Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Players => Topic started by: withoutwarning on August 20, 2005, 07:08:59 PM
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Hey BKP forum members…
I’m a newbie here and just wanted to intro myself and say “Hey” to all the people on the board…
I’m Jay…I’m a solo gtr player over here in the UK. Bit of background…I’m a bit of a George Lynch fan (a bit of an understatement!!! LOL), George is my main influence, others include Steve Vai, Steve Stevens and other 80s virtuosos. I’ve worked on various projects over the last couple of year, including a George Lynch Tribute CD, and I’ve been fortunate enough to work with on of the board’s residents, Ben Azaro (hey Ben, how’s it going man?). I have a solo CD called “Strange Day” out at the moment…
Well, I spoke with Tim a couple of weeks ago about some pickups and one thing led to another and I ordered a couple! My first set, a Nailbomb and a Trilogy Suite SC arrived a couple of days ago…I have installed them on my Gajic Custom at the moment, although they sound so damn good that I am tempted to put the Nalbomb into one of my ESPs! I may just have to order another Nailbomb ;)
Anyways, I recorded the attached track over the last couple of days and an intro for myself and to my playing style, etc…I used the Nailbomb for all of the gtr parts. The setup was a Boss DS1 into a Soldano Supercharger into a POD 2.0 for the rhythm. The lead is the same setup but the DS1 is substituted by a Digitech Bad Monkey…
Hope you enjoy the track and looking forward to talking to you guys on the board…
Btw, big thanks goes out to Tim…the pickups are awesome…
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Hehe, I had a suspicion that was you, Jay, with a screen name like withoutwarning! Listening to your clip now ...
Welcome to the forum, Jay!
Everyone .. Jay is a scary guitar player!!!
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Welcome to the forum Jay,cool playing great tones.
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Very cool :twisted: What's your recording setup?
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Welcome to our humble abode. Very nice work - that's another one to the SD fans.
Matt!
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That's one hell of a clip! Very nice. PDT_015
The clip has a bit of an Egyptian feel to it. Nailbombs are killer pickups.
Are you planning on doing more clips? I'm wondering how the Soldano Supercharger sounds in front of a good tube amp.
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Hey Ben...
So the Lynch influenced name gave me up eh??? Hehehe...Good to be here bro. Thanks for the welcome and props man :)
Hey Steve,
Thanks man...I appreciate the welcome and kind words...
Bird,
Thanks man...recording setup is real simple...guitar > Boss DS1 or Digitech Bad Monkey > Soldano Supercharger > POD 2.0 > M-Audio Delta 44 > PC. I'e been using the same set up for a few years now. Always nails the tone I look for :)
Matt...
Thanks for the welcome...
Ratrod,
Thanks for the porps...The exotic thing is influenced by George Lynch (andmy Indian blood has something to do with it too :p ). The Nailbomb is an incredible pickup man!!! I will be doing some more clips over the next couple of weeks...The Supercharger sounds great in front of a tube amp. I have used it on front of a Marshall DSL50 a couple of times and it breathed fire into the amp...It is basically the Soldano tone in a pedal. I boost it with the DS1 most of the time as it kicks some extra saturation into it to give a smooth Lynch type drive sound. There are some more clips on my website (from my CD) which is the same setup as above (with the DS1 and using a Lynch ESP most o the time (Duncan PUs in those))...
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sweet!
chalk another top clip up!!
this one has just made me even happier that i went for a nailbomb, i cant wait to get my axe finished and delivered now 8)
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Hails Man!!!!
Liked Your CLip.
i can fell the Nailbomb gutts for Soloing and the screaming tone for rhythms!
Hails
J.P
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Damn you! I was all set on NOT getting a different guitar to load up with Nailbombs but that clip may have swayed my decision haha. Tone and playing were great!
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Bloody wonderful- welcome aboard. BKP forum members kick bottom
( can I say that ?) . Just wait 'til Johnny Mac hears it- there'll be a missing mess in North London. Mrs 38th thought it was groovy too. "Why can't you play like that, you spend enough bloody time trying to play the thing" she said compassionately.
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Great site! Cool playing!
