Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Twinfan on July 27, 2007, 11:04:13 AM
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Well, she's here and she's a beauty :D
Here she is fitted with a potted Mule in the bridge and the original Wilkinson neck pickup (which is pretty nice - sorry Tim :oops:). The bridge pickup was way too hot though, and the Mule balances the neck and bridge volume/tone out superbly.
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r267/junkacct/Relicside.jpg)
Pros:
Very light
Very resonant
Great matt finish
Looks a million dollars
Plays superbly
Lovely sustain and sweetness of tone
Cons:
The final poly(?) lacquer is OVER the relic-ing :roll:
Feels a bit plastic-y
Original bridge pickup way too hot and fizzy
Original wiring was a complete mess (I've gutted it and re-wired it)
Overall:
A cracking guitar and it sits in between my other two Les Pauls tone-wise. My Gibson Standard is very bright sounding and very vintage-y. My Pearl Custom is thick sounding and rocks like a good 'un. The Relic is somewhere inbetween - a great all rounder.
Here they all are as a set - my 1960 Standard, my 1959 Standard and my 1973 Custom ;)
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r267/junkacct/ThePauls.jpg)
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A very good looking trio - like the cast of Charmed (not that I watch it).
I've forgotten - what pickups do you have on the Pearl?
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I like Charmed :P
And I also like the guitars..
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I've forgotten - what pickups do you have on the Pearl?
The Pearl has some non-BKPs in. I'll send you a PM with the details in as Tim isn't paying for their advertising. They're only cheapies but I like them.
The Pearl I have tuned to Eb to keep a bit of tension off it as the neck joint has some wood shrinkage, plus it's good for those Slash/Thin Lizzy moments ;)
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You have three beautifull guitars !!!!!!!!!!
I own a Tokai loves rock LS-180 ...(one piece maple curly top and one piece mahogany back.....Ebony fretboard)
The bridge is abraxas alnico 4 and the neck is John suhr ssv alnico 5.
My guitar sounds warm bright and Thick.
The next pickup set will be the VHII set.
I try to find a pickup set not so bright because the ebony fretboard
already makes my sound bright.....i need something warm and a little dark.
Tokai rules.
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hey twin, how many guitars have you got ?
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VHII's are quite bright pickups i'd be tempted to try the Black Dog instead of the VHII if your guitar is too bright.
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Gorgeous guitar - But how much extra did you pay for the relic'ing? :S
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VHII's are quite bright pickups i'd be tempted to try the Black Dog instead of the VHII if your guitar is too bright.
Yes i think you are right.
Thanks
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Very nice my dual air moving friend.
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very nice!
:twisted:
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hey twin, how many guitars have you got ?
Ahem. :oops: 20 currently, two on order. I have a couple of Ibanez RGs I need to sell.
That's too many, right?
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Gorgeous guitar - But how much extra did you pay for the relic'ing? :S
I didn't pay any extra as I bought it used :D
The poor bugger who bought it new will have paid around £400 for the privilige...
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hey twin, how many guitars have you got ?
Ahem. :oops: 20 currently, two on order. I have a couple of Ibanez RGs I need to sell.
That's too many, right?
You must have an understanding other half... 8)
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That guitar is a stunner!!
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Twin, it's very Jimmy Page-esc with the front covered & the back open...were you going for that look?
Damn I love Tokai's
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hey twin, how many guitars have you got ?
Ahem. :oops: 20 currently, two on order. I have a couple of Ibanez RGs I need to sell.
That's too many, right?
no way man, it's like justification for me to go out and buy more and have a clean conscience
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That guitar is a stunner!!
Cheers TO - I love it too :D
Twin, it's very Jimmy Page-esc with the front covered & the back open...were you going for that look?
Yeah, I think Page's is a double black in the bridge? I had this spare Zebra Mule lying around waiting for a guitar so it seemed the obvious place to put it. I don't usually like the mix of covered/uncovered but in the Relic it seems to work really well. On a "minter" I think it would look odd.
no way man, it's like justification for me to go out and buy more and have a clean conscience
Go for it ;)
You must have an understanding other half...
Yup I do. She's a cracker :D
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Well I've been playing the Relic for most of tonight, and it sounds and feels better than my Gibson Les Paul Standard :oops: I can't believe how great it sounds. The Standard has unpotted Mules too :o
The Gibson is too bright and shrill sounding so I'm going to put the original tailpiece back on it when I next change strings (it currently has a lightweight aluminium one fitted). Hopefully that will smooth the tone out a bit.
I now understand the whole Tokai thing - the good ones really are very good!
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The Gibson is too bright and shrill sounding so I'm going to put the original tailpiece back on it when I next change strings (it currently has a lightweight aluminium one fitted). Hopefully that will smooth the tone out a bit.
That's interesting... I was thinking of getting one of those tailpieces for my Orville (mostly just as a weight reduction exercise, even a sub-9lb LP feels heavy to me). Food for thought...
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It might not be the tailpiece, it may be that the extra sparkle of unpotted humbuckers doesn't work for my ears. Or I might have freakishly high treble-based Mules as a result of the scatter winding. I'll know more after the tailpiece swap...