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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: CaffeineJunkie on July 09, 2006, 04:35:57 PM

Title: Irish Tour HB sound??
Post by: CaffeineJunkie on July 09, 2006, 04:35:57 PM

hi, still deciding which HB for my new OLP....

which HB (when split) would sound like the Irish Tour SC??

and also, would it be possible to have a 'broken' cover on it, so that it shows the reverse zebra underneath, but still has a cover over part of it... hard to explain, i'll knock up a photoshop for it in a sec....


Cheers

CJ

Title: Irish Tour HB sound??
Post by: CaffeineJunkie on July 09, 2006, 04:55:06 PM

ok, apologies for the quality, i had to use paint ... i already removed it in prep for a reformat, but you get the idea of what i had in mind... (hopefully)

Title: Irish Tour HB sound??
Post by: TwilightOdyssey on July 09, 2006, 05:35:04 PM

I would lean towards a Black Dog.

Title: Irish Tour HB sound??
Post by: CaffeineJunkie on July 09, 2006, 05:36:12 PM

already got one in my LP, so am looking for something different

Title: Irish Tour HB sound??
Post by: Steve-Mr Pig 2U on July 09, 2006, 06:56:29 PM

You would need something hot, like a crawler. You'll never get a true single coil tone from a HB, even when split because of the fact that a single coil has the coil wound around the magnetic rod and not sat on top of it like a humbucker.

As for the cover... we probably could do it, but I wouldnt like to because it would be very sharp and you would probably injure yourself on it!

Title: Irish Tour HB sound??
Post by: CaffeineJunkie on July 09, 2006, 07:07:12 PM

hmm...cool

and i would hurt myself, i always play with my hand down by the trem, and i was planning on doing that on the neck pup

EDIT: 'wouldn't hurt myself'

Title: Irish Tour HB sound??
Post by: _tom_ on July 09, 2006, 07:16:03 PM

You could always round off the edges so its not sharp I guess, wouldnt look the same though.

Title: Irish Tour HB sound??
Post by: CaffeineJunkie on July 09, 2006, 08:06:17 PM

well that pic makes it look different from what's inside my head.

i was sorta thinking of how you could take the battle-worn look a step further, by having a 'smashed' look (like when you drop a cup or something and it breaks in two) but with more of the 2 underlying coils covered than on there

Title: Irish Tour HB sound??
Post by: _tom_ on July 09, 2006, 11:20:54 PM

I want to give this a go on photoshop now just because I'm bored... dont know how it'll turn out coz I'm not amazing at it :P

Edit - here it is, looks pretty cool, unique anyway!

(http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/6873/brokenpickup2my.th.jpg) (http://img249.imageshack.us/my.php?image=brokenpickup2my.jpg)

Title: Irish Tour HB sound??
Post by: TwilightOdyssey on July 10, 2006, 02:10:01 AM

Quote from: Steve-Mr Pig 2U

You would need something hot, like a crawler. You'll never get a true single coil tone from a HB, even when split because of the fact that a single coil has the coil wound around the magnetic rod and not sat on top of it like a humbucker.

Very informative post!!!

Title: Irish Tour HB sound??
Post by: CaffeineJunkie on July 10, 2006, 02:44:42 AM

Quote from: _tom_

I want to give this a go on photoshop now just because I'm bored... dont know how it'll turn out coz I'm not amazing at it :P

Edit - here it is, looks pretty cool, unique anyway!

(http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/6873/brokenpickup2my.th.jpg) (http://img249.imageshack.us/my.php?image=brokenpickup2my.jpg)

yeah, something along those lines, except a completely ruined finish, with burnt screws...