Well, my Firebird has this really bluesy crunch to it. I haven't had the fortune to seriously mess around with any other real gibsons, but I imagine it's at least fairly unique to that whole family. I've got it going through a Fender Twin tube amp, and it just screams. I love it.
Anyway...
Hey hey, Cigar-box guitar update! I've added a pickup! it's an old white Dimarzio single coil I found in my dad's old gig bag. I've got no clue where it's from, but I decided to put it into Ciggy (it's about halfway between where the neck and mid pickups would be on a strat). based off of the tes I just did (mechanical with only one string) it sounds pretty bitchin. Got a real nice tone if you can get past the fuzz, but I suppose when I solder it in there that'll help. Right now it's going directly from pickup to output, but I have an old volume pot lying around, should I throw that on there for good measure?