derek

The BB 3 hasn't worked for me- or I haven't found the right guitar for it- a bit too bright, maybe a little brash sounding.

 

the BB2 and BB1 sound great together, I have that in my Les Paul. No complaints. The BB1 is pretty weak.

[Mad Rax]

If you can solder just stick her in and see if she sounds good.

 

The main thing will be if she is balanced with the other pup, you can use a multimeter to see the ohm impedance, and the bridge pup should always be higher impedance than the neck. Don´t worry if you don´t have a multimeter, I have placed unbalanced pups and my ear always lets me know. I just take them back out and reinstall the other ones. Ofcourse that I have a lot of pickups lying around ha!

 

Personally I don´t like Burstbuckers, but thats just me.

[HeadCase]

I love the 1&2.

I love the 2&3 even more.

 

The 2/3 set is just hotter (more gain) IMO.

You can always adjust volumes to cut back to

1&2 levels...

Good Luck!!!

[tazzboy]

Burstbucker's 2 and 3 are in Joe Bonamassa guitar.

[BigKahune]

BB2-neck/BB3-bridge B)

[Guest BentonC]

I actually really like the 1/2 combination. I think the amps have a tendency to respond a bit better to them. But, there you go. It is all in the opinion of the player...

No right answers to this one.

[ken8878]

Remember what should be remembered, and forget what should be forgotten.Alter what is changeable, and accept what is mutable.

[badbluesplayer]

I just replaced the PU's in my LP with BB1/BB2 and they sound great.

[blueeburg]

Hey all,

 

I did a search on this but came up short handed. I was recently given a Gibson Burstbucker 2, and would like to use it with another Gibson pickup to replace the stock pickups in my Epiphone Les Paul Custom. My question is: What are the differences between putting it in the bridge position with a BB1 in the neck compared to putting it in the neck position with a BB3 in the bridge position? I have tried googling it, youtube for sound, etc - but cant find a direct comparison.

 

For context: I play everything from Zep to 90s alt rock (Collective Soul, I Mother Earth, etc) to metal (using a Morpheus Drop Tune). I run it through a Fender Princeton with several different effects, including a Marshal Jackhammer, Tube Screamer, and Tube King.

 

Cheers,

Derek