no bursbuckers! they sound nasal! like you've got your wahwah pedal still on, and halfway open.
for a screamin' tight sound: BBQ/TX? no. they are warm, tight, punchy, agressive, but not screaming or squeeling.
the pearly gates are very, very bright. imho, brighter than the JB.
I suggest the air norton; tight with high gain, loose with low gain. nice and mellow for jazz. great harmonics, nice dynamic sound, articulated. every nuance in your playing can and will be heard. for the neckposition, I recommend the air norton too. for some strange reason, there's no drop in output when switching from neck to bridge, when you use 2 air nortons. in the neck, the pickup is still articulated and dynamic, but now its very warm and mellow. its in my opinion, the best set, most allround set, for a les paul. especially with a set of push push pots for coiltap. great combination, great tone. when you use it with an ac30 or a plexi, its a nice led zep/thin lizzy/kossoff sound, with a jcm800, its sykes, metallica, zakk wylde, rhoads kind off sound. with a koch powertone or Supernova is just over the hill. Run to the hills! its just powerfull. not so much DC's, not a mega-big magnet, but still it has almost as much output as my motherbuckers, JB, iommi pickups or GFS crunchy rails.