Gibson Burstbucker Type 1 Double Black, Nickel cover, 2-conductor, unpotted, Alnico II, 8.0k ohmsOn the shop floor of the original Gibson plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the earliest Gibson Patent Applied For humbuckers were wound using imprecise machines, resulting in pickups with varying degrees of output and tone. The Burstbucker line of pickups represents Gibson's drive to recapture the magic of the original Patent Applied For humbucker pickups. First introduced in the early 1990s, the Gibson Burstbucker Types 1, 2, and 3 successfully captured