Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Pierre on June 22, 2006, 02:47:10 PM
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Would these fit a Duncan pickup? I have a nickel covered Distortion that I'd want to cover in black and I love the matt finish of the BKP black cover. I just need to make sure they're 100% compatible. Thanks!
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lol! i thought this said blood covered for a second, i would like to see that!
On topic: Why don't you just buy a Bare Knuckle pickup? They are better, i'm not sure if he would sell the covers alone, but hey, what do i know?!
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Because they cost twice the price of the Duncans I usually get, have a low resale value, and because I have no money :D
I tried a MM and I didn't like it, I won't have the budget for a new pickup like that for a looooon time man...
The shop offers the covers alone. That's why I asked.
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Oh ok, how can you not like a Miracle Man?
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^ Maybe he's a Jazz player :lol:
But on another note, try a Holy Diver or a Nailbomb - they'll own your face
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Oh ok, how can you not like a Miracle Man?
Not enough mids and not thick enough for me. The Distortion is just perfect with this guitar.
Now that I read the Hply Diver review though, maybe one day. Maybe also a Nailbomb, who knows. I'll need to win the lottery though hehe...
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:lol: fair enough, but you will buy it one day and you will say, $%&# those guys were right!
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not enough mids & not thick enough eh? - sounds like you need a Warpig.
:twisted:
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Sounds like I need money, sorry :lol:
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Sounds like you need to turn up the mids, actually.
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That's definitely true. With the MM, I always had the mids turned to 8 or 9. And still, I didn't really like the sound. I couldn't pinpoint what was wrong with it at 100%, but I knew it was the midrange. It just didn't please me.
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That's definitely true. With the MM, I always had the mids turned to 8 or 9. And still, I didn't really like the sound. I couldn't pinpoint what was wrong with it at 100%, but I knew it was the midrange. It just didn't please me.
Should have gone for the Nailbomb
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I know that now :lol: I really was attracted by the MM because I had heard of the bass and thick tone. But I didn't find it all that thick. The bass was amazing though and it was smooth in the highs. Great pickup for sure, just not for me. Indeed I should have listened more and gotten a NB.
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Because they cost twice the price of the Duncans I usually get,
You say you're based in Edinburgh though... In the UK BKP's cost the same as most Duncans which is one of the reasons they stand out so much.
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I get second hand Duncans from the SD forums which usually cost 50 USD shipped to my door or around it. A BKP would cost me 160.
And aren't Duncans 70 pounds? 20 pounds is still a big difference... at least to me, poor student.
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I get second hand Duncans from the SD forums which usually cost 50 USD shipped to my door or around it. A BKP would cost me 160.
And aren't Duncans 70 pounds? 20 pounds is still a big difference... at least to me, poor student.
A BK wouldnt cost £160, only £90 :?
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160 DOLLARS bro. I get my pickups for 50USD, i.e dollars :P Not pounds. That'd be around 30 or so.
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Why dollars?! Why not get Bareknuckle pickups when you are in Edinburgh and pay £90 each instead of the 160 youd pay "normally"
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...because I don't have the money?
There IS a difference between 30 pounds and 90 pounds... To me at least...
I'm on the Duncan boards and it's easy to find cheap pickups there. If I don't like it, I sell it, get money on my paypal and get more. Even shipped from the US (the board is mostly American, hence why I work in Dollars) they're usually 50 to 55 bucks.
To get bareknuckles, I'd need a credit card which I don't have AND 90 GBP which I barely ever have either. For the MM, I paypaled Ben (Twilightodyssey) who paid with his credit card (thanks again man!) but it's not something I can do. If I were to get it in a store, it'd be over 100 pounds as well.
I don't get what's the big deal guys? I'm asking about a COVER. Why does anyone tell me to keep getting a BKP? If I had the dough I would, but I don't. I'm a student, I can't seem to find a job for some reason and I have no income, so expensive pickups aren't an option, whereas 30 pounds ones are.
I had to sell the MM at 100 dollars to get a buyer... So to me they have no resale value either.
And I don't know if you understood, but 90 pounds IS 160 dollars... You lost me there man. I work in dollars because I buy my Duncans with paypal in dollars. A Duncan = 50 bucks, a BKP = 160. I love Duncans, and I don't have money for a BK. Why would I go for one anyway? If you send me money for free, sure thing man, I would, no problem.
Oh and I'm French, be happy I don't talk in Euros ;) :D
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Oh right fair enough then, I'll leave you alone now :P And yeah I didnt know you were talking in dollars when you said the BK's are 160, I assumed pounds, because I didnt read it properly..
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You cant just put covers over a pickup,they would need to be fitted and wax potted. If you dont do this your pickups will become microphonic and feedback.
Also if you are looking for a answer on the covers email the BK guys. We are merely forum members.
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Yeah... true... Thanks. Eitherway the main site still doesn't take paypal so that's out *smacks forehead*
The Distortion has a non potted cover and it doesn't squeal nor feedback... would it only do so at high volumes?
And no probs Tom ;) I tend to consider some things obvious while others obviously don't, my bad ;)
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The Cover will fit, I've got a camo cover lying around that fits on the SD's i've tried it on.
Anyway you will need your pickup wax potted.
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I get second hand Duncans from the SD forums which usually cost 50 USD shipped to my door or around it. A BKP would cost me 160.
And aren't Duncans 70 pounds? 20 pounds is still a big difference... at least to me, poor student.
Ah, you didn't say you were going secondhand :lol:
Factor in something like 4-conductor wiring (no-cost option on BKP, +£20 on Duncans) when buying new and you're on a level playing field again. I've just gone from a Duncan set to a BKP (both PAF-a-likes) and as a total tone junkie I have to say the improvement was like being hit in the face with a flamethrower.
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Oh and I'm French, be happy I don't talk in Euros ;) :D
LMAO!!!
man, THAT would confuse some people.
i dont know how BK covers are compatible with SD pickups and i dont want to hack up my warpig just to find out..
apart of that i dont have anything interesting to add, apart of good luck. you'll get through one day dude
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Oh ok, how can you not like a Miracle Man?
If you don't like a Miracle Man, you certainly won't like a Duncan Distortion...
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Factor in something like 4-conductor wiring (no-cost option on BKP, +£20 on Duncans) when buying new and you're on a level playing field again. I've just gone from a Duncan set to a BKP (both PAF-a-likes) and as a total tone junkie I have to say the improvement was like being hit in the face with a flamethrower.
Duncans PAF alikes (aside from the antiquities which I hear are good) are pretty bad PAF replicas. The BKP clips I've heard sound like PAFs though and come a lot cheaper than PAFs ;)
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Oh ok, how can you not like a Miracle Man?
If you don't like a Miracle Man, you certainly won't like a Duncan Distortion...
Why? Pierre said himself that he loves DD and didn't like MM. In my opinion, he should have go for a NB.
I changed my DD for a NB and found it was in the same vein, with a more organic tone and a bit more fullness for the NB. The NB is agressive, as is the DD. The MM seems smoother, as described by some users.
And you can like a BKP and didn't like another one at all.