_____ NEED TO KNOW _____ THE FIREBIRD PICKUP____ Underrated and why

PAF HB

 WORLDS MOST UNDERATED PICK UP

When Gibson brought out the Firebird guitar it had one single goal To make a better Stratocaster. Gibson was losing a lot of biz to guys preferring a Strat. They needed a guitar that looks futuristic. Keep in mind when the Strat came out it was considered futuristic. Compare it to a Les Paul & it certainly is. So when it got to the pickup they wanted it to sound bright and chimey like a Strat but get rid of the noise.

STRATOCASTER

First let's check out the construction.
The Strat as you can see has 6 cylinder shaped magnets with the magnetic pull focused at the top.
The Firebird has a blade magnet inside each coil one to get the same kind of focus as the Strat. 

Like all HB the second coil is really only killing the hum.

FIREBIRD

The reason the Gibson mini HB is always chosen over the Firebird is because it doesn't have screws for altering the the pull. Guys think the Firebird is a dumbed down PU with a cover killing the sound. Totally 100% WRONG. Look at the HB it has one magnet lying flat under the bobbins. The focus of the pull is entirely different. It is as different as an orange is to a lemon in its construction and sound.

I have always found if you have a guitar with 2 HB PU's if you dial in your amp & OD pedals to sound killer fat on your bridge PU the neck PU is muddy mess. I still can not figure out why Gibson does not put a Firebird PU at the neck to fix the problem.