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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Rainmaker on July 07, 2005, 06:34:24 AM

Title: Matching Woods to BK Pickups
Post by: Rainmaker on July 07, 2005, 06:34:24 AM

I'm sure in threads for the popular pickups there are recommendations for what woods would suit specific BK pickups... but is it possible if we could get them all in one thread?

Eg. Sinners are great in strats, MM is great in strats, Warpigs are great in everything, etc. etc. or... don't put Nailbombs in a LP, etc?

Although anything combination is possible, I'm sure there is a wood that some pickups might gel to a bit more.

What are your ideas?

Title: Matching Woods to BK Pickups
Post by: TwilightOdyssey on July 07, 2005, 01:17:54 PM

Tim is working on new product pages which will provide a more sound basis for matching pickups to your guitar's wood and playing style. Ultimately, there will be some kind of master chart matching all this information together, or a bunch of smaller tone charts.

Right now that information is a bit helter skelter, I'm afraid.

Title: Woods.
Post by: StefanPrice on July 08, 2005, 03:27:06 PM

I think my Maison Les paul could be plywood but the Mule and Emerald still sound brilliant!
Stef.

Title: Matching Woods to BK Pickups
Post by: Tom on July 12, 2005, 04:59:34 PM

I like the idea of a chart or something matching pick-ups to woods/music styles etc - I don't want to step on anybodies toes or anything but Seymour Duncan have got a good 'Tone Wizard' that matches guitar woods to pups that they have.  It certainly helped me to decide when I bought some of their pups.

Title: Matching Woods to BK Pickups
Post by: Elliot on July 12, 2005, 06:11:55 PM

By the way how does Agathis (the mahogany a like used in cheap squiers) sound?

Title: Matching Woods to BK Pickups
Post by: Ratrod on July 12, 2005, 06:18:13 PM

I used to have a DeArmond M77T wich was Agathis. Vey mahogany-ish, found nothing wrong wrong with the wood, besides the fact it weighed a tonne. It had sound holes wich should have made it lighter but I still needed a crane to strap it on my shoulders. :?

Title: Matching Woods to BK Pickups
Post by: Baphomet3110 on July 18, 2005, 05:43:46 AM

So how would a matched pair of ceramic Warpigs sound in a Mahagony/Maple capped guitar?

Title: Matching Woods to BK Pickups
Post by: Ratrod on July 18, 2005, 09:37:42 AM

Quote from: Baphomet3110

So how would a matched pair of ceramic Warpigs sound in a Mahagony/Maple capped guitar?

In a word: brutal. :twisted:

Big but very tight bass, screaming highs.

Title: Matching Woods to BK Pickups
Post by: chrisola on July 18, 2005, 12:51:53 PM

i've just decided on a swamp ash bodied guitar for a miracle man bridge + mothers milk neck, with maple neck and floyd trem.

hopefully will sound good...

Title: Matching Woods to BK Pickups
Post by: Elliot on July 18, 2005, 11:00:33 PM

It will - it wll!