Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: sambo on January 09, 2006, 06:13:15 PM
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k guys i've got a stock p-90 in my gibson les paul melody maker. just ordered my BKP-92 with tap to switch between sounds of the '92 and a more '90ish sound. I'm gonna record some stuff with the stock pick-up then the same stuff again when the BKP arrives. What kind of stuff do you want guys? i know there's been barely any p-90 clips if any at all so i'm gonna help you people out.
bare in mind there's no way i could do any thrash-like stuff lol and you've probably made the wrong choice if you want to hear thrashing from a p-90 any way. haha.
anyway yer give me your requests. i'll be posting this in the "players" section as well.
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do some hendrix :wink:
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okie dokes, i'll have to learn some- i've never learnt any hendrix (shocking i know).
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yeah, anything Hendrix/Zappa kinda thing would be great! something showing some really fat chords, some clean stuff, and then some overdriven solo stuff, if you could? cheers!
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yep no problem. it was so annoying when i couldnt find any clips of the p-90's so i'll try and help as many people with them as i can. i'll probably upload the stuff with my current pickup and new pickup and the same time when it's installed in a few days.
one thing though- my model of guitar only has one pickup so i won't be able to test the sound of a neck p-90- sorry.
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awesome, thats great stuff! I'm already scheming on a p90 jazzmaster so this is great news, thanks!
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glad to help
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Dare I say some 1965 Beatle stuff. Some nice P90 tones there.
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ill try if you want, any particular tracks?
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Dont go out of your way( I know how much time it can take doing clips). Something from Revolver perhaps- Taxman possibly but as I am not in the market for P90 ( much as I'd like to be!!)it is not fair to ask you to indulge me. I'd be interested in whatever you do so see what you feel like playing.
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well like i said im gonna try and help as many people as i can seeing as there a virtually no p-90 clips at all. ill try taxman then. but i'll probably keep posting more clips as time goes on.
i think ill do:
a bit of all along the watchtower
bit of taxman
some other random stuff like mountain and maybe some bluesy kinda zztop stuff.
still open for requests tho
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who?
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taxman by the beatles apparently, mountain the old rock band and zz top
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sambo, How do you find the Melody Maker? Did you compare it to a Les Paul DC faded? I'm after a P90 guitar but am not sure which way to jump.
My brother recently got a Gibson DC faded with P90's and says it's the guitar he's been searching for all his life...and he's been known to go out and buy 3 guitars in 1 day.
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haha well i didnt compare it with the dc but it's a really nice guitar. i mean it lacks a neck pickup but i don't really miss that much. it plays really well and pretty good for the money as well. the best feature about it is the crunch you get from the p-90 sound-- so much attack. (that's what i think any way lol)
just out of interest how much is that dc thing???
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actually i do remember seeing the dc now but i never played it. it's about £100 or so more expensive i think. basically it's an upgraded version of the melody maker. having said that i cant see much difference besides the extra pickup and scratch plate so it may just be better to stick with the melody maker.
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just ordered my BKP-92 with tap to switch between sounds of the '92 and a more '90ish sound.
Did n't realise that the BKP-92 could be tapped. Presumably Tim is supplying it as a 4 conductor so you can change the number of windings in use. I would be interested in that if I get a P90 equiped guitar.
Pete Townsend used a P90 SG for a long time - so perhaps a Who track might be a suggestion.
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ok sure. yer the tap feature is really cool, especially as on my guitar i only have one pickup. it means i'll be able to switch from a fat sound for chords to a tone with a bit more edge/cut for riffs, leads e.t.c.
i got the idea form philking who had the same thing done with MQ's and another pickup that i cant remember. he had the coil tap to reduce the mid's in one of them. pretty nifty idea and it doesn't cost any extra which is great.
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just out of interest how much is that dc thing???
A Gibson DC faded will set you back about £500
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yer that's what i thought. yer the differences i noticed that were of any interest were:
two pickups on the dc
different neck wood on the dc
slight different heal (i dont even knwo what that means lol)
apart from that they are virtually identical. so whether you really care about a neck pickup then i would say the melody maker is the better option
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Hi Sambo. Pete Townshend "I can't explain" from live at Leeds. :)
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kk i'll do that. never heard it, so i dunno what im letting myself in for?!?!
just learnt moby dick gonna do that.
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I would like to hear some Green Day from that BKP92.
Billy Joe has a great tone coming from his P90 equipped guitars.
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ok i didn't realise there were this many people interested in the p-90's. i'll try to do most of the stuff everyones asked for:
some greenday.
pete townsend.
beatles.
hendrix.
maybe some zappa
baring in mind that the more requests there are the shorter the clips will be for each one.
after i've posted the files if anyone wants anything more specific i'll be glad to record something personally for them.
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oh and to floyd pepper- i guess the choice between the dc and the melody maker really depends how much your rely upon a neck pickup.
another thing i've just remembered is that i actually tried the dc faded on a vox ac30 (way more expensive amp than my £170 crate gt65). i tried a gibson SG (same price as the dc) and a schecter. out of the three the dc was definately my favourite but it really wasn't a huge leap up from the melody maker from what i remember. i mean it's hard to say because of the huge difference in amp quality but i dont't think it was £100 worth of extra guitar, if you got the mm you could get a BKP as well with the money you save!!!
and personally i love the spartan look of the MM- it's sooo dull and boring that it's actually really interesting and different (if you catch my drift).
sorry to drag on- final summary:
if your willing to spend £100 or so extra for a scratchplate and a second pickup then sure go for the dc. but if you just want virtually the same sound (ok with slight restrictions because of jsut the one pickup) for a considerable amount cheaper then go with the MM. Of course the best thing to do though is try them both somewhere- on the same amp preferably. oh and im only 14 and not the most experienced guitarist in the world so my opinion is basically worthless!