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cakehead

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Spoiled for choice! AAARG
« on: August 09, 2005, 09:35:31 PM »
Well I had my eyes set on a calibrated set of warpigs and a triligy middle pickup for my ibanez RG550EX, but now ive read the forums and im confused! I play lead in a band, is this miricle man better for lead than the warpig? its hard to tell for myself as ive never even seen a bareknuckle pickup so im trusting you guys! Ive read the forum and everyone seems to recomend a different pickup for metal, lead and shred. whats the warpig neck like? any good for warm tones/shreddy definition?
oh and before i order (probably based on what you guys say here) a few questions!
1. whats the difference between 4 conductor and 2 braided conductor?
2. what volume and tone pot resistance is best for BKP?
3. with the single coil, whats the difference between vintage stagger and flat profile?

please get back to me, there is some money in it for you BKP guys!
cheers, jeff

HJM

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« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2005, 10:32:57 PM »
Questions first:

1 - if you want to wire up the coil splits on your RG you need 4 conductor

2 Start with 500k pots for your guitar, 250k and 300k reduce the treble a touch, get rid of any bypass caps on the volume control - they can give a nasty brittle sound that really screws up humbuker tone

3 -  Get flat for your guitar, stagger is for fingerboards with a smaller radius (ie more rounded than your flatter Ibanez)

Now the difficult bit....

Warpigs, I don't have but have played them - they are excellent metal monsters

Miracle MAn more focussed than the Warpig, still good for metal although the 'pigs have better chug. Great for shred, metal and all things Rock.

Nailbomb - more mid detail, a different more aggressive character to the Miracle Man, not as tight in the bass, but an excllent lead pickup, I have them in my RG.

Neck for the 'pig and MM are the same I believe, just a different look. The Nailbomb neck is lower output, and has a similar character to the bridge - lots of aggressive mid, works well dirty or clean.
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PhilKing

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« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2005, 10:49:48 PM »
I don't have my Warpig yet, so I'll let someone else answer you there.  For your other questions, I can give you some answers:

1) 4 conductor allows you to wire the pickups in series or parallel (much thinner sound), or split the coils.  For a PRS with the rotary switch you would use 4 conductor, and in a HSS set, using 4 conductor lets you get the strat split sounds.  If you only need the humbucker sound (or if the wiring path in the guitar is narrow), 2 conductor is the way to go.

2) Depends on many things, the brightness of your guitar, the type of pickups and also how you want the tone to work.  Humbuckers traditionally have 500k pots and .047 mf capacitors, however if a humbucker is fitted in a Strat, most people leave the 250K and .022 mf originals in place.  This doesn't change the sound too much because the combination gives a warmer tone on the volume, but brighter with the capacitor.

Another good combination is 500k volume and 250k tone with the .022 mf capacitor. This gives a brighter sound and doesn't roll off as much treble.  Also BKP sell 300K which sits in the middle on the sounds.

3) There are 2 staggers that BKP make, the 54 and the vintage.  The vintage stagger makes the top E & B lowest, then the bottom E & A, with the D & G tallest.  The 54 has the G magnet lower and A higher than the vintage (I think).  In the flat, all the magnets are the same length.
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