Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum

Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Infliktor on November 18, 2008, 06:25:41 AM

Title: BNK Pickups for a Guild Bluesbird
Post by: Infliktor on November 18, 2008, 06:25:41 AM

I had made a Masterbuilt Bluesbird from the Fender Customshop made several years ago.

Normally this is an all Mahogony guitar with a maple top.  I had this one made completely  of Korina.

 Anyway its is a chambered guitar and normally has a slight hollowbody sound.  My question is if I wanted to convert this for playing Metal with some BKN pickups would the chambered design and the korina make it unsuitable for this type of music.

If you think it would do ok, then which BKN pickups do you think would be suitable?  One additional note, its a very light guitar..Is about 7.2 pounds

heres a pic
(http://www.pbase.com/infliktor/image/21277659/large.jpg)

Title: Re: BNK Pickups for a Guild Bluesbird
Post by: Infliktor on November 18, 2008, 06:30:02 AM

Wish I would have kept this one and coverted it. It looks like molten metal  LOL
(http://www.pbase.com/infliktor/image/21404872.jpg)

Title: Re: BNK Pickups for a Guild Bluesbird
Post by: Ratrod on November 18, 2008, 11:59:55 AM

Personally, I wouldn't use such guitars for metal. Horses for courses. Both of them are very pretty BTW. I'd put PAF style pickups in it like Stormy Mondays, Mules or Riff Raffs.

I have a Gretsch Power Jet wich is s heavily chambered you could call it a hollow body. It has no problems with hard rock ut it does tend to feed back with heavy (metal) distortion at high volume.

Since yours has no maple cap it will be less bright so I think it would be great with Riff Raffs wich will give you a good blues, rock n' roll and hard rock tone and will venture into metal territories.

What sort of metal are we talking about?

Edit: Rebel Yells might work for that guitar too.

Title: Re: BNK Pickups for a Guild Bluesbird
Post by: Infliktor on November 18, 2008, 04:00:43 PM

In another thread I talked about which pickups to go with a Les Paul.  I have other thnings I would like to fund but I aint gonna sell the Bluesbird.  So I thought about the possibilty of selling the Paul and use the Bluesbird for Metal

I play stuff like Gojira, Lamb of God etc

Title: Re: BNK Pickups for a Guild Bluesbird
Post by: Yamhammer on November 18, 2008, 04:57:01 PM

I never recommend chambered guitars for metal, but that's my personal opinion. I think chambered guitars
have a natural hollow tone that doesn't go away with any pickups...(can't ignore the naturel character of the
beast itself).

Title: Re: BNK Pickups for a Guild Bluesbird
Post by: Infliktor on November 18, 2008, 05:16:13 PM

thanks for the input

Title: Re: BNK Pickups for a Guild Bluesbird
Post by: 38thBeatle on November 18, 2008, 08:00:33 PM

Very handsome guitars there. I had the pleasure of playing one a few years back. If I had one I'd go for Mukes or Stormies ( as Ratrod said) but that is just my preference and can therefore be disregarded in favour of your own preference.