Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum

Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: mia on August 11, 2006, 07:33:39 PM

Title: quick question
Post by: mia on August 11, 2006, 07:33:39 PM

which single coil is th emost 'bell like'?

I assume they would be the Apaches...

any advice apreciated

Title: quick question
Post by: Elliot on August 11, 2006, 09:32:34 PM

You'd be right - get them, they're great  :D

Title: quick question
Post by: TwilightOdyssey on August 11, 2006, 09:43:00 PM

Hmmm

Wanna say Apache, but ... in the neck slot, I prefer the Irish Tour for a classic bell like Strat tone!!

Title: quick question
Post by: mia on August 12, 2006, 12:19:07 AM

realy TO...thats slightly suprising. Are you talking in terms of clean or slightly driven?

Title: quick question
Post by: TwilightOdyssey on August 12, 2006, 12:32:14 AM

Both clean and with overdrive.

In the guitar I'm playing @ a gig tonight, it has an Irish Tour in the neck. It sounds wonderful!

Title: quick question
Post by: Brow on August 12, 2006, 01:21:49 AM

Quote from: TwilightOdyssey

Both clean and with overdrive.

In the guitar I'm playing @ a gig tonight, it has an Irish Tour in the neck. It sounds wonderful!

I have ITs in the neck and middle of my Fender Strat and they sound fantastic!

To my ears they don't quite have that classic Strat 'bell like' tone (probably due to them beiing voiced slightly darker than Apaches?) but they do sounds awesome clean or overdriven :)

Title: quick question
Post by: 38thBeatle on August 12, 2006, 07:25:47 AM

I would say Apaches too- they are the essential Strat tone that we  Strat lovers go for. I have not tried Mother's Milks but I would imgaine they too would have classic tone.

Title: quick question
Post by: Tim on August 12, 2006, 07:42:58 AM

Apache is very bell like and rounded, Mother's Milk is very woody and hollow, Sultans is smooth and glassy.

Title: quick question
Post by: mia on August 12, 2006, 11:56:10 AM

Right. I think the Sultans might sound most liek what im looking for.  Im guessing their pretty representative of the Knopfler tone?

How do u reckon an apache neck, irish tour middle and sultan bridge would sit in a maple neck strat :roll: