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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: adap on January 24, 2011, 12:08:51 PM

Title: Pickups for HSS swamp ash guitar
Post by: adap on January 24, 2011, 12:08:51 PM

I have a swamp ash HSS guitar and I would like to replace the current pickups (Pearly Gates HB in bridge and stock single coils in neck and middle).
I play mostly blues rock and some classic rock and punk from time to time.
Which is the BKP pickup combination that would fit best with my guitar?

Title: Re: Pickups for HSS swamp ash guitar
Post by: Telerocker on January 24, 2011, 06:44:03 PM

I play a MXG Customstrat (by Patrick Eggle) with a swampash body, maple neck, ebony fretboard. Loaded with a Crawler and two IT's. Great combo. Crawler fattens up your strat in a creamy vintage style tone, say a PAF on steroids for blues to classic and hardrock. Sounds great clean and splits wonderful with the IT. However, a friend of mine installed a Mule/Mother's Milk HSS-set in his Squier-strat and he is very pleased.  The MM's are a tad mellower than the IT's.  The IT's handle overdrive/distortion very well en crunch wonderful.

Title: Re: Pickups for HSS swamp ash guitar
Post by: PhilKing on January 26, 2011, 12:37:03 PM

If you want something similar to what you have, but with the BK clarity to the notes and still the power to give nice controlled feedback, the Stormy Monday & 2 Sultans combination is great.  I also have a guitar with a VHII & 2 Mother's Milks.  That gives more push on the amp and a tighter sound from the Alnico V magnets (Stormy Monday/Sultans set is AII).  Both of these give more of the classic 60's & early 70's tones.