Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: jimmy_fowler on February 24, 2007, 02:29:50 PM
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Hey guys, need a little help choosing new pickups (my first ever Bareknuckles!) My setup is Schecter S-1 Elite -> ENGL Screamer. I play mainly hard rock, punk, hardcore, but I'm not after a really creamy, saturated tone. I like a big, wide, raw, aggresive sound. Obviously I'm looking for clarity, but I don't want a really tight, narrow, fat and saturated tone. I'm looking for something that will really snarl in the bridge, that I can use with a little reverb to make palm mutes stand out and jump off the fretboard. In the neck I'm looking for a creamier lead tone, however, to form a distinction from the bridge sound, and I also use my neck for cleans, so it'd have to handle those well...
Any suggestions? At the moment I'm thinking Miracle Man/Cold Sweat, but hey, I'm new here so I could be wrong! Thanks!
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cold sweat will probably work in the neck, yes
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The Miracle Man sounds wayyy too tight for you, my friend. it's more of a thrash metal pickup.... very tight.
someone else recommend this guy something for the bridge please?
BM
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Crawler
Black Dog
Rebel Yell
Those will do the trick!!
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Cool, thanks man. Of those, the Rebel Yell seems the best choice... What do others reckon?
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On top of TO's recommendation.
Riff Raffs
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^ I thought about the Riff Raff. I own a Riff Raff bridge (with a Stormy Monday neck) in a Les Paul. I think that you would have to work maybe a little too hard with the Riff Raff. It's also more 'angular' in sound than the Crawler or Black Dog; not as euphonic sounding.
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So is the RY the way forward then?
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Just to add, I just listened to Steve's clip of his Cold Sweat set... That bridge position Cold Sweat sounds brutal... What does anyone think of a Cold Sweat set?
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It's a great set, but I always equate the Cold Sweat with classic metal. I have a Cold Sweat bridge, not the neck pup.
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So you'd recommend a Rebel Yell bridge and a Cold Sweat neck?
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proud owner of rebs....the reb yell neck is also awesome-a dynamic duo, indeed-I dropped them into a 2002 Paul standard and I use this axe as my "all arounder"-from classic rock to scooped out metal..it lights my fire!
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So you'd recommend a Rebel Yell bridge and a Cold Sweat neck?
The Cold Sweat and Rebel Yell have very similar neck pickups. You might as well get the Rebel Yell set.
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I lwould go for the RY's they are very versatile.