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Chrisola...
Thanks man! The Nailbomb certainly rocks!!! I'm gonna put it in one of my ESPs either today or tomorrow. That should improve the tone even more...
J.P.
Thanks for the props :)
Tom,
You can never have too many gtrs!!! LOL...Thanks for the comps...
38thB...
Thanks for the welcome and kind words :) North London isn't too far away from where I am (West London)...
Ratrod,
Thanks for checking out the website...glad you liked it...
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going to listen in a few.. i'd just like to know, how much is the supercharger? :D
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going to listen in a few.. i'd just like to know, how much is the supercharger? :D
No worries dude...In the UK Supercharger new is around £400...used on Ebay they go for acbout £200-£250. I picked up a used one in a store in the UK about 5 years ago now for £250...well worth the money. I use it all the time... :)
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that ... $%&#ing... ROCKED!!!
i bloody LOVE the tone
yea, i'm sure the nailbomb is right choice for me, cos that tone is nothing short of amazing!
the supercharger is a lil bit pricy for me ATM =/
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Hi Jay!
Great clip - excellent tone, very Lynch!
welcome!
(cool website too!)
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Hey Davey,
Thanks man! I appreciate the kind words...the PU definately sings...btw, I just installed the PU on my ESP MII...OMG!!!!! Wow, wow, wow!!!!! It sounds absolutely incredible on that gtr!!! The PU definnately sounds better in the MII then my Gajic Custom. The Gajic works with some PUs that I've used but not too well with others... probably to do with the body wood/PU match up...anyways, the sound of the Nailbomb on my ESP MII is more focused then on the Gajic Custom and the gtr feels like it wants to be played. I am not having to fight the gtr at all to sqeeze a beautiful tone out of it...incredible harmonics as well...I'm gonna order up another Nailbomb for my Serpent! :D
Hey HJM,
Thanks for the welcome and the props, I really appreciate it :) Yep, George is a tab influencial on my playing!!! LOL...Glad you liked the website...
I should have some more soundclips soon as the Nailbomb is on my MII now...it has to be done, right??? :p
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yesss, yeeessss, we needs more clipses my preciouss =)
hehe
what wood is the gajic? the MII is maple right? or is that one one of the rare lynch guitars that are alder?
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yesss, yeeessss, we needs more clipses my preciouss =)
hehe
what wood is the gajic? the MII is maple right? or is that one one of the rare lynch guitars that are alder?
Clips coming in the next few days bro... ;)
The Gajic Custom has a Poplar body. It's supposed to be a derivative of maple but I find that it sucks up a lot of the mid range tone and doesn't sound as bright as maple. The gtr was built in 2002 as a protoype of a signature model, but the main model was never built and I haven't heard from the gtr builder for a while so I guess it won't be completed!!! Hehe...
The MII I have is a 92 model, which is the gtr the Lynch models are based. The single coil sized PU (a Duncan Cool Rails) is angled, etc. The body on that one is alder and it sounds really sweet. It also has a maple fretboard, which adds a little more bite. I used that gtr when I recorded the tracks for the George Lynch Tribute CD and it sounded great. I've had some work done to it since and it now have a snakeskin print body with a black burst around the edges. The Nailbomb marries really well with it...
I'm looking forward to getting another PU and putting it on my Serpent. The Serpent is my favorite gtr. It sounds awesome...ash body, rosewood fretboard.
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The Gajic Custom has a Poplar body. It's supposed to be a derivative of maple but I find that it sucks up a lot of the mid range tone and doesn't sound as bright as maple. The gtr was built in 2002 as a protoype of a signature model, but the main model was never built and I haven't heard from the gtr builder for a while so I guess it won't be completed!!! Hehe...
yea. .. laz tends to be a bit slow on replying.. and he's a bit busy at the moment, that's for sure.. with my custom rhoads HAHA (and bens neck of course ;))
The MII I have is a 92 model, which is the gtr the Lynch models are based. The single coil sized PU (a Duncan Cool Rails) is angled, etc. The body on that one is alder and it sounds really sweet. It also has a maple fretboard, which adds a little more bite. I used that gtr when I recorded the tracks for the George Lynch Tribute CD and it sounded great. I've had some work done to it since and it now have a snakeskin print body with a black burst around the edges. The Nailbomb marries really well with it...
