David Makowski

Thank you to everyone that posted. I have been playing guitar since 1979. I have used all the popular pickup's over all these years but never knew exactly what makes pickup's tick? Now I have a much better idea. Yes, I have Burstbucker Pro's in my 2013 Gibson Les Paul Standard and Burstbucker 61's in my 2019 Gibson Les Paul Classic. I knew they both were Alnico V magnet based pickup sets and I too wondered how and why the Pro's sound brighter and the 61's sound smoother? Thank you all for the great information. BTW, I love both sets the Pro's and the 61's. Great pickups. I wanted to mention along with both sets of pickups, Gibson's wiring harness is so cool. I absolutely love the (4) push/pull potentiometers. I read that when the 61's are split they sound like P90's. What a great idea. I though they sounded beefier than say a Stratocaster single coils. The "True Bypass" is another great feature. I'm still not entirely clear about the "Phase" potentiometer though? In Phase, Out of Phase, plain ole Phase, I'm not sure what Phase is exactly.