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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: jjensson on February 23, 2013, 10:31:13 PM

Title: BKP humbucker with the most punchy mids
Post by: jjensson on February 23, 2013, 10:31:13 PM: I'm wondering wich BKP humbucker has the most punchy mids? I'm thinking it would be an A5 type, right? (since ceramics tend to compless the mids).

Any suggestions very appreciated.
Title: Re: BKP humbucker with the most punchy mids
Post by: itamar101 on February 23, 2013, 10:48:42 PM: Probably the aftermath, actually.
The Holy Diver and Black Dog are also rather middy.
Title: Re: BKP humbucker with the most punchy mids
Post by: EffigyForgotten on February 23, 2013, 11:14:59 PM: Quote from: itamar101 on February 23, 2013, 10:48:42 PM
Probably the aftermath, actually.
The Holy Diver and Black Dog are also rather middy.

Painkiller.
Title: Re: BKP humbucker with the most punchy mids
Post by: JJretroTONEGOD on February 23, 2013, 11:24:35 PM: Black Dogs are good for that
Title: Re: BKP humbucker with the most punchy mids
Post by: ericsabbath on February 23, 2013, 11:31:57 PM: aftermath and painkiller
Title: Re: BKP humbucker with the most punchy mids
Post by: jjensson on February 24, 2013, 12:01:48 AM: Interesting, since Aftermath and Painkiller are ceramic. Always thought that ceramic magnets have compressed mids.
Title: Re: BKP humbucker with the most punchy mids
Post by: Alex on February 24, 2013, 01:30:00 AM: Quote from: itamar101 on February 23, 2013, 10:48:42 PM
Probably the aftermath, actually.
The Holy Diver and Black Dog are also rather middy.

My view as well. The Nailbomb is maybe a bit less punchier in the mids (but tighter in the low end).
Title: Re: BKP humbucker with the most punchy mids
Post by: jjensson on February 24, 2013, 02:25:08 AM: BTW, has anyone played the DiMarzio Breed and can compare the mids to the BKP Holydiver? The Breed bridge doesn't have that high end clickiness that i hate so much in pickups, instead it has a punchy "pop" in the mids which i really like. I wish it sounded a bit more open, though. (read: sometimes it sounds a bit boxy or cardboardy to me).
Title: Re: BKP humbucker with the most punchy mids
Post by: darkbluemurder on February 25, 2013, 09:06:02 AM: Quote from: jjensson on February 24, 2013, 02:25:08 AM
BTW, has anyone played the DiMarzio Breed and can compare the mids to the BKP Holydiver? The Breed bridge doesn't have that high end clickiness that i hate so much in pickups, instead it has a punchy "pop" in the mids which i really like. I wish it sounded a bit more open, though. (read: sometimes it sounds a bit boxy or cardboardy to me).

I have had both in my alder strat. The Breed has more power and more low mids than the Holydiver. What I did not like about it was that artificial sizzle in the top end that most high output DiMarzios have and that the midrange had a nasal quality to it. The Holydiver does not have that at all. The highs are smooth and the mids are fat but not nasal. And it works a lot better with the tone controls on the amp.

Cheers Stephan
Title: Re: BKP humbucker with the most punchy mids
Post by: richard on February 25, 2013, 01:32:39 PM: What guitar do you want to put them in ?
Title: Re: BKP humbucker with the most punchy mids
Post by: darkbluemurder on February 25, 2013, 03:35:18 PM: Quote from: jjensson on February 23, 2013, 10:31:13 PM
I'm wondering wich BKP humbucker has the most punchy mids?

Of the ones I have played it's the Holydiver in my ash/maple strat. But I have not played all of the contenders mentioned, in particular not the Aftermath and Painkiller.

Cheers Stephan
Title: Re: BKP humbucker with the most punchy mids
Post by: Philly Q on February 25, 2013, 03:55:38 PM: Crawler is very midrangey but I wouldn't call it punchy.
Title: Re: BKP humbucker with the most punchy mids
Post by: HTH AMPS on February 25, 2013, 10:37:43 PM: Quote from: Philly Q on February 25, 2013, 03:55:38 PM
Crawler is very midrangey but I wouldn't call it punchy.

Crawler is what I was about to suggest too - a hotter and more modern take on a PAF with mids pushed forward.
Title: Re: BKP humbucker with the most punchy mids
Post by: darkbluemurder on February 26, 2013, 09:36:17 AM: If it's about punchy mids the A-Bomb clearly beats the Crawler. The Crawler is more about "warm" midrange.

Cheers Stephan