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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Tele52 on February 06, 2010, 12:55:20 AM

Title: Brown Sugars
Post by: Tele52 on February 06, 2010, 12:55:20 AM

(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn82/tele52/newtele005.jpg)
I'm a huge fan of Tim's PAF's, I thought I'd try some single coils. The Brown Sugars did not dissipoint. I've built a number of Warmoth Teles over the years and I've tried many of the top brands of Tele PUPs. And I can truthfully say these are the best I've tried. The guys at the guitar shop were very impressed too. A truly usable neck, and the bridge is powerful, but not brittle. Great PUPs. 

Title: Re: Brown Sugars
Post by: lulusg on February 06, 2010, 01:05:30 AM

That's a beautiful instrument you got!! Really nice!!!

Title: Re: Brown Sugars
Post by: 38thBeatle on February 06, 2010, 07:58:02 AM

I agree, looks fantastic.

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Post by: MrBump on February 06, 2010, 09:58:24 AM

Looks great!

Title: Re: Brown Sugars
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on February 06, 2010, 11:37:49 AM

Very pretty - love the grain of the wood

Title: Re: Brown Sugars
Post by: Philly Q on February 06, 2010, 11:55:34 AM

It does look great!  Are both body and neck from Warmoth?

And interesting choice of Brown Sugars - they don't get mentioned much and I've always wondered how they compare with (for example) Yardbirds, BG50s and Boss.

Title: Re: Brown Sugars
Post by: Plexi Ken on February 06, 2010, 12:11:50 PM

Very nice, I see you mount the neck pickup on the guard, interesting  :)

Title: Re: Brown Sugars
Post by: Tele52 on February 06, 2010, 03:36:30 PM

I went with the Brown Sugars as I've found with all the effects available today. I'm finding I like  to go no hotter than warm vintage in my guitars. I'm a blues, classic rock kind of guy, so I use a lot of clean tones. These PUPs will sound jazzy, country clean. But really growl with an OD pedal. It's all Warmoth, I bought the stuff on the Christmas sale. I finished the neck with rattle can nitro. The body was already finished. The pickup mounting came about because I bought the pickguard from Warmoth, it had the holes, and Tim supplied the screws, and I thought I'd try it, it makes it so much easier to set pickup height. As always with BKP, everything I needed was in the box.  

Title: Re: Brown Sugars
Post by: AndyR on February 06, 2010, 03:59:04 PM

Lovely looking guitar :D

Title: Re: Brown Sugars
Post by: FernandoDuarte on February 06, 2010, 04:18:07 PM

Lovely tele, you should post it too on Warmoth forum!

Title: Re: Brown Sugars
Post by: gwEm on February 07, 2010, 09:22:18 PM

Quote from: Philly Q on February 06, 2010, 11:55:34 AM

It does look great!  Are both body and neck from Warmoth?

And interesting choice of Brown Sugars - they don't get mentioned much and I've always wondered how they compare with (for example) Yardbirds, BG50s and Boss.

they are in the same gain ballpark as the BG50, however they are more midsy. i like the brown sugar alot, more traditional tele sound than the boss

Title: Re: Brown Sugars
Post by: Philly Q on February 07, 2010, 09:34:46 PM

Thanks gwEm.  I'm always thinking I want something a bit hotter than vintage, but on the other hand I love the traditional Tele tone and don't want to lose it.

Title: Re: Brown Sugars
Post by: Tele52 on February 07, 2010, 10:28:36 PM

Quote from: Philly Q on February 07, 2010, 09:34:46 PM

Thanks gwEm.  I'm always thinking I want something a bit hotter than vintage, but on the other hand I love the traditional Tele tone and don't want to lose it.

The brown sugars are for you then.

Title: Re: Brown Sugars
Post by: Philly Q on February 07, 2010, 11:34:57 PM

Quote from: Tele52 on February 07, 2010, 10:28:36 PM

Quote from: Philly Q on February 07, 2010, 09:34:46 PM

Thanks gwEm.  I'm always thinking I want something a bit hotter than vintage, but on the other hand I love the traditional Tele tone and don't want to lose it.

The brown sugars are for you then.

I think perhaps they are!  Glad you started this thread.  :)