Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Ochaye on January 28, 2011, 10:18:19 PM
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which BK would be best suited for a GIBSON es 137 do you think?
guitar to be used for 90% R n R and 10% jazz
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mules
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Hmmm got 'em on me les paul
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AII Stormy Mondays or MQs!
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Another to look at would be Manhattans. They are a lover output P-90 in a humbucker size cover and are very like the old Gibson jazz pickups
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AII Stormy Mondays or MQs!
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From my ownership of Mules, Manhatans, S.Ms and M.Qs , ( and for your balance of usage ) M.Qs would get my vote.
M.Qs will give you a tighter / punchier bass end and assertive yet smooth high end detail for double stops / 50's Rn'R riffs. ( on the M.Qs , Pickup height adjustments can modify the top end between glassyand fat, to sweet yet biting ).
The AII Stormy Mondays are lovely pickups, if you had stipulated 80% Jazz / 20% R'n'R .
Manhattans are ( for me ) 100% Jazz .
Mules would also be favourites, but there is something about that M.Q sound - that breathes life / a unique tone into a semi-acoustic. :)
The last point to consider is that M.Qs are a low noise / hum ( i.e. encased in a nickel 'cage' ) single coil, and the Mules hum proof. Whilst I have never heard single coil noise on my own M.Qs, I feel it only proper to at least mention that it is theoretically more probable than with Mules. :)
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Riff Raffs could also be an option. Don't know if they're good for jazz, don't know how they sound with the tone rolled off a bit.
Riff Raffs would turn that guitar into a Chuck Berry machine.
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MQ's gets my vote as well. Have 'em in my Reverend Manta Ray which I think is quite similar to a es137. They really sing in this guitar. I'm no jazzer, but I sure the MQ's can pull of some.