Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum

Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: dave1221 on March 06, 2007, 01:56:12 AM

Title: Bright Pickups
Post by: dave1221 on March 06, 2007, 01:56:12 AM

My friend recently ordered a Ceramic Warpig and Alnico V Cold Sweat for his bridge and neck pickups (respectively). He had them put into this RG1527 and found them to be excessively bright. We, as him and I are in the samre band, have been trying to find some solutions to this problem, but have yet to think of one. I have heard that he should change his pots to 250k instead of 500k, but would that really make a big impact on his tone? I am thinking that there was something wrong with the way the pickups were installed, but I am not sure. All help will be greatly appreciated...

-Dave

Oh, he plays through a Mesa Single Rectifier head with a matching cab, if that helps any.

Title: Bright Pickups
Post by: Muzzzz on March 06, 2007, 07:14:06 AM

Not surprising, RG's are naturally bright guitars... Would adjusting pickup height solve this? I really don't know... :oops:

Title: Bright Pickups
Post by: Neemo on March 06, 2007, 07:59:13 AM

First check that the pickups have been installed correct. If they're fine then you could try 250k pots as they will lower the output slightly and tame the highs.

Title: Bright Pickups
Post by: JamesHealey on March 06, 2007, 09:26:52 AM

BKP's are bright by nature due to the scatterwinding process it's a matter of personal taste, BUT! changing the pots will make a difference and might just land you in the right tonal park.. worth a ago as it's dead cheap to do.

Title: Bright Pickups
Post by: metal_god on March 06, 2007, 11:57:17 PM

if they are so bad i think i might take them off your hands hehe :wink:

Title: Bright Pickups
Post by: steve on March 07, 2007, 09:11:23 AM

I would'nt say bright, clear and defined maybe.

Title: Bright Pickups
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on March 07, 2007, 09:44:54 AM

Make sure that you dint just copy the Dimarzio colour code to instal
the pickups would be out of phase with themselves and sound thin and bright and a bit "Yuk" too!

Title: Bright Pickups
Post by: Tim on March 08, 2007, 10:51:40 PM

Ditto on that-check your wiring first. RGs are bright but Warpigs aren't, they have a really thick tone.
As a very quick check you can wire either pickup direct to the jack socket-red to hot, black and screen to ground.This way you'll hear the pickups in their natural state without going near the pots/switch etc.

Title: Bright Pickups
Post by: everton_fc on March 15, 2007, 04:49:05 PM

I've been wondering that BKP seem fairly bright. Didn't realise until reading this thread that scatterwinding produces a bit more brightness.