Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: jibidy on November 20, 2006, 12:15:16 AM
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First ever forum.
after christmas i hope to buy a 412 cab for my randall head then im gonna think about getting some bk's for my peavey v type.
i play mainly modern metally but i like to experiment for hours on end twiddling the knobs of my amp to find strange but satisfying tones.
im dont want to have an all out bone crushing metal tone perhaps something more subtle thats chunky and crunchy and not so woofy and boomy.
i use the bridge pickup with full tone and volume for my heavy sound and switch to neck pickup with almost no volume and low tone for my none distorted sound.
any ideas??
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Cheers!
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Any number of pickups would fit the bill. Nailbombs, Rebel Yell, Miracle Man, or even the Mule or Crawler..... now you see why so many of us have more than one set. Welcome to the forum :evil:
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can anyone tell me more about the cold sweat calibrated set, from a players point of view. they seem to have caught my eye. :roll:
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personally i'd suggest the nailbomb..
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the cold sweats sound BIG. In your position i'd be far more inclined to check out the nailbombs - which are more agressive, and crunchy, but also clean up very nicely. have you checked Tim's clip of it on the player's forum?
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Nailbomb bridge with Cold Sweat neck is a combination that would work well.
You get the chunk & crunch of a Nailbomb for your heavy sound (BTW, Nailbomb bridge does clean up nicely as well - it's a very versatile pickup), then the Cold Sweat neck provides a very full lead tone & really sweet clean sound (it's also very versatile :)).
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Nailbomb 'tis
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what bkp's are the tightest and punchiest? may i ask???
Cheers :shock:
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Hi,
I've got a Miracle Man in the bridge of my Peavey V-Type Neck Thru Body Fixed bridge.
I have been thinking a lot about swapping it out as it is almost too tight and powerful in this particular guitar for my taste.
Don't get me wrong I am a massive fan of BKPs and the Miracle Man but it was the first BKP I purchased and I had not been a member of this forum at the time.
I think that the Nailbomb or Rebel Yell would work fantastically in this guitar.
The MM is made for my Les Paul as I think it will give me the tightness I feel it lacks.
Good luck.
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Whats the difference in having a calibrated set. If i got new pickups for a guitar ide want to get both bridge and neck.
Also how can i find out what spacing i need???
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Also how can i find out what spacing i need???
Common ordering FAQs (http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10)
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Whats the difference in having a calibrated set. If i got new pickups for a guitar ide want to get both bridge and neck.
If you get a Miracle Man calibrated set, you'll get a MM bridge & MM neck. Likewise, if you get a Nailbomb set, you get an NB bridge & NB neck - so don't order a MM bridge & MM neck separately because that's what a calibrated set is :)
The thing to understand about BKP neck pickups is that they are voiced specifically for the neck position to compliment the corresponding bridge pickup. They're not just the same pickup & not the same spec (e.g. NB bridge is 16k, NB neck is around 10k)
As I posted earlier in this thread, the Cold Sweat neck pickup is a popular alternative that goes really well with both MM & NB bridge.
Or you could go for a serious contrast in output between bridge/neck (you mentioned using the neck for cleans only) & get something like a Stormy Monday neck. I'm not convinced that's a particularly good idea though...
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Whats the difference in having a calibrated set. If i got new pickups for a guitar ide want to get both bridge and neck.
With a calibrated set you'll hear a very similar sound character and loudness when switching from bridge through middle to neck, the three positions will nicely complement each other. In some cases the two pickups will have very different specs (different DC resistance, magnet, wire, coil offset, etc.) so basically every BKP model consists of two different models - one for the neck and one for the bridge position. :) BTW, a calibrated set is cheaper than buying a bridge and neck pickup separately.
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Have you checked down the side of the couch?
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^ :lol:
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Awesome cheers ladds ive got plenty of time to look in to it now. ill deffinatly get bkp's[b/] though. though ill probably post some more questions eventually.