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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: metalskull on September 12, 2006, 07:56:33 PM

Title: which Bareknuckle for this tone?
Post by: metalskull on September 12, 2006, 07:56:33 PM

which Bareknuckle bridge humbucker would get me close to Wolf's grindy tone on the Accept song "Slaves to Metal"?

here's a video of it on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA0TfAxvHzI

my guitar is a bolt-on Strat copy with maple neck/fingerboard, alder body, and Original Floyd tremolo.

is the Miracle Man a good one to start with?

thanks \m/

Title: which Bareknuckle for this tone?
Post by: Sifu Ben on September 12, 2006, 08:11:10 PM

I'd use a Holydiver, but the MM would be OK.

Title: Re: which Bareknuckle for this tone?
Post by: Johnny Mac on September 12, 2006, 08:57:46 PM

Quote from: metalskull

which Bareknuckle bridge humbucker would get me close to Wolf's grindy tone on the Accept song "Slaves to Metal"?

here's a video of it on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA0TfAxvHzI

my guitar is a bolt-on Strat copy with maple neck/fingerboard, alder body, and Original Floyd tremolo.

is the Miracle Man a good one to start with?

thanks \m/

Welcome to the forum!

Yes the Miracle Man is a great start! You will love it!

Is that singer the German bloke Udo ..sorry can't remember his name! I remember seeing him in a band years ago. Man I'm showing my age now!

Title: which Bareknuckle for this tone?
Post by: LiamH on September 12, 2006, 11:30:01 PM

The following post maybe against the anti-single coil orthodoxy but I run a seymour duncan pedal boost into proco rat (and sometimes an chandler od - or both) and I get huge sounds from my noisy and thing SC. If you like how your strat sounds to you do not abandon the SC too quickly I say.

Title: which Bareknuckle for this tone?
Post by: _tom_ on September 12, 2006, 11:43:58 PM

I was wondering which pickup would be good in a strat for Accept (I will eventually get a BK for mine for the same kinda tone). I just got the BTTW and Metal Heart albums, loving em :D

Title: which Bareknuckle for this tone?
Post by: TwilightOdyssey on September 13, 2006, 01:15:14 PM

Definitely the Miracle Man.

Title: which Bareknuckle for this tone?
Post by: fps_dean on September 13, 2006, 01:48:49 PM

I think a Cold Sweat might do that well too.  Miraclemans, Nailbombs, or Holy Divers should all be able to come close enough too.

Title: which Bareknuckle for this tone?
Post by: indysmith on September 13, 2006, 03:14:46 PM

Quote from: TwilightOdyssey

Definitely the Miracle Man.

however, you reccomend that for everything Ben :P

Title: which Bareknuckle for this tone?
Post by: Kepu on September 13, 2006, 03:31:45 PM

wouldn't Holy Diver be the best?

Title: which Bareknuckle for this tone?
Post by: TwilightOdyssey on September 13, 2006, 05:08:31 PM

Quote from: Kepu

wouldn't Holy Diver be the best?

No, too dark, not enough upper midrange push, and not the same degree of natural compression.

Title: which Bareknuckle for this tone?
Post by: TwilightOdyssey on September 13, 2006, 05:09:00 PM

Quote from: indysmith

Quote from: TwilightOdyssey

Definitely the Miracle Man.

however, you reccomend that for everything Ben :P

I only recco what will work, or I don't say anything!

Title: which Bareknuckle for this tone?
Post by: TwilightOdyssey on September 13, 2006, 05:11:00 PM

Quote from: fps_dean

I think a Cold Sweat might do that well too.  Miraclemans, Nailbombs, or Holy Divers should all be able to come close enough too.

I listened v. carefully to the clip, and I was thinking of the Cold Sweat. I plugged in my Cold Sweat guitar, and my MM guitar, and played a similar riff. The Cold Sweat doesn't compress in the same way as the MM. It's also not as harmonically open.

I wouldn't use a Nailbomb, Holy Diver, or any other Alnico V pup for that sound.

Title: which Bareknuckle for this tone?
Post by: metalskull on September 13, 2006, 05:30:37 PM

hey thanks for all the replies!   payday's tommorrow, so I'll be placing an order for an open-poled Miracle Man  :twisted:  if I had the buckeroos I'd order a Cold Sweat and Holy Diver for comparison.
 
oh yeah I should have been more clear...my Strat copy is rear-routed with a single hb and vol pot.

I can't wait to try the Miracle Man with my Soldano-hotrodded Marshall 2203 with 6550 glass!!!!!!!!  :twisted:

Title: which Bareknuckle for this tone?
Post by: fps_dean on September 19, 2006, 07:00:31 AM

I'm thinking possibly a Cold Sweat?