Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Nolly on January 30, 2008, 12:26:22 PM
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Hi there guys,
A little parcel of BK love came through the letter-box just now, and since it's a little different to the norm, I thought people might be interested to see it...
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh76/Nollythegreat/Guitar%20stuff/IMG_0768.jpg)
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh76/Nollythegreat/Guitar%20stuff/IMG_0769.jpg)
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh76/Nollythegreat/Guitar%20stuff/IMG_0771.jpg)
It's a double screw pole VHII, and I think the colour combination is a first for BK, though don't think it was to Tim's taste...
It's to go in an cr@ppy old Kramer of mine, and hopefully will give it a new lease of life, though I expect I may end up putting this beauty in a more worthy guitar in due course!
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Damn, can't see Photobucket links in work... will have to wait 'til I get home!
(... unless you fancy uploading them to Imageshack which I can see, hehe)
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cool 8)
like a more restrained, tasteful version of the eighties! i likes it
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Awesome!
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Double screw pole FTW!!!!
All my bridge pickups (well, all my BKs, cos they're the only people I can get the option off) are double screw pole. It rules.
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I wonder if anyone's ever requested a set of hand-striped VHII's...?
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yes, that was definately worth posting :)
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That most definitely works for me! :twisted:
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Wahey! Purple/cream zebra! :D :D :D
As I've mentioned before, I was going to get purple/cream Crawlers for my Edwards LP, but I decided it wouldn't look right in that guitar.
Show us another pic when it's in the guitar.
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Very cool, any pictures of the guitar its going in?
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Cheers for the comments, I'm very happy with the way it looks!
Here's a pic of the guitar it's going in:
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh76/Nollythegreat/Guitar%20stuff/Kramer.jpg)
And here's the pickup mounted, though it isn't wired up yet:
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh76/Nollythegreat/Guitar%20stuff/IMG_0772.jpg)
The plan was to have the trem blocked up, but the 80's-ness of the pickup is making me want to have a guitar with a working Floyd now!
As I've mentioned before, I was going to get purple/cream Crawlers for my Edwards LP, but I decided it wouldn't look right in that guitar.
Dangnabit, I was hoping I was the first to think of doing it! :)
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As I've mentioned before, I was going to get purple/cream Crawlers for my Edwards LP, but I decided it wouldn't look right in that guitar.
Dangnabit, I was hoping I was the first to think of doing it! :)
Well you're almost certainly the first to actually do it. And you've got the double screw polepieces! :D
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As I've mentioned before, I was going to get purple/cream Crawlers for my Edwards LP, but I decided it wouldn't look right in that guitar.
Dangnabit, I was hoping I was the first to think of doing it! :)
Well you're almost certainly the first to actually do it. And you've got the double screw polepieces! :D
Fair enough. Anyway, great minds and all that. Unfortunately I don't think I'm going to get the chance to wire it up today, which is rather ghey...
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Do pole pieces matter? I have sooo many ideas for custom pickups for Tim but I dunno if he would actually do it.
And your pickup looks awesome, Nolly. Especially the purple on the black :) Are you going to replace the neck humbucker or just have the bridge?
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Do pole pieces matter?
They make a subtle difference because (I believe) the shape of the magnetic field around the poles depends on the shape of the poles themselves. And of course if they're adjustable you can compensate for slight volume differences between the strings.
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What I was really curious about was if I could get pickup covers by Tim which didn't have pole pieces sticking out of it. All the ones I've seen have at least one coil with pole pieces sticking out.
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Lovely! When I have the cash I may ask Tim for some double purple's. The pickup is almost secondary to the awesomeness that is purple bobbins.
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Are you going to replace the neck humbucker or just have the bridge?
For now, just the bridge. The guitar needs a lot of work (refret, refinish, new bridge etc...) so this is my way of finding out whether it's worth spending the money on. If it sounds as great as I hope it will, I'll buy a neck unit (Abraxas?) and get it back into decent playing condition.
What I was really curious about was if I could get pickup covers by Tim which didn't have pole pieces sticking out of it. All the ones I've seen have at least one coil with pole pieces sticking out.
Think you'd lose a lot of output and clarity with that.
Tim's explanation to me was that the pole pieces are what project the magnetic field upward towards the strings. By using longer polepieces (i.e screws/bolts instead of slugs) you get a more powerful field at the strings, giving you better tracking and bass response. Hence my double row VHII should be a little riff-monster :twisted: .
He also mentioned that the fact that the screws go through the backplate does something, but I forget what :oops: .
I may ask Tim for some double purple's
That was my original idea, but I changed my mind after I'd already placed my order. Very glad I did now too!
Btw, I should probably pass on that Tim doesn't stock F-spaced purple bobbins. My guitar has a Floyd, but he pointed out none of the guitars in the 70s and early 80s had f-spaced pickups. "Tf it was good enough for Eddie"...
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2 rows of screws gives you more bass.
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Oh wow, fitness!!
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that's an awesome looking pickup! where's the neck one? :P
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that's an awesome looking pickup! where's the neck one? :P
For now, just the bridge. The guitar needs a lot of work (refret, refinish, new bridge etc...) so this is my way of finding out whether it's worth spending the money on. If it sounds as great as I hope it will, I'll buy a neck unit (Abraxas?) and get it back into decent playing condition.
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I wonder if anyone's ever requested a set of hand-striped VHII's...?
Oh MY GOD :o
I need them :D
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I wonder if anyone's ever requested a set of hand-striped VHII's...?
Oh MY GOD :o
I need them :D
Hehe, how farking cool would that be?
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I wonder if anyone's ever requested a set of hand-striped VHII's...?
Oh MY GOD :o
I need them :D
Hehe, how farking cool would that be?
Isn't the hand-stripe pattern copyrighted now?
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Probably, yeah... :( I bet Eddie would sign to BKP though.
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Probably, yeah... :( I bet Eddie would sign to BKP though.
Unlikely the only thing in eddies blood other than bing an awesome guitar player; is selling out!
And Unlike us mere mortals he could probably make a cardboard bobbin, and a rubber band wrapped round a pencil lid sound like the best the tone in world - B**st*rd!
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I relented to my gas.. :oops:
There's a matching VHII coming for the neck position...
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I relented to my gas.. :oops:
There's a matching VHII coming for the neck position...
YESSS!! :D
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And Unlike us mere mortals he could probably make a cardboard bobbin, and a rubber band wrapped round a pencil lid sound like the best the tone in world - B**st*rd!
dunno if he could make it sound good, but he could put it in a box with a £500 price tag and there's plenty of idiots that'd buy it!
then they'd stick a bullseye decal on it and call it the "limited edition Zakk Wylde version"!!