Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: I M Evil on December 20, 2005, 08:24:12 PM
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and a merry f*cking x-mas from a fellow swede :)
New to the forum but not new to the art of playing guitar.
I've been doing that for a while now.
Anyway ... I'm looking for a zebra-pickup for this guitar:
(http://files.upl.silentwhisper.net/upload4/KG.jpg)
which I'm importing from Japan in a near future.
Does it seem familiar? ;)
... and the reason I'm turning to BKP is that they're new,
fresh, and a little unknown to the public at this point(as far as I know anyway).
My 5 main influences(and my pickup references) are:
Jake E Lee (Ozzy Osbourne, Badlands)
George Lynch (Dokken, Lynch Mob)
Marty Friedman (Cacophony, Megadeth)
Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society)
Yngwie Malmsteen (I think every guitarplayer knows who Yngwie is ;))
Someone out there oughta know what pickup would suit
these references well, and remember, it have to be available in zebra :D
Take care.
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Welcome :D
I would suggest Miracle Man without hesitation for this guitar.............zebra........no problem!!
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Hi Tim.
Well, the name "Miracle Man" really screams Zakk Wylde
so it could probably fit well.
The only little problem(a tiny one) is that the guitar
is made out of some japanese wood called Sen which
I unfortunately don't know anything about :?
Maybe you do ?! :)
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Hi there and welcome.
What kind of guitar is that?
Sen as a wood was mentioned a while ago on this forum. However, I can't quite remember anymore what it was all about. Wasn't it some sort of oriental mahogany?
Check out some of the clips by Twilight Odyssee. He has a Miracle Man in his main guitar and is a huge George Lynch fan.
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I M Evil ....
Wecome!
1st off, let me congratulate you on locating and obtaining an original Killer guitar. I AM JEALOUS!! Akira Takasaki, among the other guitarists you've listed, is a HUGE influence on my playing!!
I can tell you that the Miracle Man is the way to go. If you like that classic hi-performance metal sound from the 80s, this is the pickup for you!!!!
A Killer guitar + MM = Back For The Attack + Shadows of War + No Rest For The Wicked. The rest of the tone is up to your amp and fingers!!!
Edit: thanx for the intro, Ratty! :)
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I M Evil ....
Wecome!
1st off, let me congratulate you on locating and obtaining an original Killer guitar. Akira Takasaki, among the other guitarists you've listed, is a HUGE influence on my playing!!
I can tell you that the Miracle Man is the way to go. If you like that classic hi-performance metal sound from the 80s, this is the pickup for you!!!!
A Killer guitar + MM = Back For The Attack + Shadows of War + No Rest For The Wicked. The rest of the tone is up to your amp and fingers!!!
Edit: thanx for the intro, Ratty! :)
I've not acquired it yet, but I've been emailing with
George Azuma who co-founded Killer Guitars with Akira :)
so I'm buying straight from the company, not any dealers :) (if there are any?) it would cost me about 500EUR(dunno if shipping is included).
To simplify my tone-references, I'd like a pickup that does
most of the hi-performance 80's metal(as you said) and also
does alot of newer metal(or heavier).
Checked out the pictures of the black Warpigs
and it looked awesome :D
I'd still like to find out more about that wood(Sen) though.
Google didn't give me much.
edit:
so i found the thread about the Sen-wood and it seems alright :D
Similar to Northerh Hard Ash, like Jake E Lee used in his white/black
strat :D
I've been listening to soundclips of the Miracle Man, the Nailbomb(both by Tim) and one with the Warpig. I dig the MM and NB more so the Warpig
is excluded ... for now :D
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actually, I liked the sound of the Nailbomb better than the MM.
as for neck pickups ...
I'd like something very fluid-sounding, while maintaining somewhat
high output that would work well with the Nailbomb :)
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How about the ...............Nailbomb neck!It's balanced to work with the NB bridge!
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How about the ...............Nailbomb neck!It's balanced to work with the NB bridge!
