Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: juansolo on September 08, 2011, 09:35:07 PM
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Still musing this, but it's getting ever more likely. Which makes the next interesting propersition, what will work well together?
The Badger is a ash bodied Tele with a maple neck.
I'm not good at describing sounds, but I'm after a thickish tele rock tone from the bridge and something approaching the sound of an classic LP neck.
I was thinking something along the lines of a Boss + Stormy Monday...
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I would think a Stormy Monday would be great in one of them. Boss bridge sounds intresting too. I have a bit of love hate thing with the boss bridge. Love it in marshall sounding amps but struggle with it in fender sounding ones (Prob just me).
For me I would love to here a yardbird bridge with the stormy in the neck. Though boss bridge have a bit more balls and does nail rock that little better.
Best of luck with it if you do go ahead with the project.
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Can't comment on the Boss (never played it), but you may want to consider the (new) BGF50 bridge too - given the specs and clips and what I can get from my BGF52 bridge the BGF50 should deliver these "thickish tele rock tone" (possibly with the tone rolled down a bit).
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Hi John, I think you would like the blackguard bridge. If you go with the Flat 50, then I think you might like the neck sound anyway. If you are going to fit a humbucker, then the Stormy Monday is the way to go (unless you can get Tim to make you a mini-mule!).
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The Flat50-bridge and Stormy Monday would be a great set and very versatile too. Personally I would look at the Missisippi Queen too. Does a nice job in the neckposition.
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Good food for thought there guys, cheers.
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Tim has spoken :)
He recommends either a Flat 50 / Piledriver mated to a Mule / Riff Raff.
Tempted to go 50 + Mule I have to admit.
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Tim has spoken :)
He recommends either a Flat 50 / Piledriver mated to a Mule / Riff Raff.
Tempted to go 50 + Mule I have to admit.
I'd agree with you, Flat 50 and Mule. :D
I'm sure the Riff Raff neck would sound too bright in a Tele (for my taste, that is - just don't like bright neck pickups)
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Yep, I think F50 + Mule sounds like the business.
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Yep, I think F50 + Mule sounds like the business.
Ordered :)
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I'll be interested to hear that when you get it. I've never been really happy with the bucker in the neck of my nocaster.
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Yep, I think F50 + Mule sounds like the business.
Ordered :)
Blame Philly (and Tim!) if it don't work :lol:
Seriously though, I've not tried them in the same guitar (I prefer tele neck pickups in teles), but I do have a Baja with the BGs in and, sat next to it, is a Tokai Love Rock with Mules in. The two guitars seem to fit both sides of a certain mood for me, happily going through the same amp without needing to tweak the settings... so I reckon it'll be a nice pairing.
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Really liked the Mules in the Edwards that I've just sold and love the Tele bridge pup sound. Hoping to get a bit of all worlds with it. If it doesn't work, then there are other options. Though I think this does have a chance of working really nicely. Itching to get them and get it all back together again now.
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Yep, I think F50 + Mule sounds like the business.
Ordered :)
Blame Philly (and Tim!) if it don't work :lol:
I was just following the crowd, like a lemming....
No, seriously, just expressing a preference based on the different options Tim suggested. Definitely the combo I would've chosen.
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I'll be interested to hear that when you get it. I've never been really happy with the bucker in the neck of my nocaster.
Can always have a 'converge at Cleggys' thing again. Will have a few new toys to play with shortly!
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Yep, I think F50 + Mule sounds like the business.
Ordered :)
Aargh !
You could have ordered them from me as I have your tele here......
Never mind - routing all done on the tele and ready to fit the new BKPs
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Yep, I think F50 + Mule sounds like the business.
Ordered :)
Aargh !
You could have ordered them from me as I have your tele here......
Never mind - routing all done on the tele and ready to fit the new BKPs
:( sorry about that :(
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Hey,
I know its been a while but how did you find the pickups in the tele? I have a mule in my tele neck as well and find it a bit too muddy even after chaning the pickup height. Also have a piledriver in the bridge. Im thinking of chaning the neck pickup to a riff raff as tim sugested or chaning the bridge to a blackguard 52.
Thanks