Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: 38thBeatle on June 05, 2005, 06:15:26 PM
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Well I have just collected my 1970's Strat from Ron at R/2e Guitars. He has installed Apaches and we decided on a push/pull pot mod that means the neck pup can be used with both the bridge & bridge middle. If anyone out there is dithering about getting installing Apaches then dont- just do it and I promise you will not regret it. They also have plenty of punch too. Dial a bit of gain in and they will reward with an "alive" sound. The neck is just stunning- that lovely "plummy" tone. Even Mrs 38th, when coerced into a blind test against my stock 1960's reissue, said that the BKPs sounded much better ( ok, she was trying to shut me up to get me to do some domestic chore or other I admit but she admitted later that "bareknuckling" my other Strat is indeed on the agenda when funds permit).Cheers to all at BKP and, of course, Ron who I will be seeing again as soon as I can. I will also have to consider what to get for my Tele
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Amen brother, you have seen the righteous light!! Apache's rule!
Very interesting neck and bridge mix on 38th's Strat, quite different to the other two in-between sounds, very usable. A worthwhile mod, just a push/pull switch to bring in the neck pickup in any position of the 5 way, so effectively two additional sounds, neck and bridge, and all three together.
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Great 38th, a good result.Apaches are one of my fav single coil sets we make and I must admit I still have the original, final, prototype set in my Relic-they're not coming out for anything!