Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: LMCollard on April 23, 2011, 09:25:39 PM
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Hi, i'm a big fan of BKP (even though i only purchased Trilogy pickups for the moment ^^),
but i create this topic for a simple reason: my father starts playing the guitar and is ordering one
to a stringed instrument maker of my town. But I got a serious problem, he bought a Les Paul style guitar but
wants David Gilmour's sound... I know, that's kind of strange but we can't go back. So I wanted to know which BKP were the most indicated for his case (I mean, I thought about Mississipi Queen in Neck and Mule in Bridge but I don't know everything about BKP's :D). So, what can you guys tell me (I know Gilmour plays a lot with neck pickups, so I thought about a more metal bridge pickup, when I want to play it)?
Sorry for my english (I'm french). And thanks to the BKP team, who makes better every day of my musician's life!
Lucas
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Well the 2nd solo from Comfortably Numb is a Les Paul with P90s
I'd go for any of them with a good big muff based fuzz pedal.
Not sure which though as I haven't owned any of them
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Welcome! A calibrated Mule-set or a Mule/MQ-set would do well for Gilmour-tones.
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So, a MQ in Bridge and a Mule in Neck or the opposite?
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MQ in the neck!
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I think a lot will come down to pedals. HTH on this forum is building me a valve based overdrive pedal with (I think) two gain stages to add the necessary beef for the singing sustaining tone for tracks like Comfortably Numb. Gilmour himself uses a Butler Audio tube distortion pedal I think.
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MQ in the neck!
indeed