danieldoranie
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Duane Allman had rewound pickups in his 'Burst.
Duane had the Goldtop prior to his 'Burst. When he acquired the 'Burst he kept the pickups from the Goldtop and put them in the 'Burst. The Goldtop's pickups were apparently modified/swapped out/rewound at some point while in Duane's possession. So, the sound we hear on the 'Burst Duane played on the Fillmore East has the last set of pickups that were in the Goldtop - which were apparently modified in someway.
I did not dig any deeper into how the Goldtop pickups were modified/rewound. (Or even if they really, actually, were modified.)
It is mysterious.
It is part of the legend.
Link: https://www.groundguitar.com/duane-...r/duane-allmans-1957-gibson-les-paul-goldtop/
...I'm a bit biased...