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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: fps_dean on May 19, 2006, 09:54:37 PM

Title: Single coil sized humbuckers?
Post by: fps_dean on May 19, 2006, 09:54:37 PM

Would anyone else like to see BKP single coil sized humbuckers?

My friend bought a hot rails to dirty up his old Fender.  Now he is wishing he bought a cool rails or chopper, or something quieter.  I'd send him to BKP but there are no mini-humbuckers available yet. :/

Wonder if they'd do a custom?

Title: Single coil sized humbuckers?
Post by: 38thBeatle on May 19, 2006, 09:57:28 PM

I think the BK guys like to keep to the traditional sizes- i.e h/bs are h/b sized, sc are singles etc. You can get powerful BK sc's though.

Title: Single coil sized humbuckers?
Post by: _tom_ on May 19, 2006, 09:58:41 PM

Yeah I reckon the Sinner would work for your mate although Ive never played it I'm sure someone who does will help more!

Title: Single coil sized humbuckers?
Post by: Searcher on May 19, 2006, 11:25:24 PM

The Sinner is awesome.  Very good tone and tons of power.  It doesn't have a humbucker sound, because it's a sinlge coil, but it's about as loud a pickup as you'd need in most circumstances, especially if the Hot Rails was too hot.  I had a HR pickup a while ago and I prefer the Sinner.  Totally different sound though.

Title: Single coil sized humbuckers?
Post by: Bainzy on May 20, 2006, 12:28:09 AM

BKP don't do them because they don't sound like real humbuckers. If you think about it, someone wanting to pay extra for handmade pickups just to get that extra bit of tonal goodness, probably wouldn't want to then compromise that much on their sound by getting a smaller sized humbucker.

Title: Single coil sized humbuckers?
Post by: Mister Crowley on May 20, 2006, 12:32:10 AM

Yeah I'd like to see BK make a single coil sized HB for the Warmoth Tele I'm constructing, right now I have it set for a Piledriver in the neck and DiMarzio Tone Zone T in the bridge.