78 vs Brobucker

[BigJim y'all]

Always flippin pickups, so much fun and always educational.

I love the Brobucker, but finding them used is challenging.
I do see more than a few used 78s listed for sale, but wondered what the difference was between the 78 and Brobucker...

 

[jeremy]

the 78 is brighter and chewier with less output, not a ton less but noticeable

 

[BigJim y'all]

the 78 is brighter and chewier with less output, not a ton less but noticeable

I just bought a 78 that was custom ordered with an A5 pickup, fired up!

 

[Bill Dennis]

I would be interested in the 78 but not at custom shop prices. I have a Brobucker. I won't get rid of it, but it never manages to stay in anything either. The degaused mag might have been a little too much with the 9k wind. Always seems a touch wooly to my ear

 

[BigJim y'all]

I would be interested in the 78 but not at custom shop prices. I have a Brobucker. I won't get rid of it, but it never manages to stay in anything either. The degaused mag might have been a little too much with the 9k wind. Always seems a touch wooly to my ear

Sell it to ME!!!!

 

[gsammo79]

I would be interested in the 78 but not at custom shop prices. I have a Brobucker. I won't get rid of it, but it never manages to stay in anything either. The degaused mag might have been a little too much with the 9k wind. Always seems a touch wooly to my ear

When you say the brobucker is woolly what do you mean?

 

[beaubrummels]

IME the 78 is like a Pearly Gates with the bass rolled off and a Brobucker is like a Seth with the mid peak pushed up from the honk range into the chime range, and the Q widened a little bit, not quite as wide as an A2P, but wider than a Seth. Also a little bit more output.

 

[Bill Dennis]

When you say the brobucker is woolly what do you mean?

It's a little thick in the low mids which maaks some upper mids/ high end in my opinion. It's not drastic but enough that I am always try to get more bite out if it