Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: lttoler on December 16, 2009, 11:07:50 PM
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I am thinking about putting a set of Bareknuckles in one of my Tele's but I'm not sure which set to get. They all seem appealing. I play in a cover band doing all styles from country hits to modern rock hits, so I need something that is versatile. Which set should I try first and why? I am leaning towards the Country Boy set or the Piledriver set but am open to ideas. The Tele is alder with a rosewood board. Thanks in advance :)
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Seems like the most adviced pickup for Telecaster and (ever more) to play many musical styles is the Flat '50 Blackguard!
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Would they sound good with the rosewood board though?
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Would they sound good with the rosewood board though?
I guess yes! But perhaps you should ask Tim, he will know better, most guys I've heard here played it thru an all maple neck... But I don't think that the rosewood fingerboard will take out the shine from this pickup... all guys that bought this pickup loved it and adviced it a lot, I put a label of "can't go wrong with them" since :lol:
I forgot to say: Welcome to the forum! :D
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Welcome to the forum
Wow - country boy and Piledriver are kind of poles apart
Alder with a rosewood board is the smoothest tonalily so your choice is wide open
You could use
Country Boy
Yardbird
Blackguard
Brown Sugar (Stones)
The Boss (Bruce Springsteen)
Piledriver (Quo)
I would still tend to favour Yardbirds myself as they cover a wide remit and have a smoothness that works great with overdrive - they are certainly my first choice when needing to tame a maple board or ash body , but they will work great with alder/rosewood
The blackguards will be more aggressive output wise , the brown sugars will have something of a midrange growl
I personally love the Boss as it is a hard hitting pickup - still vintage voiced but firm and knows how to rock out
Probably my favourite for blues rock and it still cleans up enough for pop and country
It is a bit like The Yardbird on steroids IMO
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Would they sound good with the rosewood board though?
Well, that's what Tim recommanded for my alder/rosewood '62 RI - still waiting for them so I can't comment yet, but I don't think Tim could be wrong on this kind of issues 8)
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I'm with Jonathan (FelineGuitars) over the ones I have (Yardbirds and Blackguards).
And I also agree that Yardbirds would be the best bet as they cover a wide range - and they really do work extremely well with overdrive. I've also found recently that they respond well to compression to get that country-type "hot tele" clean-lead sort of sound - better than the BGs do in my rig. My Yardbirds are in alder/rosewood.
I love the raunchy blues/rock tele tones I get out of BG Flat 50s. But if I had only had one tele that had to cover as many bases as possible... it would be Yardbirds based on my current experience... :D
But!... from your description Jonathan - suddenly the Boss set sounds interesting. I've never heard it described in a way that makes it sound like something I'd want... the Springsteen reference kind of puts me off... but "Yardbirds on steriods" is possibly something that could improve my life! :lol:
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But!... from your description Jonathan - suddenly the Boss set sounds interesting. I've never heard it described in a way that makes it sound like something I'd want... the Springsteen reference kind of puts me off... but "Yardbirds on steriods" is possibly something that could improve my life! :lol:
might sell my 'Boss' actually and go for something more traditional like the Brown Sugar or BG50.. let me know if you're interested.
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You had the Boss in a Strat, didn't you gwEm? I can't remember if it was just the bridge or a full set. I was wondering how it would match with a neck humbucker.
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You had the Boss in a Strat, didn't you gwEm? I can't remember if it was just the bridge or a full set. I was wondering how it would match with a neck humbucker.
Its still in there and rocking hard Philly. It was just the bridge. Would keep up with a neck humbucker with ease.
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You had the Boss in a Strat, didn't you gwEm? I can't remember if it was just the bridge or a full set. I was wondering how it would match with a neck humbucker.
Its still in there and rocking hard Philly. It was just the bridge. Would keep up with a neck humbucker with ease.
(Thread hijack, sorry...)
Mmm... Was actually thinking of putting a Tele bridge on my Vox Standard 25 (all-maple strat-like). So how do a Tele bridge work on a strat ? How different is it from a strat bridge (with eventual baseplate), and how different is it from the same pup on a Tele ?
Oh and yes - IIRC, you need some rerouting to retrofit a tele bridge in a strat, don't you ?
TIA
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i have some general advice for anyone who wants pickups in a telecaster...........
:twisted: PILEDRIVERS :twisted:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
they are the essence of ROCK compressed into tele format, you will have no regrets, and teh rock gods will bless you!!!
:band1:
seriously, I had a pair once, I switch the bridge pickup and its "CHUGGA-CHUGGA-BOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" :band5:
switch to the neck its classic tele-Jeff Buckley esque sparkle-lets all-singalong-to-hallelujah :harp:
as you can tell, I really like piledrivers!
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(Thread hijack, sorry...)
Mmm... Was actually thinking of putting a Tele bridge on my Vox Standard 25 (all-maple strat-like). So how do a Tele bridge work on a strat ? How different is it from a strat bridge (with eventual baseplate), and how different is it from the same pup on a Tele ?
Oh and yes - IIRC, you need some rerouting to retrofit a tele bridge in a strat, don't you ?
TIA
It sounds a bit like a mix between a humbucker equipped superstrat and a tele. Very different from a strat bridge with baseplate. Hard to say how it compares to the same pickup on a real Tele.
You need to mod the scratchplate. The depending on the routing you might not need to mod the body - if its SSS you definitely will... HSS - maybe, maybe not
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:twisted: PILEDRIVERS :twisted:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i love your piledriver enthusiasm ;) (actually I think a good Tele is always really hard rocking)
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i have some general advice for anyone who wants pickups in a telecaster...........
:twisted: PILEDRIVERS :twisted:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
they are the essence of ROCK compressed into tele format, you will have no regrets, and teh rock gods will bless you!!!
seriously, I had a pair once, I switch the bridge pickup and its "CHUGGA-CHUGGA-BOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
switch to the neck its classic tele-Jeff Buckley esque sparkle-lets all-singalong-to-hallelujah
as you can tell, I really like piledrivers!
Argh, shut up, after mucho hesitations I just ordered a set of BGF50s while my initial plan was to go for piledrivers, please don't make me regret my choice :cry:
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So how do a Tele bridge work on a strat ?
It sounds a bit like a mix between a humbucker equipped superstrat and a tele. Very different from a strat bridge with baseplate. Hard to say how it compares to the same pickup on a real Tele.
Mmm.... Yummie :D
Think I'm gonna treat my Vox Standard 25 with a Piledriver bridge.
You need to mod the scratchplate. The depending on the routing you might not need to mod the body - if its SSS you definitely will... HSS - maybe, maybe not
It's SSS so I'll have to reroute it, but well, I don't plan on selling it anyway so WTF. Any take at how a PD bridge would sound on a very bright and resonant thick & heavy piece of hard maple ?
Now this will have to wait until next spring anyway :(
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i'm not a big piledriver fan, but it might work well - the maple adding some top end sparkle, also its a hard not a compressed sounding wood.
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Blackguards are versitile enough to go from country to serious hard rock.
If your country is anything like Johnny Cash's country, the Blackguard will nail that tone.
It has loads of character too.
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Blackguards are versitile enough to go from country to serious hard rock.
If your country is anything like Johnny Cash's country, the Blackguard will nail that tone.
It has loads of character too.
I like how you say Johnny Cash's country, cause I pretty much can't listen too country, and yet Johnny Cash is something else, an amazing artist for certain.
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Yeah, totally. I was listening to Hurt earlier this evening.
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Yardbirds I have to recommend. I have them in a Tele with a maple neck and absolutly love them. Very versitile. I would go as far has to say my favourite bare knuckle pickup.