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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Hammerheart on August 11, 2015, 08:11:42 PM

Title: Creamy pups for a Les Paul
Post by: Hammerheart on August 11, 2015, 08:11:42 PM

Currently have Stormy Mondays in my Gibson Traditional. Like the tone but want much higher output. Love the tone of my warpigs in my Ibanez but not sure I want quite as much output or the warpig looks in this guitar as I want classic aged nickel covers.

Currently I have Riff Raffs, Emeralds and Nailbombs on my shortlist. I'm looking for something that's gonna do a nice creamy stoner rock classic fuzz vibe without getting too muddy. A nice full clean tone is pretty important to me too.

I'll be running them through an Orange TH30 with different distortion and fuzz pedals.

Title: Re: Creamy pups for a Les Paul
Post by: Tim on August 11, 2015, 08:35:45 PM

Abraxas humbuckers offer up decent output and a classic tone:

https://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/main/pickups.php?cat=humbuckers&sub=vintage_hot&pickup=abraxas

Beautiful cleans and a driven tone full of character.

Nailbomb(alnico) would be another good choice and always popular for fat stoner rock tone. Check out the soundclips recorded with a LP:

https://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/main/pickups.php?cat=humbuckers&sub=contemporary&pickup=nailbomb

Title: Re: Creamy pups for a Les Paul
Post by: ericsabbath on August 11, 2015, 08:52:12 PM

the man himself has spoken
it's been a while

 :grin:

Title: Re: Creamy pups for a Les Paul
Post by: Hammerheart on August 11, 2015, 09:15:41 PM

Wow. I feel honoured!

My only other BKP point of reference is the Mule set which I tried before I got my Stormys. I wasn't that keen on those. If I remember rightly I found them a little too mid heavy. I was perhaps wrongly under the impression that the Abraxas was a hotter variant of that ball park which would make me lean towards the Nailbombs. I like a bit of metal too. Although this is not my goto metal guitar, who knows if putting Nailbombs in it might change this.

Title: Re: Creamy pups for a Les Paul
Post by: Telerocker on August 11, 2015, 11:22:51 PM

Since the Boss is hanging around here  :grin:, I rest my case.  :angel:

Title: Re: Creamy pups for a Les Paul
Post by: Tim on August 12, 2015, 12:00:24 PM

Abraxas humbuckers do share the vintage character of The Mule but the mid range response is quite different. Use the soundclips on the site to compare, all recorded with the same LP.

Title: Re: Creamy pups for a Les Paul
Post by: AndyR on August 12, 2015, 12:14:56 PM

I have Stormies in a Traditional, I also have Mules and Riff Raffs, and I don't think they're what you're after.

I don't want more output at the moment, but if I did, I've been listening to tom's Black Dog clips (admittedly in an SG), and they seem to be giving the same vibes I like from Stormies but with more oink...

The other option I'd been wondering about definitely was Abraxas - but I had the same worries as you, if they're a "hotter Mule"... nothing wrong with that, except I like the taste of the Stormies, and Mules have their own thing going...

BUT! Tim's last post ^ takes that worry away for me... If I was seeking to up the power on the Stormies I love, I'd probably try Abraxas now.