That could work too :)
You oughta know ? ;)
As I said ... something fluid, warm but maintaining some
high output so it could match up with the nailbomb in the bridge :)
mainly for tapping :)
and oh, completely off topic ... ;)
I ordered a VISA card today so I might have
the guitar shown above sometime in january
next year.
Anybody interested in a Dean ?! :)
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Can you please post the link where you got the guitar from?
Thanx!!
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just to add my two cents. the nailbombs have a really nice clean sound as well. currently my guitar is going into my pc soundcard and it has a natural warm sound (obviously sounds nicer in a real amp though).
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Try this: http://www.killer.jp
Oh, and check out the rat fink guitar pack as well.
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i read somehwere on this forum that the Nailbomb was
very close to the JB.
let's see ... Jake E Lee mostly used JB's and SDS-1's
(which I think is a Super Distortion in a singlecoil format)
so is there any BKP similar to the Super Distortion ? :)
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The Miracle Man is what the Super Distortion wants to be when it grows up.
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^i haven't tried the SD, or any bkp's, but going by specs, i'd say a bk miracle man or cold sweat might be similar to a DM SD.
Correct my if I'm wrong, though, forum veterans!
:twisted:
EDIT: gah, too slow! ah well, at least i wasn't wrong, TO!
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What about the Emerald ?!
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Indy has a Nailbomb, he said something like its what the JB wants to be when it grows up (cheesy description I know :P )
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Indy has a Nailbomb, he said something like its what the JB wants to be when it grows up (cheesy description I know :P )
that could be what I read :)
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damn, I think I'll keep my BL L500L in the bridge
and go with a BKP for the neck.
Something similar to a cross between SuperDist, '59, Jazz.
So many pickups ... lacking guitars and money :(
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^crawler?
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naah ... seems to be to much DC difference.
does DC have anything to do with output btw ?? :oops:
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does DC have anything to do with output btw ?? :oops:
No.
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does DC have anything to do with output btw ?? :oops:
No.
Mhmm... As a rule of thumb, I do believe that out of 2 pickups with the same wire gauge and magnets, the one with the highest DC resistance will have the highest output. Correct me if I'm wrong. DC resistance is a widely used measure that unfortunately does not mean much when comparing 2 pickups, or unless when given with more unformation.
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What about the Emerald ?!
A question I'd like to see answered! :) There seems a shortage of Emerald info, but it was recommended to me, so I've been trying to find out a bit more about it. Lower output than the NB, it seems, but more low end perhaps? I'm pretty sure I remember Tim or someone saying that the intention was to voice it not so much as a hotter PAF-style, but after some customish thing that one of the Thin Lizzy guitarists used .... But that's all I remember off hand!
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Emerald? For that guitar and style?
No.
I've played the Emerald, though briefly.
Wouldn't be my 1st choice for metal ... not even my 4th, probably.
I really think you're doing yourself a disservice by not putting a Miracle Man in the bridge of that guitar, but I can't force ya to do it.
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I've played the Emerald, though briefly.
Wouldn't be my 1st choice for metal ... not even my 4th, probably.
Not meaning to hijack the thread but for a moment :) as you have played the Emerald (albeit breifly) and various other BKPs, what would you categorize the Emerald as suited for? :)
That said (or asked, anyway), from what I've heard, the MM does seem like the clear choice to resolve the question posed in this thread. The MM is like made of metal 8)
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Not meaning to hijack the thread but for a moment :) as you have played the Emerald (albeit breifly) and various other BKPs, what would you categorize the Emerald as suited for? :))
The Emerald is great for 'riff rock', a la old Thin Lizzy, Free, possibly old Fleetwood Mac, Zepplin, etc etc.
Driven hard, you could probably cop a great Black Crowes lead tone, as well.
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DC resistance can be used as a guide for output, generally the higher the DC reading the more output you will have, but allways use it as a general guide as wire type, size and magnet are all big players when it comes to output levels.
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Steve ...
Seeing the all-black Warpig ... does it come in Zebra too ? :D
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Zebra's not a problem!
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which woods would it sound best with ? :)