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Pickups / Re: can anyone compare the Rebel Yell neck and the Peacemaker neck tonewise?

« Last post by timmy_b on March 20, 2025, 11:53:35 AM »

The coils of both neck models are quite similar, but the variant of Alnico v magnet in the Peacemaker neck is weaker than the one in the Cold Sweat, giving the Peacemaker a softer attack and a little more headroom, ever so slightly backing off the heat. This gives the Peacemaker a more expressive touch with a little more delicacy. Otherwise, yes, they are fairly closely related.

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Pickups / Re: Nomad compared to flat 50 bridge

« Last post by cuttingEdge on March 19, 2025, 08:09:12 AM »

i can see it working great with a plexi circuit or marshall in general.

i mostly play my diezels and i think the Bosses EQ and  the Amps voicing didn't work out together.
I tried the Boss in 2 different guitars (one very bright and rather skinny) but stilll was kind of muddy.
Too much lows (and low mids?) pre distortion i guess. Makes for a horrible distortion characteristics which i only can describe  as having a foghorn quality.
I have this happend with other PUs, too and the RiffRaffs are the complete opposite in this matter. Maybe not the most beautiful sounding EQ curve on those, but they feel so good and do exactly what i want them to do. Also i like them for everything! from clean to highgain.
High mid prominent Pickups are kind of grating to the ears, but they have the clear and cutting nature i seem to prefer for distorted sounds.

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Pickups / Re: Nomad compared to flat 50 bridge

« Last post by b.gandt on March 18, 2025, 11:46:37 PM »

I’m curious as to why you were not onboard with the Boss?  I had it in a Roadworn Tele that I no longer have.  Enjoyed it with a Plexi type circuit.

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Pickups / Re: Nomad compared to flat 50 bridge

« Last post by cuttingEdge on March 16, 2025, 07:50:29 PM »

Thank you very much for the reply!
Well i guess i would prefer the flat50 bridge to the nomad bridge then.

But the Nomad neck description is like somebody read my mind!

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Pickups / can anyone compare the Rebel Yell neck and the Peacemaker neck tonewise?

« Last post by falcopryor on March 12, 2025, 11:03:38 AM »

I understand that there are construction differences... but seem like they're both fuller bodied with open top end?

thanks in advance.

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Pickups / Re: bareknuckle pickup for prs s2

« Last post by timmy_b on March 10, 2025, 01:51:47 PM »

There's a couple of different directions you could go there: If you want to cover a range of sounds that wide, you can either go with a powerful pickup that will nail the metal thing, but works nicely when backed right off (as a bonus, you would get some good options for split-coil sounds with a hotter pickup)- for that I would look at the Alnico Nailbomb - or, you could go for a vintage voiced pickup that's a little on the brighter side and potentially play around with the tone control to mellow things out for lighter styles - something like the Riff Raff has plenty of cut for metal tones, but is more in the output ballpark that would be appropriate for your more bluesy tones.

Personally, I would go Alnico Nailbomb and wire in some coil-split or parallel switching to give you a really versatile range of humbucker and singlecoil tones.

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Pickups / Re: Nomad compared to flat 50 bridge

« Last post by timmy_b on March 10, 2025, 01:44:19 PM »

Sorry to see you didn't get any replies yet on this one -

Yes, the wire gauges and the baseplate thickness on the Nomads and Flat '50 are the same - the wind is slightly adjusted but the main difference is certainly those magnets. Alnico 3 has much less power than Alnico 5, leading to softer attack characteristics in the Nomads, as well as less push in the highs too. These characteristics combine to make the Nomads quite a bit rounder and smoother than the Flat '50, with the feeling of a little bit of "sag" on the attack.

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Pickups / Polymath 7 or ?

« Last post by James C on March 08, 2025, 06:45:10 AM »

Hoping someone can provide any info/experience on the 7 string Polymath.

Have purchased an Ibanez AZ24047 (Alder, Maple, HSS, 7 Strings) and it plays incredibly and is the perfect “Strat” for me except…

The bridge pickup (Hyperion) is a bit bland.

I’m generally not tuning lower than B standard and play stuff in the vein of Haken, Iron Maiden, Dream Theater, Andy Timmons.

What I’m looking for is something that will hold together for progressive/thrashier riffing whilst not being too stiff for expressive lead playing but there’s a dearth of clips/video of BKP 7s in a less modern setting.

Any help would be appreciated (also open to neck SC recommendations as well)

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Pickups / bareknuckle pickup for prs s2

« Last post by kellanphil on March 07, 2025, 02:41:32 AM »

Hey I'm looking for bareknuckle pickups for my prs s2. I mostly play a wide genre of music. Mostly john mayer bluesy stuff. And alot of metal. Any recommendations?

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Pickups / Re: Dimarzio Transition equivalents

« Last post by timmy_pix on February 27, 2025, 03:35:28 PM »

If the Transition is the sound you want, then that's what I'd go for. Can't say I've ever encountered one, but Dimarzio generally voice their pickups quite differently to BKP.

The closest, on paper at least, would probably be the Unity, judging by the EQ curve, albeit wound hotter. Reading about the Transition suggests it's clear, balanced, a bit darker - BKP don't really do darker-voiced pickups until you're getting higher output. Maybe a mag-swapped True Grit? But Dimarzio do a lot of different ceramic-based designs and definitely have their own thing going on.  Cheaper too, so spending BKP money on a bit of a stab in the dark is a risk.

Alternatively, I'd contact BKP, reference the tones you're after without getting hung up on the specs of the Transition and see what they recommend to get you in that ballpark.