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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Jarowskij on December 21, 2013, 12:09:40 PM

Title: How bright/dark is the BlackHawk?
Post by: Jarowskij on December 21, 2013, 12:09:40 PM: I'd like to know how dark or bright sounding would you describe the blackhawk? Especially talking about the ceramic version (bridge). I play metal pretty much exclusively and like a really aggressive high end (but I don't scoop all of the mids out lol)

Thanks for your help!
Title: Re: How bright/dark is the BlackHawk?
Post by: ericsabbath on December 21, 2013, 04:41:23 PM: get a painkiller
Title: Re: How bright/dark is the BlackHawk?
Post by: darrenw5094 on December 21, 2013, 11:15:45 PM: Would be great if BKP could do some comparison videos of similar pickups to help with the choices.
Title: Re: How bright/dark is the BlackHawk?
Post by: JimmyMoorby on December 21, 2013, 11:41:48 PM: Think of the emg 81 and you wont go far wrong
Title: Re: How bright/dark is the BlackHawk?
Post by: Jarowskij on December 25, 2013, 10:38:40 PM: 81? So that's pretty bright then, right?
Title: Re: How bright/dark is the BlackHawk?
Post by: JimmyMoorby on December 26, 2013, 04:32:45 PM: Yeah its bright but not thin its got massive bottom end
Title: Re: How bright/dark is the BlackHawk?
Post by: Sarkasis on December 27, 2013, 09:02:58 AM: Blackhawk sounds pretty polished compared to something like the Painkiller. Just try listening to the modern metal clips and pausing them, playing them back to back so you can hear how they play the same riffs.
Title: Re: How bright/dark is the BlackHawk?
Post by: jesperbc on February 21, 2014, 09:32:07 PM: Sorry to bump this one, but am I the only one who has got a set of really boomy Black Hawks? Just had them installed in my LTD MH -1000 and I can't get rid of enough bass simply with the EQ on my amp.

I've dialed a pretty bright sound for my Tele, but the LTD just explodes with bass.
Title: Re: How bright/dark is the BlackHawk?
Post by: darrenw5094 on February 22, 2014, 12:49:30 AM: Quote from: jesperbc on February 21, 2014, 09:32:07 PM
Sorry to bump this one, but am I the only one who has got a set of really boomy Black Hawks? Just had them installed in my LTD MH -1000 and I can't get rid of enough bass simply with the EQ on my amp.

I've dialed a pretty bright sound for my Tele, but the LTD just explodes with bass.

Is the LTD mahogany?
Title: Re: How bright/dark is the BlackHawk?
Post by: jesperbc on February 22, 2014, 09:36:00 AM: Body and neck, fretboard is rosewood.
Title: Re: How bright/dark is the BlackHawk?
Post by: p4vl on February 23, 2014, 06:50:37 AM: Quote from: jesperbc on February 22, 2014, 09:36:00 AM
Body and neck, fretboard is rosewood.

Tim and Nick from Axepalace.com both recommended the Ceramic Black Hawk to me for my basswood Ibanez RG tuned to B standard. A Mahogany neck and body guitar with a warm, bassy humbucker can turn into mud.

Check out the rating of the capacitor on the tone knob (if there is one). If you've got .022uf, switch them to .047uf's. If you've already got .047uf caps, the next step is .001uf caps.

I found changing caps to be much more effective for curing an inherently muddy guitar than the whole 250k/500k/1meg potentiometer thing.
Title: Re: How bright/dark is the BlackHawk?
Post by: darkbluemurder on February 24, 2014, 12:38:24 PM: Quote from: p4vl on February 23, 2014, 06:50:37 AM
Check out the rating of the capacitor on the tone knob (if there is one). If you've got .022uf, switch them to .047uf's. If you've already got .047uf caps, the next step is .001uf caps.

I think you meant to say "switch them to .0047uf's". A .047uf would kill more highs, not less.

Cheers Stephan
Title: Re: How bright/dark is the BlackHawk?
Post by: johnenla on February 25, 2014, 10:10:45 AM: Just try listening to the modern metal clips and pausing them!

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