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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: dsguitar1 on March 07, 2016, 07:32:38 PM

Title: How does blackguard 50s bridge compare to Piledriver bridge?
Post by: dsguitar1 on March 07, 2016, 07:32:38 PM

How does blackguard 50s bridge compare to Piledriver bridge?

I've got a piledriver and I have read the spec on the blackguard flat 50, can anyone who has played them both tell me how they compare tone wise and how they compare in cleans, crunch sounds and a fair bit of gain?

Title: Re: How does blackguard 50s bridge compare to Piledriver bridge?
Post by: ViggoPower on March 08, 2016, 04:09:21 PM

I'm also interested in this! I also have the Piledriver in the tele and really appreciate the way it handles gain but I'm thinking of getting a Blackguard Flat 50 for a little more vintage flavor.

Title: Re: How does blackguard 50s bridge compare to Piledriver bridge?
Post by: dsguitar1 on March 10, 2016, 10:17:52 AM

BUMP!

Title: Re: How does blackguard 50s bridge compare to Piledriver bridge?
Post by: Telerocker on March 10, 2016, 12:38:37 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8QO8MexLv0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8QO8MexLv0)

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Title: Re: How does blackguard 50s bridge compare to Piledriver bridge?
Post by: Sothoth on March 13, 2016, 02:42:15 AM

I have both and while I've never done a true side by side, the flat '50 is a pretty ballsy Tele pickup but the Piledriver is even hotter and more in your face.  Neither, in my opinion, are great with the really trebly "twang" sound that a purist will love (although the '50 is closer to it than the PD), but that's not what I'm after.  The '50 is great for blues, classic rock, some AC/DC, and is passable for metal (I dig Metallica and Slayer).  The Piledriver is even less suited to the twangy stuff and imho can do rockabilly and country, but you'll probably have to work a little harder to tweak your tone and volume and maybe use a treble bleed.  If I were into jazz or country or rockabilly I might pick a blackguard from one of the eras that has greater focus in the treble and more vintage output than the PD.  The '50 can do those but it's not really that twangy relative to the others.  Just my two cents.