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Pickups / Mothers milk vs Fralin Blues Special vs…?

« Last post by wsjr on October 06, 2024, 06:37:37 PM »

Hi,
I am tempted to buy a new singlecoil for neck position in new body I am building right now.
I used to have a Mothers Milk neck pickup in a standard strat and I loved it, but the Guitar I am currently building has a very different spec - It’ll be 25.5” HS fixed bridge with ebony/wenge neck and obeche (ayous) body (I expect the body wood to sound somewhere between light mahogany and basswood, I’d use this pickup as well with Korina body I already have though)

I hope it’s not against the rules to mention that but I am also tempted by Lindy Fralin Blues Special - I haven’t had any experience with Fralins and I am a die hard BKP fan, but I am in love of Bob Lanzetti tone and this is what He use…

Anyone had an Opportunity to compare those two pickups? Any other suggestions for a singlecoil neck pickup for ~”mahogany strat”?

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Pickups / Re: looking for neck picku precommendations for my holdiver bridge.

« Last post by timmy_b on October 04, 2024, 11:10:15 AM »

For a more bluesy, open sound, the Mule is a pretty great starting point!

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Pickups / Re: Abraxas love?

« Last post by timmy_b on October 04, 2024, 11:08:55 AM »

What kind of high gain style are you thinking - just something more saturated, or full-on metal tones?

The demo that John Huldt made for this set goes into the more saturated sounds (particularly leads) but not really aggressive metal tones, that's on YouTube (and linked on the Abraxas product page on the website) if you didn't already check it out

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Pickups / Abraxas love?

« Last post by Pickupguy1 on October 03, 2024, 07:20:07 PM »

  It is hard to find any clips showing what the Abraxas can do on higher gain settings. I am considering putting one in a 59 reissue Les Paul. Currently has a VHII in it where I changed the magnet to an Alnico II and it brought the pickup to life for me, by adding a stronger midrange. For some reason the mids sounded very recessed to me with the Alnico 5. I do prefer lower gain pickups into higher gain amps as I think it gives you more of the sound of the guitar as opposed to the sound of the pickups. So any experience with the Abraxas would be appreciated.

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Pickups / Re: Neck pickup for EBMM LIII HH

« Last post by rbg on September 30, 2024, 03:39:40 AM »

Can somebody comment on Silo neck vs HD neck, NB neck and VHII neck in term of brightness. I really like overall tone of the VHII, but it is a touch to bottom heave. HD is nice in terms of “EQ”, but there is something missing in the sound for me in it. NB neck is very interesting, it’s like the NB bridge, but less of everything :) so now I am looking at the Silo neck and maybe RY neck as suggested above. I’ve seen in the forum that Nolly was saying that Silo neck is one of the brightest necks in the range.

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Pickups / looking for neck picku precommendations for my holdiver bridge.

« Last post by shalev98732 on September 28, 2024, 09:16:35 AM »

since the holydiver does shredding and leads really good, im looking for a pickup that does the best cleans and bluesy leads  and splits nicely, shredding is a bonus too if i wanna drop the output real quick, i have only ever really tried the emerald neck, and went with ti because of the thin lizzy association too.

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Pickups / Re: Help with Les Paul Custom pickups

« Last post by timmy_pix on September 24, 2024, 09:16:48 AM »

Bear in mind the difference in midrange response could be more a guitar thing than the pickup - I would never expect a Strat to have midrange equalling a Les Paul acoustically, and the pickup can only respond to what the guitar gives it.

I've got an alnico Nailbomb set in my Les Paul Custom atm, and yes it's a middy guitar to begin with, but I'd never describe it as feeling or sounding like an SD Custom 5 (a pickup I also dislike). I recently sold a Strat that I've never got on with because no matter what pickups it had in it, it sounded thin and twangy, which would be great if I were a country player but I'm not! Even Warpigs sounded thinner than they should in it.

So the moral is just because you didn't like it in your Strat doesn't mean you won't like it in a completely different guitar. I've had pickups respond very differently between different Les Pauls, let alone something as different as Strat to Les Paul.

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Pickups / Re: Neck pickup for EBMM LIII HH

« Last post by skolphy on September 05, 2024, 04:57:13 AM »

You can always try adjusting the screws/bolts on the RY to tame the B&E strings

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Pickups / Re: Help with Les Paul Custom pickups

« Last post by ericsabbath on September 04, 2024, 04:36:28 PM »

I'm primaly an alnico 5 guy, but I did like the ceramic version of the nailbomb and warpig a lot better than their alnico counterparts

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Players / Re: P90 blue note RWRP set, led zeppelin levee breaks cover

« Last post by JJretroTONEGOD on September 01, 2024, 01:53:58 PM »

here are a few photos of the 12 string guitar I made with the bkp blue note set in them, my first ever scratch build guitar & some studio shots.