Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: zakkster on December 08, 2006, 03:19:59 PM
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Hey guys, i'm steve!
I was reccommended to use bare knuckle by the other guitarist in my band, who uses a fair few of em!! Anyway, i'm looking to get two of my guitars BKP'd up as soon as possible, forget buying christmas presents :D :D
Anyway, i have a fender "fat splat strat" (H/S/S..yes, green day style!) that has duncans in it right now, and i also have a gibson les paul classic.
I like to play loads of different stuff, everything from extreme metal to stuff that i do in my band such as bon jovi, metallica, ozzy and extreme....
So guys.....choose me some pickups, cheers!
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Welcome!
What don't you like about the original pickups? What type of tone (in an EQ sense) are you looking for?
This will help us to help you...
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well, as my name gives kinda gives away, i'm a massive fan of zakk wylde, but i'm not sure the miracle man can do the stuff i need.
I would like a pick up that i can just chug away with, but i can also need a neck pick up that cuts through with a nice sweep and clean sound, if you know what i'm saying, i'm looking for alternatives as the duncan JB's i have now, are, well, words cannot describe....... :D
Yeah, so just something in the bridge that i can chug away with and another in the neck i can sweep away on really.........
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For your Les Paul: Miracle Man bridge, Cold Sweat neck
For your strat: Holy Diver/Irish Tour HSS set
Why? You can certainly "chug away" on a Miracle Man bridge - in fact you might find yourself doing little else for a while after you get it :twisted: It sounds fantastic for high gain palm muted riffing - especially in a mahogany bodied guitar. You also get tons of power & screaming harmonics into the bargain :)
The Cold Sweat is a popular neck pickup to go with Miracle Man or Nailbomb bridge pickups. It has a really nice clean sound but enough power to handle soloing.
If you want something a bit different for your strat, the HD has plenty of power for the high gain moments - masses of low mid "chunk" for meaty riffs & creamy leads. The Irish Tour singles are very versatile, don't get completely overpowered by the high output HD & sound good both clean & dirty.
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i can vouch for the miracle man they are amazing (mine arrived today) and trust me its capable of doing zakk type riffing and squeals.