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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Elliot on November 11, 2005, 06:39:13 PM

Title: Best PUPS for slide?
Post by: Elliot on November 11, 2005, 06:39:13 PM

What are the best pups for slide?   What does a slide pup need, tonewise? I was thinking on a telecaster, but wouldn't mind knowing in general terms.

Title: Best PUPS for slide?
Post by: big steve on November 11, 2005, 06:46:46 PM

good question, i would maybe go for a MQ. definitely not a humbucker though.  oh, i see it's for a tele, i don't know anything about the BKP teles. to me, good slide tone is clean through a loud valve amp that is just starting to break up in the power amp section.
the most important thing for slide is, IMO, a REALLY high action.

Title: Best PUPS for slide?
Post by: 38thBeatle on November 11, 2005, 06:58:21 PM

Id be interested in opinions here too. I agree that the action has to be high and clean sounds work best in my view. I use my Tele for slide but it has yet to get it's BKPs and it doesn't have a high action. I can imagine P90's to be ideal for slide though I am gonna get Country Boys for mine.

Title: Best PUPS for slide?
Post by: Ratrod on November 11, 2005, 07:15:59 PM

If it's for a Tele, I'd go for something with a bigger magnetic field since the strings are a bit further away.

P-90's would be ideal for slide. I need to get me a new slide and let it rip on my Dean. 8)

Title: Best PUPS for slide?
Post by: Steve-Mr Pig 2U on November 11, 2005, 08:08:27 PM

For slide on a tele the Piledriver would be my first call. It's moddled on the origional broadcaster pickup, which was taken from a lap steel design.
You want a high output pickup for slide, otherwise it will sound too harsh and bright, so the piledriver would be ideal.

Title: Best PUPS for slide?
Post by: Gary on November 12, 2005, 10:11:52 AM

How about this:

http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1184

Title: Best PUPS for slide?
Post by: The amazing Phil on November 13, 2005, 07:04:59 AM

I've found powerful and fat single coils make the best slide noises in my opinion. Slab bodied gibsons with soapbars and teles come to mind, at least for me.