Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: herbychimp on May 18, 2011, 12:37:03 PM
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Hi,
Does anyone have any thoughts about the BKP 'most likely' to replicate the Eric Gales tone on relentless. To my ears it is a fat, modern sound and instinctually I would have plumped for ITs - however people may disagree. Also, anythougts on the sound of a split- bridge Crawler in a H-S-S superstrat (hardtail)
cheers
Stef
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I think Mother's Milk capture those Hendrix/Frusciante-tones, although with my IT's I can get very close, especially when I roll the vol.knob just a tad back. Of course with single coils, the amp contributes to the fatness of the sound. I believe he plays a Two Rock-amp.
I have the IT's in my swampashstrat (MXG custom strat, made by Patrick Eggle), maple neck, ebony fingerboard, in conjunction with the Crawler. The splitted Crawler is stellar. Very good strat tones and really Fenderish-quacky (in splitmode) with the middle-IT. I play in a coverband that does everything from old Stevie Wonder, funk, disco to rock and modern stuff like Shakira, Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez etc. All these songs is can play with this guitar. Only sometimes I grab my tele.
The Crawler is a fine pickup for everything from pop, rock, classic rock to hardrock. Thanks to the bold midrange it really sings when pushed and when pushed more it growls like a bear. Solonotes are thick and dynamic. I like the balance of this pickup in a strat. Enough of every frequency.
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No thoughts, but I am also considering using the Crawler/IT/IT combo in a hardtail Strat. :D
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No thoughts, but I am also considering using the Crawler/IT/IT combo in a hardtail Strat. :D
Wit a hardtail you will def. have less tuningproblems then I had with the ABM-trem. Replaced the locking-Schallers by Sperzels, installed a Fender-rollerbridge, had the trem set-up right and went for a heavier gauge. Now it's at last really giggable, cause we play 12 songs (one set) with nearly no pauses and there isn't much time for tuning during the set. Made me think about a hardtail-strat too. And they sustain better. But I can always grab my tele which never get (much) out of tune.