Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Q_wer on July 16, 2010, 08:49:30 PM
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Hi@all!
First post on the forum :)
I need opinions on the following topic:
I have a custom made Flying V, neck (maple/mahogany-layered with ebony fretboard) through body construction. The wings are of mahogany with a birdseye maple top. The guitar is equipped with the famous SH2/SH4 - combo which i find lacking of warmth and a bit too "nosy" for my likings, which is maybe in part due to the tonewoods..
I am really looking for a more ballsy, warmer tone without loosing too much definition. If the pickups i end up with provide decent cleans in the split positions as well this would be a very nice surplus as the additional switches are already in place..
I mainly play classic rock stuff with it, venturing into jazz/fusion directions from times to times. Sounds i do love are
for clean: Tool (Lateralus-stuff), Pink Floyd (Dark side of the moon - shine on you, crazy diamond), Free (Kossoff :D)
for overdriven: Led Zeppelin II
and for lead-tone: Chris Poland's Ohm, especially the first self titled debut album (Ohm)
- so i have been thinking about a Black Dog Humbucker for the Bridge-position, maybe combined with a more "vintage-PU" like the mule or even combined with another Black Dog?
Thanks in advance for your opinions and suggestions,
Alex
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gwEm to batphone, calling gwEm
( P.S. Welcome! :D )
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:D
the through neck construction obviously changes the rules completely.. maybe i would go for a black dog. sounds like it might be quite a bright guitar.
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Hello and thanks for your thoughts!
It is indeed a rather bright sounding guitar - which is why i was leaning mre towards the black dog rather than for example the emerald.