Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: metale on November 15, 2015, 10:16:24 AM
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I was browsing the local classifieds and spoted this Dean for cheap-ish.
- Mahogany neck and body
- Set neck, grover tuners
- Push-pull splits on the tone controls
- 24,75 scale
I have it as the tech now, having it fitted with this set of Aftermaths:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v622/metale/guitarras/temp0_zpsmlgdc0ow.jpg)
I will be used in drop C with 54s and already have black gibson speed knobs to replace the very heavy and too flashy stock ones.
The push-pull are to be changed to series/parallel wiring for each humbucker.
If I don't get along with the bridge Aftermath, will put the neck one on the bridge position and the Mississippi Queen I have laying around on the neck.
Cheers and sorry for the grainy phone pics
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v622/metale/guitarras/2015-11-09%2022.52.52_zpsmxcatu6h.jpg)
With my Epi:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v622/metale/guitarras/2015-11-09%2022.51.38_zpshgmd7dzg.jpg)
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Good catch. The pickups on these are a weak point, so an upgrade will be rewarding.
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Nice :grin:
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A good buy I think.
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Thanks guys.
The guitar fells very solid. It's the heaviest guitar I've owned (previous was an ash telecaster), the neck is massive and feels like a PRS to hold.
I'm having second thoughts about the bridge Aftermath though. I'm not a technical player at all. I like KSE rythms and riffs, for instance, and feel that something like a Miracle Man would suite me way better. So as stated I may go for plan B, sell the bridge pickup and have the neck one installed on the bridge and the Mississippi Queen on the neck.
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Nice. Deans are very often good value to money to begin with. Congrats on picking one up at a nice price.
If it is middy, which IŽd assume, the AM might indeed not work that well. The MM then could work better. And it does KSE very well.
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So.... Got the guitar back from the tech. Plan C, as I sold the Aftermath set to another guitarist 3.900km away .
The guitar now has a Mississippi Queen neck and a bridge Abraxas. I'm ansious to try it tomorrow!
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So.... Got the guitar back from the tech. Plan C, as I sold the Aftermath set to another guitarist 3.900km away .
The guitar now has a Mississippi Queen neck and a bridge Abraxas. I'm ansious to try it tomorrow!
That combo should be quite versatile. Hope you dig it.
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Pics online on the pics thread :cool:
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Well. I under-estimated how well the MQ would do on Drop C. It is really good! Not a hint of muddiness, I can see myself forgeting the toggle switch on the neck position from time to time, even on high-gain rythm.
The Abraxas also did very well. I switched from my other newly modded guitar (metal strat) to it and first I was completly underwelmed... until I noticed that for some reason the tone knob was all the way down on the guitar! Doh :rolleyes:
I don't know if its the thick, tight strings or what, but both pickups are performing very well! They were going to be kind of a temporary solution until I got a metal orientated set (was thinking Miracle Man), but not so sure anymore.
Also, their caracter matches each other VERY well (the MQ marries the Abraxes a lot better than with the Black Dog) and the Abraxas is alot more quiet than the humbucker on the strat (a touch lower output though).