Replacing Super Distortion pick up on a LP. But with what?

[tremolo arm]

Thanks a lot for your contribution, guys.

I spoke to Tim on the telephone (lovely chap).

He recommended a Black Dog for the bridge and a Mule for the neck. 5 minutes later my order was processed. Still have not made my mind up regarding the middle pick up. I think I'll leave the DiMarzio there for the moment and I may revisit the situation at a later stage... (plus I am not ready to splash another £100 at this stage).

I will let you know what I think of the pick ups when they arrive (if you are interested).  :lol:
Thanks

[Keven]

that'll be one fat bridge pickup. :D great choice.

when you're ready for the middle, i'm sure the MQ single will be the best choice. HSH les paul, how can it get any better?

[ericsabbath]

He recommended a Black Dog for the bridge and a Mule for the neck.

I recommended the riff raff instead of the mule cause I believe it's a brighter paf sound
but if The One True God says Mule, then Mule it shall be  :D
so say we all!

[tremolo arm]

He recommended a Black Dog for the bridge and a Mule for the neck.

I recommended the riff raff instead of the mule cause I believe it's a brighter paf sound
but if The One True God says Mule, then Mule it shall be  :D
so say we all!

It's hard to choose the right one when you don't have a chance to listen to its sound through your own guitar and rig before purchase... I listened to all sort of clips, but each was recorded through a different guitar / rig...

I told Tim what teh guitar was and that I was after the Led Zep type of sound for solos and the Black Crowes / Aerosmith sound for riffs and that's what he chose. He did mention that I should consider adding a 0.015 capcaitor to the neck pick up to brighten the sound a bit, but in his opinion the Mule was one of the brightest pick ups in this category.

I have a question though. Can you specify the colour of the coil covers under the plate? The reason I ask that was because my remaining Super Distortion is cream and I would want to have the ability to take the chrome coves of the new ones off so that the exposed coils are also cream (to match the exposed remaining Super Distortion)...

[gwEm]

you can specify the colour of the coil covers under the plate!

[syr2012]

There's no real reason why you shouldn't get to specify the colors of the coil covers under the cover, but keep in mind that removing covers and installing them back onto the pickup could void your warranty if you do it yourself. If you want it done without that, you'd have to send them back to get it done. Though personally, I couldn't really understand why anyone would want to ditch covers, seeing that Tim adjusts the wind so their presence doesn't negatively impact the sound.

(maybe that's just my personal taste)

[tremolo arm]

There's no real reason why you shouldn't get to specify the colors of the coil covers under the cover, but keep in mind that removing covers and installing them back onto the pickup could void your warranty if you do it yourself. If you want it done without that, you'd have to send them back to get it done. Though personally, I couldn't really understand why anyone would want to ditch covers, seeing that Tim adjusts the wind so their presence doesn't negatively impact the sound.

(maybe that's just my personal taste)

So would you say that the sound would be vastly different when the covers are on or off?

[syr2012]

Well, having a cover naturally tames things a bit, so Tim adjusts the wind of uncovered pickups so the sound difference is virtually negligible. I haven't had a chance to A/B two identical pickups, one covered and the other uncovered, so I couldn't be sure. Some say that uncovered pickups have a sort of "openness" to it, but I think changing capacitors or using a higher-value volume or tone pot would have the same effect.
But to just get to the point: no, I don't think it would be vastly different. Slightly different, yes, but not vastly.

[ericsabbath]

if you don't specify it, he'll probably use a random colour  :lol:
my friend uncovered his camo painkillers and they were cream

[juansolo]

...and stick a V30 in your 401 if you haven't already. :)

V30? Is that some sort of valve type?

hes referring to a Celestion Vintage 30 speaker...

i'm not sure i'd suggest this particular model, but upgrading the speaker in your combo is a good idea - i was going to suggest it as well

edit: its a quite cheap and easy upgrade - you get a lot of bang for buck tonal improvement

Yup the standard 'goldback' driver isn't that brill in all honesty. The Vintage 30 fleshes it out quite a bit and is a big improvement. Something like a hot100 might work well also and be fairly cheap.