Buying a Humbucker this week, any recommendations/cool stuff for sale?

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I need a new bridge hum for my knock off 335. The pickup that is in it is super hot and aggressive and feeds back in an ugly way.

What I want is something that is hotter and darker than my Rickenbacker, but not hugely hotter or darker. And it would be cool to have a pickup that has somewhat of a pushed/forward midrange.

From my research, it sounds like a PAF will do the job. I was thinking of getting an Entwhistle from Jansen as I get pretty sweet pricing from them but always keen to hear opinions for alternatives or secondhand stuff for sale

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Second on the entwistle, but if you’re not careful the A2 can be quite shrill.
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Got a Seymour Duncan 59 for my Tele. It's awesome. PAF for days.

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Got a Gibson BrustBucker out of my R9 bridge. $100 shipped

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Grab the Burstbucker IMO. One of my favourite PAFs.

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Isn't the burst bucker supposed to sound airy and bright for a hum bucker?

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bbrunskill wrote:Isn't the burst bucker supposed to sound airy and bright for a hum bucker?
Airy? Sort of.

bright, no idea.

I play full on metal so don’t have much experience to share

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DongHua wrote:Got a Gibson BrustBucker out of my R9 bridge. $100 shipped

PM'd!

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And a Burstbucker on the way from Dong! Cheers all.

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GrantB wrote:Tony, your taste is, as always, very refined. Or as HG would say, "bloody awful".
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Oh wait, didn't read last post
GrantB wrote:Tony, your taste is, as always, very refined. Or as HG would say, "bloody awful".
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Post by rickenbackerkid »

That’s F spaced anyway, that won’t be great on a 335... YouTube clips of the burstbucker sound pretty killer so i’m stoked to try it. Hopefully picking up some new pots too

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