Cliche question from a newbie!

[Kade Storm]

Glad to get the low-down on the group mentality. I just had to cover ground, because I've had some bad experiences with other guitar communities - it's almost a phallic issue with some of the people I've come across.

But now I know where to observe silence; Bare Knuckle Nationalism is okay enough for me, and sounds fair, given the territory. I'll make sure I don't express any displeasure, although I doubt I'll have anything other than praise.

And a major hell yeah for modding cheap axes.

[Muzzzz]

Personally, I don't mind if BKP's don't really work for some people, and I'm sure most the people on these boards are the same.

Feel free to express displeasure with your pickups, or at least to be firmly critical. If you don't, you could be talking someone into buying a pickup that isn't really for them.

[sgmypod]

agree with that muzzzz rather have someone telling the truth and why something wasn't for them
 then lying and people buying on there recomendation

[MDV]

Big second to the above posts.

But remember this is a BK board full of people that are here because they love the BK sounds.

Add to that the fact that visitors here are looking for BKs too (what do you expect to be discussed on the BK board?), and you basically arent going to see anything else recommended. General forums and other makers sites will give you that, if you want it.

However, I've been here a little while now and I dont recall even one post to the effect of "I got these BKs and they suck! I'm going back to duncan!". That speaks rather a lot of the results they give, dont you think?

Disclaimer: I'm a bit of a BK fanboy, or I wouldnt have 4 sets and be a forum regular, but I do very much enjoy the sound of several other pickup brands. If someone has, and politely expresses another preference, no ones going to kick up a fuss. Horses for courses, its fair enough.

[Kade Storm]

Fair enough, and poignant views.

I'll give constructive feedback on the pups. Although, I'll say once again that I highly doubt I'll have anything other than praise. You see, I've tried the Nailbomb, and really enjoyed the sound. The only decent priced pickups that I ever complained about were the SD Invader and SD Dimebucker.

I'm personally an EMG fanboi, as was one of my friends until he switched over the Bare Knuckle brand. Both of us usually aim for a similar tone, so I don't think I'll be in for disappointment.

[Adam.M]

I had an ESP LTD series, which was that horrible agathis 'wood' stuff, and it had a vh2 in the bridge and i swear, that's the best tone i've ever had, accousticly the guitar sounded horrible but plugged in it was really quite good!

Sure you're not going to get perfect results with lesser tonewoods but, it's still an inprovement... unless its ply, i didnt know they made guitars out of ply...

[Kade Storm]

So true, so true.

Actually, I just require good electronic tone, which is a dominantly pickup thing. In my experience, the quality of wood's influence has been restricted to the resonance and girth of the eletronic sound. These factors have never been a major issue for me; where I lack tonal thickness, I dub another layer of recording.

My sentiments are exact on ply woods; evil stuff. The bad part being that you get these mahogany guitars that are all ply. My Epiphone Gothic Explorer was a major disappointment in that respect. The wood would chip and breakdown so easily, and it always sounded like mahogany dampened to hell!

With the low-end Jacksons, I get that bright alder tone, and it's solid; even the ressonance is okay because most of the guitars have a body-thru string layout, which actually makes a mild difference.

Anyway, thanks for the input. I'll be going for the Ceramic Warpig. Cheers!