Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: fr33man1 on April 12, 2010, 09:00:30 AM
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Hey there its me again.
Finally found something to calm down my powerful GAS.
(http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/1599/dscf1399n.jpg)
Now lets face the problem. Im a metal guy, though I like the feel of the 498t, Im finding it a bit muddy and overwhelmed in my 5150 combo for evil sounds.
Im mainly playing in drop C, machine head, ksengage, parkway drive thingy.
Its not a bright axe but not dark, good mid push with a bit fatness in low mids. I also don't know how bkps would interact through that amp and all this mahogany.
I have a bubinga explorer with a5 nbomb brige and works perfect since the darkness of the amp and the balanced voicing of the 'bomb helps to tame the highs.
So I dunno if I should go extreme with ceramics or stay to some A5 with good midrange push. I admit the holy diver is tempting me as far as an A5 warpig. I also know any BKP is dynamic and clear even with low output so the VHII or black dog could fit the bill aswell.
If I should describe one sound I want, it would be that fat midrange crunch you ear in KSEngage music, that dense midrange is a dream tone. I bet I pretty discribed a future HDiver bridge there ..so why asking ?
Its always a pain to choose a bkp, theyre so many and they all have gorgeous names and tones. :(
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Now bear with me here, but I think the Miracle Man may be an option for you.
Sometimes it's described as 'smooth' and 'bright', but it's a bit of a chameleon. In a dark guitar, it can sound dark (and has LOVELY low-mid range push to it). Yes, the highs can be fantastically smooth and really '80s hair metal', but roll off the gain a touch, and it can do punchy, crunchy growly tones quite ridiculously well in a not-too-bright guitar.
Couple it with your 5150, and you've got instant Machine Head tones nailed. Drop down the gain a touch, and you can cover KSE very convincingly too.
Others will undoubtedly suggest different pickups, and my best advice is always this: Ask Tim! (Front page of BKP website for contact details).
Roo
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+1 on the MM
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+1 on Miracle Man, for all the reasons Roo states, plus my experience of the HD in my LP Goldtop has made me very wary of recommending HD for LPs.
The "not a bright axe but not dark, good mid push with a bit fatness in low mids" description sounds reasonably close to my Goldtop. I found HD just a bit too fat that it lost clarity & sounded (dare I say it) muddy. CS was a huge improvement for that guitar, though I like my other LP with MMs better...
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if roo the low output pickup man and antag the HD freak says MM it has to be a MM ;).
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definitely miracle man
big mahogany guitar + miracle man + 5150 + machine head/kse = perfect match
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fine, then it will be a MM ;). Pics and poor samples as its done ;).
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Woo, did I get one right? :D
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We will see in some weeks :D. If not ill slap my custom on your head yelling Ten Ton hammer :P.
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We will see in some weeks :D. If not ill slap my custom on your head yelling Ten Ton hammer :P.
I would defend myself with my own custom and yell BLOCK! :lol:
http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=10656.0
my friend recorded this miracle man clip with a 15w gorilla-type amp, a solid state 5150 pedal and a cheap pc mic
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Nice low chunky tone, the highs werent my cup of tea but the watsom amplifier is in cause I bet. Now i have to think about the finish i want on that pickup.
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Nice low chunky tone, the highs werent my cup of tea but the watsom amplifier is in cause I bet. Now i have to think about the finish i want on that pickup.
Aged Nickel. Sorted.
:)
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Nice low chunky tone, the highs werent my cup of tea but the watsom amplifier is in cause I bet. Now i have to think about the finish i want on that pickup.
Aged Nickel. Sorted.
:)
yep!
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I disagree - Gold to match the rest of the hardware. I don't like nickel - aged or otherwise - it looks grubby after a few days, even if I wipe it down every time I handle the guitar.