Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Fikealox on April 23, 2009, 12:06:55 AM
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Hey guys,
The financial crisis is hitting some people pretty hard in Australia, but I seem to be one of the lucky few at the moment. A guy I know from another forum needed some cash and thanks to our stimulus package cash handouts I was able to snag his six months old ESP Forest 7; and my favourite guitar store did an awesome sale on a white Caparison Angelus HGS GM which my lovely GF fronted the cash for.
The pics of the Angelus in this post are just stock pics, but I got my hands on the F7 today, so I've uploaded pics in another post :D
(http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z280/guitarsatbmusic/caparison/angelus-hgs_gm/angelus-hgs_gm_pro_white_1.jpg)
(http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z280/guitarsatbmusic/caparison/angelus-hgs_gm/angelus-hgs_gm_pro_white_10.jpg)
(http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z280/guitarsatbmusic/caparison/angelus-hgs_gm/angelus-hgs_gm_pro_white_14.jpg)
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nice angelus bro, its the only style carparison that i really like, but i like them a lot.
The trans black ones look awesome.
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You lucky bugger!
That sanskrit is one of my ABSOLUTE dream guitars.
I want LOOOOOOOOOADS of pics - You have no IDEA how desperate I am for pics of that thing - They're bloody rare!!!
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They look very nice! congrats!
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Very nice!
Those frets on the Caparison look HUGE :P
-Zaned
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You lucky bugger!
That sanskrit is one of my ABSOLUTE dream guitars.
I want LOOOOOOOOOADS of pics - You have no IDEA how desperate I am for pics of that thing - They're bloody rare!!!
There was one on eBay for cheap as chips a month or so ago.
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You lucky bugger!
That sanskrit is one of my ABSOLUTE dream guitars.
I want LOOOOOOOOOADS of pics - You have no IDEA how desperate I am for pics of that thing - They're bloody rare!!!
There was one on eBay for cheap as chips a month or so ago.
Please don't do this to me!
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thanks to our stimulus package cash handouts
Yeah, our government did the same, expect they gave it to bankers, who (you'll never guess) kept it!
Nice guitars dude :)
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Don't be mean the bankers needed the cash as they found themselves a bit short for £350 bottles of champagne. You wouldn't want them having to cope with supermarket beer now would you?
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Thanks for the replies, guys :D The anticipation really is killing me, though. And to make things worse, I'm back at uni next week, so the guitars'll arrive just as I'm meant to be getting back into focus mode, lol. And I have no idea what I want to do about my pickup situation. Argh! :lol:
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Thanks for the replies, guys :D The anticipation really is killing me, though. And to make things worse, I'm back at uni next week, so the guitars'll arrive just as I'm meant to be getting back into focus mode, lol. And I have no idea what I want to do about my pickup situation. Argh! :lol:
I know how you feel. I got my VHT the same day I left for Uni.
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I got the F7 today. It's in dire need of a setup, but I have to decide what gauge I want to stick on it first. I'm thinking it'll be predominantly a rhythm guitar, so I'm probably going to go significantly heavier than the 9s I'm used to. I'm not sure which tuning I'll use, either. My usual tuning is Eb, but since this is my metal guitar, I might go heavier. Suggestions? :)
I'm not sure how I feel about the 707s yet. Through my Guitar Rig setup they sound pretty "meh", but they show some promise through the metal rhythm patches, so I'll not abandon hope yet. I'm planning on getting an HT5 when my TAT sells, so I'm going to stick it out with them till then. As far as I'm aware there aren't loads of pickups for me to swap them with anyway, given that they're the bass-style 7-string shape.
Forgive the quality of the shots... my parents went overseas and had the temerity to take their digital camera with them, so these're taken with my phone:
(http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg35/Fikealox/F7topsmall.jpg)
(http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg35/Fikealox/F7frontsmall.jpg)
(http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg35/Fikealox/F7casesmall1.jpg)
(http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg35/Fikealox/F7casesmall2.jpg)
(http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg35/Fikealox/F7backsmall.jpg)
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gorgeous guitar! i love esp/ltd f models... i mean their look, i never played one, actually!
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Looooove it.
Get some passives in there though.
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I'm not sure what passives would fit :-\ I'm not loving the EMGs at the moment, though. I'm waiting till I get my HT5 till I make a final decision, but I might change them out depending on what my options are.
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I'm not sure what passives would fit :-\ I'm not loving the EMGs at the moment, though. I'm waiting till I get my HT5 till I make a final decision, but I might change them out depending on what my options are.
Any?
There are loads of active-passive conversions on the web - Will look now..
http://www.fretsonthenet.com/other_parts.htm#EMG707_to_Passive_Conversion_Rings
Voila, get one of those, and install passive pups, the pickup ring covers the holes left over from the oversized routing, and grip the pickups so they don't feel loose.
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Ahh, thanks man :) I'm new to 7-strings, and I didn't realise the shape of the actives wasn't a major impediment. Damn, just when I thought I had a guitar I didn't want Warpigs for... ;)
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I've also seen it done with pieces of foam cleverly placed either side - can be done very neatly.
Or if you want, you could just get some SD Blackouts, they're considered very highly actually.
And finally, you could send the EMGs to BKP and get them to rewind it?
Another possibility would be Q Tuner pickups, they use neodymium magnets and are apparently incredible - I've not used them. They also have bass housing.
http://www.q-tuner.com/gl7.shtml
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Oh wow, yeah, I hadn't considered Q-tuners, and I'd never realised that normal pickups could slot in quite easily. Thanks man :) Lots to think about!
Blackouts have been more or less at the top of my list, since I have a set that I quite like in my Viper. I was just worried that the low B (or whatever it ends up being - I haven't chosen tuning) might mud out since the BOs are quite bass heavy, but I guess I can throw some heavy strings on my Viper to put that theory to a rough test.
I've pretty-much settled on a C-pig set for the Angelus, though :D And maybe a MM bridge to go with a P-rails neck in my SG. Ahh... pickups are fun to choose ;)
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It's all good man.
Keep us updated!!!!
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Those Q-Tuners look $%&#ing awesome.
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And finally, you could send the EMGs to BKP and get them to rewind it?
Isn't an EMG pickup basically a couple of coils and a preamp encased in a big chunk of epoxy? I don't see how it could be taken apart without completely trashing the pickup.
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And finally, you could send the EMGs to BKP and get them to rewind it?
Isn't an EMG pickup basically a couple of coils and a preamp encased in a big chunk of epoxy? I don't see how it could be taken apart without completely trashing the pickup.
I have no idea, I assumed the cover could be pried off some how - But you're probably right.
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The Angelus turned up this afternoon :D WOW. The "pro" finish felt quite strange at first; but man... it's so resonant and sounds so thick and punchy while retaining plenty of clarity. The LP tones I've been searching for - without the annoying, non-ergonomic LP idiosyncracies. The stock pickups aren't too amazing (they sound sort of like a JB/paf set), they are really nice clean, but a bit bland, and not aggressive enough for the metal tones I'm after. I'm 100% decided that I'm getting some ceramic Warpigs asap :D