Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: I M Evil on October 21, 2007, 03:36:08 PM
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I finally got the Dean ML I've been longing for ...
the '79 Cherryburst one :twisted:
anyway, after having rehearsed with it a few times,
I've found that the pickups doesn't give me
the sound I'm after :(
I run a pretty simple setup ... :
Guitar -> custom treblebooster -> Randall RH100 amp(w/ 4x12 Marshall cab)
I like playing around with the feedback alot,
and the only way I can achieve that is by cranking the gainknob on the amp.
the con is that my sound gets too distorted, and I don't like it.
so I'm pretty sure it's the pickups who are at fault.
Something must be done. Hotter pickup maybe ?
The guitar is pure mahogany with maple top(veneer),
and I'm looking for something that can get me in the ballpark
of 70's/80's rock/metal and more modern heavymetal.
Maybe something bright with loads of output ? :D
Thanks.
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anyone ?
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Hi, playing style and general tonal ballpark you are looking for?
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Hi, playing style and general tonal ballpark you are looking for?
going for a 80's oriented sound.
no specific player comes to mind though.
I'm thinking ... maybe ... a pickup with
the tonal quality of a PAF and the MAD OUTPUT
of a Dimarzio X2N :!: :D
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lol
i'd choose the miracle man
but painkiller and cold sweat sound more 80ish
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lol
i'd choose the miracle man
but painkiller and cold sweat sound more 80ish
thinking exactly the same thing.
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lol
i'd choose the miracle man
but painkiller and cold sweat sound more 80ish
but do any of them have extreme output ? 8)
so for bridge, I'm going for some low-bass, extreme output pickup
similar to the X2N but with the tonal qualities of a JB(which is
a typical 80's pickup to me ;) think Jake E Lee, Lynch, DeMartini :)) roll down the volume and it's
sharp enough to mimic a singlecoil for Ritchie Blackmore :twisted:
the neck pickup ... of course I want it to be up to par
with the bridge, volume-wise, but it's gonna be very
smooth and not to ballsy. I had a PAF Pro in the neck
once and it was way to loud and "round".
think of the neck pickup as Slash but with more output :twisted:
I like the 3+3 offset covers as well,
so I'd like both pickups to have them :D
(http://www.seymourduncan.com/images/products/custom_shop/humbuckers/22.jpg)
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i think the miracle man has a bit more output than the painkiller
both are very high output, but not extreme
the painkiller has a bit less output than a gibson 500t
the miracle man has more bass and less mids than the pk
i've seen a lot people calling miracle man "smooth", but i for my ears it sounds as smooth as a chainsaw :lol:
and that's exactly what i love in it :oops:
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would my idea be doable ? :?: :twisted:
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I don't know if the 3+3 covers are available, but they'd look very cool.
I think that's one to ask Tim really. It's a "one word answer" type of question!
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If you sent him a pair of those covers he could definitely do it.
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If you sent him a pair of those covers he could definitely do it.
As long as the polepiece spacing on the covers matches the spacing on the BKP bobbins. They do vary a bit with different manufacturers.
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is it doable soundwise ?