[Larry Mal]

I think you'll have to explain this. I do know that Firebird pickups aren't PAF humbuckers nor are they your typical mini-humbucker, but how are they not humbuckers?

I mean, here is the quote from the Gibson page about the instrument we are discussing directly:

" It retains the visionary "through-body" neck design that increases sustain and resonance, while upgrading the instrument's power with a pair of ceramic-magnet mini-humbucking pickups that look identical to the originals. "