Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum

Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: JustBecos on March 02, 2008, 11:13:24 PM

Title: Single coils for a bright guitar
Post by: JustBecos on March 02, 2008, 11:13:24 PM

Hello All

I hope you can me out

I am looking for some advice on pickups to get for a guitar I'm building at the moment.

With the materials I'm using it will probable be naturally very bright sounding (padauk body, bublinga bolt on neck, ebony board), and I'm a bit worried it will sound a bit harsh.

Orginally I was thinking to go high output (trilogy set) as overwinding increased bass and reduces treble, but really I want a more (hot) vintage vibe to the sound. I mainly play with low to medium OD with some cleans ranging from blues to hard rock. I'm not looking to get a particular persons sound, which is part of the reason for the slightly unusual choice of materials (the other being that was what I could get hold of a good price)

I suppose what It comes down to is,

Would an Apache set with zinc plates work, increasing the bottom end so over all the output appearing less bright?

Or would a slowhands set be good (possibly with base plates), It says they have darker sound though there are very few clips to listen too.


any thoughts would be appreciated

Cheers

Justbecos

Title: Single coils for a bright guitar
Post by: Brow on March 02, 2008, 11:49:28 PM

I would consider a set of Irish Tours in that guitar if it were me.

I have a pair in the neck and middle of a 'Standard' Strat and really like how their slightly darker sound really thickens up the single coil tone :)

Title: Single coils for a bright guitar
Post by: MDV on March 03, 2008, 01:10:15 PM

By reputation, I'd say slowhands w/baseplates.

The triliogies are quite dark. They clean up very well and have a pure single coil tone, but its on steroids and can sit with a warpig or miracle man quite happily. But control your gain, or volume, and they can give really nice lower-gain tones. But they dont have a vintage vibe. Good at low gains, yes, but not 'vintage'

Title: Single coils for a bright guitar
Post by: _tom_ on March 03, 2008, 01:26:55 PM

I had a trilogy and it sounded good in the neck position, but bridge was really thin sounding (though to be fair I did just put the neck trilogy in the bridge position so maybe its not voiced for that). I actually swapped out the pickups for those of a different brand (wont say who on here, if you're interested PM me) and much prefered the tone.