I'm looking forward to getting another PU and putting it on my Serpent. The Serpent is my favorite gtr. It sounds awesome...ash body, rosewood fretboard.
sounds like you got a plan =)
(and i was thinking of the wrong guitar. i was thinking of the m2 tiger. single hum, like the one ben has .. that one is maple, isnt it? =P lol )
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The Gajic Custom has a Poplar body. It's supposed to be a derivative of maple but I find that it sucks up a lot of the mid range tone and doesn't sound as bright as maple. The gtr was built in 2002 as a protoype of a signature model, but the main model was never built and I haven't heard from the gtr builder for a while so I guess it won't be completed!!! Hehe...
yea. .. laz tends to be a bit slow on replying.. and he's a bit busy at the moment, that's for sure.. with my custom rhoads HAHA (and bens neck of course ;))
The MII I have is a 92 model, which is the gtr the Lynch models are based. The single coil sized PU (a Duncan Cool Rails) is angled, etc. The body on that one is alder and it sounds really sweet. It also has a maple fretboard, which adds a little more bite. I used that gtr when I recorded the tracks for the George Lynch Tribute CD and it sounded great. I've had some work done to it since and it now have a snakeskin print body with a black burst around the edges. The Nailbomb marries really well with it...
I'm looking forward to getting another PU and putting it on my Serpent. The Serpent is my favorite gtr. It sounds awesome...ash body, rosewood fretboard.
sounds like you got a plan =)
(and i was thinking of the wrong guitar. i was thinking of the m2 tiger. single hum, like the one ben has .. that one is maple, isnt it? =P lol )
Cool! I'm sure he'll build you a great gtr...and neck for Ben...
Laz is a great gtr builder but in all honesty I don't see myself working with him again. I was trying to contact him a few months ago as we were supposed to hook up, but after two weeks of calls I didn't hear from him and he never returned any of my calls, so I've given up now. He’s let me down a with a couple of things in the past so time to move on...but oh well, live and learn...no hard feelings, that’s just life…
In fact, the PU sound that I was going for was the sound which I got from a custom wound pickup which Laz had built a couple of years ago called the Hellchild. Laz was about to throw it away because he didn't like it, but I said I'd take try it out and I thought it was awesome. So Laz resurrected it and after I helped develop it he needed the PU back so that he could build a couple more (and send me another one, etc), but after that I didn't receive another one so wasn't able to get that sound again. So, when I spoke with Tim Mills a couple of weeks ago about the sound I was after he said that the Nailbomb would be my best bet, and man was he right! It does exactly what I was looking for, so I'm a happy bunny again!!! :)
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well, that's a real shame it didnt work out =/
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well, that's a real shame it didnt work out =/
Thanks man...these things happen though...no hard feelings from thsi end :)
I've been playing my ESP MII with the Nailbomb in it since last night...hard to put down. I'm gonna lay something own tomorrow or Wednesday...I'll post another clip soon...
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Nice clip you have there! Top playing and tone man, very tasty!!! :D :D
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Nice clip you have there! Top playing and tone man, very tasty!!! :D :D
I was waiting to see what Johnny thought
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Hi Jay,
great clip and playing, thanks for taking the time out to do that for us all 8)
Glad you like the Nailbomb.........it obviously works for you :D !!
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Jay,
Awesome tune! I am a huge Lynch fan myself, Tim also recommended the Nailbomb to me so I bought the calibrated set. Unfortunately, I still have not been able to hear them since I am having a custom guitar built. It should be finished this week though! I also just purchased the Cold Sweat and Trilogy for my other guitar but that won't be ready until I get the new guitar back. So, I own two sets of BKP's but I have not even heard them yet:-(
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Nice clip you have there! Top playing and tone man, very tasty!!! :D :D
Hey JM...
Thanks for the props man :) Much appreciated...
Hi Jay,
great clip and playing, thanks for taking the time out to do that for us all
Glad you like the Nailbomb.........it obviously works for you !!
