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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: robbo on February 10, 2008, 10:48:03 AM

Title: Lets say you had these 2 guitars...
Post by: robbo on February 10, 2008, 10:48:03 AM
Okay, *hopefully* i'll have both of these pretty soon.

Caparison horus (maple bolt on neck, mahogany body, rosewood fingerboard, 27 frets), and a gibson flying V. or something similar in shape/specs.

horus has a humbucker and a single, and the V, quite obviously, has twin 'buckers.

should i roll with option A or option B here

A) calibrated rebel yells for the V and a mule bridge for the horus
B) calibrated mules for the V and a rebel yell bridge for the horus

not so sure about a suitable single coil for the horus, i already have a trilogy suite but that may not pair well. but at any rate, my main question regards what goes where!

for no reason other than no reason, i've chosen the mule to be an option, and for no reason other than a kickass clip, i've chosen the rebel yell to be an option.
i'm just looking for tonal variety in my guitars and thats a part of the spectrum i'm yet to cover. i have nailbombs in 2 guitars, will have a set of stormy mondays in another and have bellamy custom wound mississippi queens. based on that list, i'm open to other ideas apart from the RY or mule.

and am hoping to own a strat soon, but that's for another topic another day mind you!

cheers in advance you good folk  :D
Title: Lets say you had these 2 guitars...
Post by: Philly Q on February 10, 2008, 12:53:02 PM
As an quick initial reaction, I'd say Mules for the V, for that vintage tone, and Rebel Yell for the Horus.  The RY could be quite bright in a bolt-on guitar, I think, but the mahogany should offset that.

I'm sure there'll be many other suggestions.
Title: Lets say you had these 2 guitars...
Post by: robbo on February 10, 2008, 02:44:01 PM
okay i will definitely have both of them guitars soon. deal has been done and dusted.

and yes, they were my initial thoughts too. but i am open to other pickup ideas, i just aim to evenly fill the spectrum
Title: Lets say you had these 2 guitars...
Post by: ericsabbath on February 10, 2008, 07:22:40 PM
you already have mississippi queens, stomy mondays and nailbombs, so i think you could try different kinds of models

maybe a cold sweat, painkiller or miracle man (ceramic pickups) for the flying v and riff raff for the horus
Title: Lets say you had these 2 guitars...
Post by: robbo on February 10, 2008, 11:59:38 PM
Quote from: Eric Hellstyle
you already have mississippi queens, stomy mondays and nailbombs, so i think you could try different kinds of models

maybe a cold sweat, painkiller or miracle man (ceramic pickups) for the flying v and riff raff for the horus

i'm trying to steer away from any more contemporary model pickups to be honest.