Classic 57 and Burstbucker Pro

[brandonah1994]

I want to change my pickups and ive been looking at the classic 57 and the burstbucker pro. i was thinking of putting a classic 57 in the neck position and a burstbucker pro in the bridge position. Is this a good Combo? i play classic rock, blues, and jazz.

[Backstage]

This might help a little:
Burstbucker Pro vs Burstbucker Type 3 vs '57 Classic Plus ---HELP!

[samldr1984]

Originally Posted by brandonah1994

I want to change my pickups and ive been looking at the classic 57 and the burstbucker pro. i was thinking of putting a classic 57 in the neck position and a burstbucker pro in the bridge position. Is this a good Combo? i play classic rock, blues, and jazz.

I have Classic 57's in my 339 and Seth Lovers in my LP. I think they are both great and I play blues, Classic rock type stuff.

[capt_goodvibes]

I just put in a Burstbucker 3 in the Bridge and a 57 Classic in the Neck of my Les Paul Standard, loveeeee the tone I get from it now.

[garybaldy]

Originally Posted by brandonah1994

I want to change my pickups and ive been looking at the classic 57 and the burstbucker pro. i was thinking of putting a classic 57 in the neck position and a burstbucker pro in the bridge position. Is this a good Combo? i play classic rock, blues, and jazz.

I'm a fan of both your suggested pups.
Not intending to be critical,but I always wonder why the general trend is to put a mellow type pup in what is already a mellow location (neck) and an inherently edgey pup in the inherently brighter position (bridge).
Thankyou

[LtKojak]

Originally Posted by garybaldy

I always wonder why the general trend is to put a mellow type pup in what is already a mellow location (neck) and an inherently edgey pup in the inherently brighter position (bridge).

The dreaded 490R/498T syndrome...

I think it's not more frowned upon because a lot of players don't use both p'ups all the time, but only one.

Or, if somebody do and rave about it, I can only come to the conclusion that he/she just doenn't have ears for tone.

And if you consider that most are not able to tune the instrument without a tuner and a whole lot of them pay somebody to change the strings, I just can't say I'm surprised...

EDIT: more than a third of my income as a guitar tech come from simply changing strings, so I kinda know what I'm talking about here. Not that I'm complaining, mind you!

HTH,

[Woodsie]

That's the stock combination in the Traditional Pros'. i changed the bridge pickup in mine twice already. first time a 57+, now a SD JB.