Pickup difference help

tom1263 · 12-23-2007, 11:38 PM

Can someone offer some info on the difference between the Gibby 57 humbuckers and the burstbuckers? How do you physically tell the difference?

It seems some historics came with 57's and some with B/B's....any rules to that?

Thx!

12-25-2007, 08:33 PM

Japan got them first. They appeared in the US market in 2000 on the Gary Moore. Mid 2001 they were on the R8s and R9s, and by 2002 on the R7s. The earliest had polished magnets and no "wound by" stickers, they started using rough cast magnets sometime in 2001 (57 Classics are polished magnets) and certainly by 2003 they all had the "wound by" stickers. If you have rough magnets, they are burstbuckers, if they are polished, they COULD be early burstbuckers, but then you would have to measure the individual coils to tell if they are 57 Classics or Burstbuckers ( the burstbuckers have unevenly wound coils) Burstbuckers through 2004 used PE wire, and starting in 2005 use poly wire (colored to LOOK like PE!!)

Fixxxer · 12-26-2007, 05:50 PM

FWIW, the older PE wire sounds better to my ears.

deepblue · 05-29-2010, 07:56 AM

Look see...

FennRx · 05-29-2010, 09:11 PM

holy resurrection, blue!

12-23-2007, 11:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
tom1263 Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 79 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Pickup difference help Can someone offer some info on the difference between the Gibby 57 humbuckers and the burstbuckers? How do you physically tell the difference? It seems some historics came with 57's and some with B/B's....any rules to that? Thx!

12-25-2007, 08:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
SKATTERBRANE Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Pickup difference help Japan got them first. They appeared in the US market in 2000 on the Gary Moore. Mid 2001 they were on the R8s and R9s, and by 2002 on the R7s. The earliest had polished magnets and no "wound by" stickers, they started using rough cast magnets sometime in 2001 (57 Classics are polished magnets) and certainly by 2003 they all had the "wound by" stickers. If you have rough magnets, they are burstbuckers, if they are polished, they COULD be early burstbuckers, but then you would have to measure the individual coils to tell if they are 57 Classics or Burstbuckers ( the burstbuckers have unevenly wound coils) Burstbuckers through 2004 used PE wire, and starting in 2005 use poly wire (colored to LOOK like PE!!)

12-26-2007, 05:50 PM	#3 (permalink)
Fixxxer V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,618 Thanks: 14 Thanked 9 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Pickup difference help FWIW, the older PE wire sounds better to my ears. __________________ Everything turns into something else.

05-29-2010, 07:56 AM	#4 (permalink)
deepblue Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 4,683 Thanks: 194 Thanked 134 Times in 47 Posts	Re: Pickup difference help Look see... __________________ __________________________________________________ _______________________________________

05-29-2010, 09:11 PM	#5 (permalink)
FennRx Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: South of Heaven Posts: 10,342 Thanks: 77 Thanked 121 Times in 29 Posts	Re: Pickup difference help holy resurrection, blue! __________________ Up-wing Extremist

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