The Burstbucker Type 2 is a humbucking guitar pickup built as a replica of Gibson's early Patent Applied For pickups. It uses an Alnico 2 magnet, unbalanced coil windings and vintage braided two-conductor wiring, with medium output around 8.4K DC resistance. It suits players chasing classic PAF tone in any position, and it sits between the lower-output Type 1 and the hotter, overwound Type 3. It is unpotted, so it stays lively and open but can squeal at high gain.
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Owners of the Burstbucker line describe a classic, open humbucker tone with good dynamics and a vintage character. The unpotted build draws both praise for liveliness and complaints about feedback at high gain.
The Gibson Burstbucker Type 2 is a humbucker pickup from Gibson's Burstbucker line. The line recreates the sound of the original Patent Applied For humbuckers, which were wound on imprecise machines in Kalamazoo, Michigan, so their output and tone varied. Burstbuckers use historically unbalanced coil windings and Alnico 2 magnets to capture that classic humbucker tone.
The Type 2 has medium output and works in any position. It produces an airy, full tone. When overdriven, it gives a distortion with slightly enhanced highs. It is not wax potted and uses vintage braided two-conductor wiring.
