Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: bl243 on March 03, 2008, 12:10:20 AM
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Hi all,
Not really had any experience with guitar hardware, despite having played for 13 years!
Im currently playing an Epiphone SG with Seymour Duncan (59s I think). I also have a Gibson SG Standard, but I don't tend to play it so often.
The Epiphone needs new pickups, but im not sure what to go for.
I generally play heavy rock/metal. Mostly been playing Skid Row and Sikth recently.
I generally struggle with low pinch harmonics (zakk wylde style) - so I guess Im after something that might make this easier - is active the right term?
Has anyone got any recommendations?
Cheers,
Ben
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Bare Knuckle doesn't make any active pickups. But by the mention of Zakk, the Miracle Man is the obvious choice.
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M i r a c l e M a n
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get a miricleman, and put a battery in the cavity... instant zakk..
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i think miracle man will be excessively focused for a sg
probably a bit dark and bassy too
i think skid row guys used mostly alder guitars with duncan jb (scott) and distortion (snake sabo) and the sikth guy uses mahogany blackmachines with ceramic nailbombs
a painkiller will do the job pretty well
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I'll rock the boat and go for a
NAILBOMB
N A I L B O M B
N A I L B O M B
N A I L B O M B
NAILBOMB
Ask Nolly, he plays some Sikth and he got Nailbombs (Ceramic bridge too)
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I generally struggle with low pinch harmonics (zakk wylde style)
Downtuning/thicker strings usually does the trick here, try it out by just tuning the low E string to D and see what a difference it makes.
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+1 for nailbombs for low pinched harmonics....even on a set of 9's, and for slightly more rasp and bite....painkillers :idea:
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I'd avoid getting a nailbomb for an sg tbh unless ur sg is very bright, as nailbombs tend to sound very bassy and dark in sg's. A painkiller may work for what you're looking for, however you're best asking tim first as he will know best.
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Thanks for all the responses. I've had a listen to a few of the samples. Miracle Man does look a good way to go. Hadn't checked out Painkiller though, so ill have a look at that.
In reponse to Hunter: Im using skinny top heavy bottom strings, the low E is a 54. The guitar is always a semitone down - and mostly in drop D (Db in my case).
Second quick question while on the subject. Some Sikth tracks are tuned Ab-Ab-Cb-Gb-Bb-Eb. I can't get a thicker string than a 54 through the holes in my locking spurzels, maybe a 56 at a real struggle. Is it possible to drill the hole out a bit bigger to get a 60 through or is it better to replace them with something else?
The 54 at low Ab sounds horrible!
Anyone had experience of this - does the light body of the SG present a problem for using really thick strings?
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I can't get a thicker string than a 54 through the holes in my locking spurzels, maybe a 56 at a real struggle. Is it possible to drill the hole out a bit bigger to get a 60 through or is it better to replace them with something else?
I struggle to get my 52 through!
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buy this -> ghs zw lo 011-070
:lol:
i still insist in the painkiller advice or the ceramic nailbomb
a miracle man in a sg tuned to Ab will be dark as hell
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The 54 at low Ab sounds horrible!
Low Ab, are you sure they use guitars with a regular scale length? That's low even for a baritone guitar.
I tune to drop-C on my ESP EC-1000 (so 24,75" scale) and I use a .012-.060 set to get a tight enough response (I use .010-.052 in regular/drop-D tuning). I had to fiddle a bit with the tuning peg to get the .060 to fit (a .058 went through no problem.) The .060 gauge for the low C may seem a bit thick but it's actually just right for me: riffs stay super-tight but I can still throw in the pinch harmonics with a mile-wide vibrato :) I wouldn't personally go lower than C on the les paul scale length.
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Low Ab, are you sure they use guitars with a regular scale length? That's low even for a baritone guitar.
Sikth use Black Machine B2 (650mm scale), PRS Custom 24 (635mm scale). A standard SG is (approx 629mm scale).
Not sure how much of a difference that makes.