Hey Tim,
Thanks for the comps and for the great advice about the PUs. You're very welcome btw. It was an absolute pleasure recording the clip. The PU is working fantasticlly well. It is exactly the sound that I was looking for (as we discussed). The PU sounded good in my Gajic Custom but wait till you hear how it sounds in my ESP...it sounds much clearer and the bass response is tighter as well! I'll be ordering a couple more soon :)
Jay,
Awesome tune! I am a huge Lynch fan myself, Tim also recommended the Nailbomb to me so I bought the calibrated set. Unfortunately, I still have not been able to hear them since I am having a custom guitar built. It should be finished this week though! I also just purchased the Cold Sweat and Trilogy for my other guitar but that won't be ready until I get the new guitar back. So, I own two sets of BKP's but I have not even heard them yet:-(
Hey DB...
Thanks man! Cool, Another Lynchhead!!! :D Wait till you try the Nailbomb out...you'll like it. I've been using Screaming Demons since they came out in 1991, but the Nailbomb gives just more crunch, depth of tone, etc, without losing the definition and kick. I'm a convert!!! Besides, George hardly uses the Demon these days. A lot of his gtrs have a JB in bridge these days. I really like the low end response of the Nailbomb too, it's more focused then the demon and cust through the mix better then the Demon...I've been hearing a lot about the Cold Sweat as well...I'll have to get my paws on that one at some stage also. Let me know what you think of the PUs when you get your gtrs back...btw, which company is building them? Just curious...
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Jay,
I have a luthier in town who does absolutely fabulous work, set-ups and refinishing. I purhcased all the parts seperately to have a guitar just the way I wanted. I found an original maple '82 Charvel strathead neck, had it completely refinished and refretted with Dunlop 6000 frets. I had a solid one piece alder strat body made and painted in black nitro finish. Original Floyd rose with titanium blocks, reverse zebra Nailbomb calibrated set + all the electronics. My other guitar is a Wayne, I had a new neck made for that one and the Cold Sweat and Trilogy pickups are going on that one as soon as the new one is finished.
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Jay,
I have a luthier in town who does absolutely fabulous work, set-ups and refinishing. I purhcased all the parts seperately to have a guitar just the way I wanted. I found an original maple '82 Charvel strathead neck, had it completely refinished and refretted with Dunlop 6000 frets. I had a solid one piece alder strat body made and painted in black nitro finish. Original Floyd rose with titanium blocks, reverse zebra Nailbomb calibrated set + all the electronics. My other guitar is a Wayne, I had a new neck made for that one and the Cold Sweat and Trilogy pickups are going on that one as soon as the new one is finished.
Sweet deal man! Sounds like it's gonna be an awesome gtr...I would love to get my hands on an eary 80s neck...How much of a difference to tone does tha titanium block make? That's an interesting concept...I was thinking about swapping out the saddles on my Floyds with the Graphtech saddles. They are supposed to be better then the originals. They are cheaper then Floyd replacements as well...Anyways, looking forward to seeing pics of the gtrs in the future :)
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Hey Jay very nice
Any chance you could record some Dokken?? Pretty please with a cherry on the top :shock:
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Hey Jay very nice
Any chance you could record some Dokken?? Pretty please with a cherry on the top :shock:
Hey Muso...
Thanks for the comps :) Some Dokken eh? Hmmmmmm...if you head over to the following link you can check out a clip from my version of "Mr. Scary" (under the George Lynch Tribute CD...) :)...I have some clips of Heavensent as well somewhere. I'll look for them tomorrow and hook you up...
http://www.jayparmar.com/Web/Pages/Sounds.html
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I'm just hearing this for the first time, years later.
Amazing tone, amazing song, amazing player.
*bow*
I'm not worthy!
I must ask, I have a 1969 Marshall Major... fairly clean amp and I really gotta boost the input to get gain but that melts tubes. I have thought about a Soldano Supercharger for a long time now, and was curious how it drives a fairly clean amp.... pedals that sound good with other amps have not liked the Major at all so far, only thing that does is the forementioned tube melting tactic.
PS: I reported your post for being too damned good! (jk)