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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: botasz on January 24, 2014, 07:24:32 AM

Title: Pickup set for a LTD EC1000
Post by: botasz on January 24, 2014, 07:24:32 AM

Please recommend pickups into my LTD EC1000.

The guitar is made of mahogany with rosewood fingerboard equipped with EMG 81/60. The sound character of the guitar is dull.
I want to have both nice half-gain and hi-gain sound with round and fluid solos. So no djent, no slayer sound is needed but heavy rock or so to say hair metal with more modern sound.
I listened tons of sound samples and YouTube videos looking for the wished BKP sound.

Finally VHII, Black Dog or Rebel Yell bridge pickups remain in my list. I think the corresponding neck pickups would be also fine into the neck position.

...any other idea is welcome

Title: Re: Pickup set for a LTD EC1000
Post by: ztevie on January 24, 2014, 09:35:41 AM

Since our guitars should be pretty similar in tone and we have about the same taste in what we wanna play, you could check this thread for some info: https://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=31310.0

Title: Re: Pickup set for a LTD EC1000
Post by: darrenw5094 on January 24, 2014, 05:11:36 PM

Rebel Yell fits the bill. VHII would also work and don't rule out the Riff Raff.

Title: Re: Pickup set for a LTD EC1000
Post by: JimmyMoorby on January 24, 2014, 05:44:07 PM

Definitely sounds like a job for rebel yells.

Title: Re: Pickup set for a LTD EC1000
Post by: Kiichi on January 24, 2014, 05:46:49 PM

Rebell Yell no doubt. Just hits the nail on the head.

Title: Re: Pickup set for a LTD EC1000
Post by: ztevie on January 24, 2014, 07:25:33 PM

Send the question to BKP support,  I got this respond:
"As I was reading the post, I was thinking "...Rebel Yells....Rebel Yells...possibly Holydivers....no, Rebel Yells".

They are fantastic hard rock pickups but are versatile too. They'll do hot blues, GnR, Paul Gilbert, JP, progressive metal even. They're tight and clear."

Title: Re: Pickup set for a LTD EC1000
Post by: botasz on January 24, 2014, 07:29:09 PM

Thank you all. I will set Rebel Yells into my EC1000.  :D

Title: Re: Pickup set for a LTD EC1000
Post by: Dave Sloven on January 25, 2014, 12:48:41 AM

RYs will do the trick for sure.  No more 'dull'

Title: Re: Pickup set for a LTD EC1000
Post by: ztevie on January 25, 2014, 07:27:42 PM

Great!!

Could you please give an opinion about them once you have them installed? Since I'm also thinking about these in an Eclipse it would be very interesting...

Title: Re: Pickup set for a LTD EC1000
Post by: botasz on January 26, 2014, 05:29:47 AM

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Could you please give an opinion about them once you have them installed? Since I'm also thinking about these in an Eclipse it would be very interesting...

Sure.
I wanted some feedback about the mentioned pickups and i was interested if any other ideas came into the picture.
It is hard to decide which pickup fit the best in my guitar reliying what just people are saying but asking oppinions is good for having an overall picture.
What I am sure is that the EMG have to replaced because i am not after for it's sound.