Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum

Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: 5F6-A on October 28, 2011, 12:38:32 PM

Title: BKP closest to the Black one Strat
Post by: 5F6-A on October 28, 2011, 12:38:32 PM

I really like John Mayer´s relic black strat tone. whis would be the BKP pickup set closest to the sound?

Apparently the pickups have a low output, and not heavy at all in the mids ( kind of slightly scooped ) although IMO the guitar sounds marvellous and rich.

What BKP model is the closest?
Baseplates or not?
what tone cap would you use?

A good example of the tone I´m talking about...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g7J9q8ePkg   

Title: Re: BKP closest to the Black one Strat
Post by: 5F6-A on October 31, 2011, 04:46:55 PM

nobody??

Title: Re: BKP closest to the Black one Strat
Post by: Philly Q on October 31, 2011, 04:54:11 PM

No idea I'm afraid, but I was watching this thread out of curiosity.

I'm not a Mayer fan, but maybe people don't realise from the thread title that he's the subject of the question?

Title: Re: BKP closest to the Black one Strat
Post by: Telerocker on October 31, 2011, 06:43:16 PM

I guess you should look at the Sultans, the Pat Pend 63 and the Mother's Milk. The alnico II-magnets of the Sultans provide a softer response in the bass and treble then the other two with the alnico V-magnets. They all have, one a bit more then the other, a scooped midrange. A baseplate will add some extra body to the bridgepickup. I would get one.
(Btw, John Mayer's sound is not only a matter of pickups, the quality of the tonewoods, the thickness of the neck and the used amps play a role in that).

Title: Re: BKP closest to the Black one Strat
Post by: explorer76 on October 31, 2011, 07:30:26 PM

you can get a mayer tone with each and everyone of the vintage range pickups, doesn't really matter. I don't really understand the buzz that's made around his pickups.
What you need is a GOOD Strat, an amplifier that goes into the mayer direction and some playing skills! I personally would prefer the mother's milk with the base-plate, but it's a matter of taste.