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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: the picador on March 24, 2010, 05:40:07 PM

Title: hsh super strat vs BTBAM. P/U advice please..
Post by: the picador on March 24, 2010, 05:40:07 PM
so i just saw "between the buried and me" live. needless to say, life changing event.

so much so that i have completely changed my direction as far as one guitar goes.

i have a super strat style body (H-S-H) swamp ash, tune-o-matic/stoptail bridge, and im basically chasing paul waggoners tone.
essentially what im after is a bridge HB that is capable of his rhythm tone, then a neck HB that can somewhat replicate his lead tone/clean jazzy influenced stuff. then a single coil mid (which is slanted btw) to balance it all out. was also thinking of putting a piezo bridge and maybe mixing the single coil with that.

i hope this doesnt sound tooooo stupid. it kind of makes sense to me... :?
Title: Re: hsh super strat vs BTBAM. P/U advice please..
Post by: DimeZakk on March 24, 2010, 06:46:59 PM
I also saw btbam live recently and it just increased my beer input to get through this progmetal for mall-kiddies... Sorry but I don't luike the band at all! Regardless the guitar tone is good.

A Nailbom Bridge paired with a Cold Sweat Neck should get you pretty close to those tones.
Title: Re: hsh super strat vs BTBAM. P/U advice please..
Post by: MDV on March 24, 2010, 07:10:48 PM
I also saw btbam live recently and it just increased my beer input to get through this progmetal for mall-kiddies... Sorry but I don't luike the band at all! Regardless the guitar tone is good.

A Nailbom Bridge paired with a Cold Sweat Neck should get you pretty close to those tones.

I agree on all counts and would second that a nailbomb coldsweat set would suit this pretentious try-too-hard bands tone very well.
Title: Re: hsh super strat vs BTBAM. P/U advice please..
Post by: the picador on March 25, 2010, 05:08:58 AM
well.. didnt quite expect a response like that.

but, i guess personal taste is just that. and we'll leave it there so it doesnt have to get moved to a different forum/discussion.

yeah i figured the nailbomb was a shoe-in for the bridge, but hadnt considered the cold sweat. but now im really digging the idea. what are your thoughts on a single coil in the middle to go with them? since i have the space, might aswell use it.
also on the single coil, given the route is angled, how would this affect my selection?
Title: Re: hsh super strat vs BTBAM. P/U advice please..
Post by: MDV on March 25, 2010, 02:50:08 PM
Something thats similar in output and balances in tone would be an Irish tour