I have never had a gibby or any neck-bucker guitar that I didn't mod to have at least splittable coils at the neck, always loved it. Never had much use for a bucker neck sound really as I don't play dark jazz or thick violin leads.
In fact my fave on my '92 LP standard was to have the neck pickup not just split but wired in twin-single coil mode giving me pretty much the strat 2nd position sound on neck pup.
Dee
"When life's a biatch, be a horny dog"
Amps: Marshall JVM 410H w/ Plexi Cap mod, Choke Mod & Negative Feedback Removal mod, 4x12", Behringer GMX110, Amplitube 3/StealthPedal
Half a dozen custom built/bastardized guitars all with EMG's, mostly 85's, Ibanez Artwood acoustic & Yamaha SGR bass, Epiphone Prophecy SG, Vox Wah, Pitchblack tuner plus assorted pedals, rack gear etc. for home studio use.