Author Topic: New BKP's for Charvel Star (Read 6610 times)

AngusYoung01 · « **Reply #15 on:** January 03, 2008, 08:10:27 PM »

Quote from: dave_mc

can't help with recommendations to be honest (haven't tried enough BKPs), but my gut is you're going to have to compromise... sykes is a ceramic, reasonably high output, tight tone, while VH (especially) and sambora are more of a lower output, softer/warmer alnico V tone.

I think. :lol:

basically, which do you want more, and which are you willing to compromise on? Of course, there may be a BKP which'll do all those tones sublimely, in which case I'm willing to stand corrected. :)

On another note, and just for interest: do you have any idea why those charvels have plummetted so much in price? Not so long ago they were going for £1500, now they can be had for £700 on andertons, merchant city music, etc.

Any ideas? Cheers. :)

Well, Tim has suggested the Cold Sweat, and that seems to fulfil my criteria, and Tim is the shiz nit of course!

Actually, I was speaking with my local guitar tech and he rekons they have a dodgy deal going on with Charvel.

I personally think Charvel are testing the market, as there is no information anywhere on Charvels site (and they're shitee for info anyway) so I rekon its a test on Charvels part - maybe they are not in full production?

dave_mc · « **Reply #16 on:** January 03, 2008, 09:10:01 PM »

Quote from: AngusYoung01

Actually, I was speaking with my local guitar tech and he rekons they have a dodgy deal going on with Charvel.

I personally think Charvel are testing the market, as there is no information anywhere on Charvels site (and they're shitee for info anyway) so I rekon its a test on Charvels part - maybe they are not in full production?

yeah, i dunno. just when things drop by 50%, you start to wonder, you know?

:)

AngusYoung01 · « **Reply #17 on:** January 03, 2008, 09:13:59 PM »

Yeh, but now I have it, theres nothing wrong at all, its all genuine and I'm so lucky to get it whilst they had one :D Beautiful guitar, can't put it down :)

AngusYoung01 · « **Reply #18 on:** January 03, 2008, 10:19:20 PM »

Anyway, can someone with Cold Sweats tell me a little about them, and whats the bridge like? (I've heard the neck is like, the best neck pup ever)

steve · « **Reply #19 on:** January 03, 2008, 10:20:02 PM »

Quote from: AngusYoung01

Steve, if you add that'd be great :D

Tim recommends the Cold Sweats

Cool,then Cold Sweat it is then. Tim has always advised the right pickups for me.

AngusYoung01 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 04, 2008, 01:34:03 PM »

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Steve, if you add that'd be great :D

Tim recommends the Cold Sweats

Cool,then Cold Sweat it is then. Tim has always advised the right pickups for me.

He always seems to say the ones lot of people don't think of, and then reading the description, they seem like the obvious ones :lol:

dave_mc · « **Reply #21 on:** January 04, 2008, 05:48:10 PM »

Quote from: AngusYoung01

Yeh, but now I have it, theres nothing wrong at all, its all genuine and I'm so lucky to get it whilst they had one :D Beautiful guitar, can't put it down :)

cool, that's nice to know.

i have the neck cold sweat, by the way. decent cleans, excellent overdriven shreddy lead tone. that about sums it up- if you need cleans more than you need overdrive, i'd look elsewhere. but if you want a neck pickup for shredding, the CS is the one. at least from what I've tried.

AngusYoung01 · « **Reply #22 on:** January 04, 2008, 06:41:16 PM »

Clean is for posers 8)

:lol: Nah. Yeh its mainly for shred, 80's style hard rock/ metal. Just need to save the money, and with an amazing internet scheme, I will get a set :D

AngusYoung01 · « **Reply #23 on:** January 05, 2008, 10:06:45 AM »

Well, when I get these Cold Sweats, is it possible to have the screws and poles in gold, and the bobbis in black? That'd look sexy.

And does Tim have BKP written on them, like Seymour Duncan does? That'd be cool too.

Sorry, I have covered MM's, so don't know what they'll do with open pups.

Woogie · « **Reply #24 on:** January 05, 2008, 11:22:40 AM »

Quote from: AngusYoung01

Well, when I get these Cold Sweats, is it possible to have the screws and poles in gold, and the bobbis in black? That'd look sexy.

And does Tim have BKP written on them, like Seymour Duncan does? That'd be cool too.

Sorry, I have covered MM's, so don't know what they'll do with open pups.

Mine don't have BKP written on top. I think they have it on the underneath.

AngusYoung01 · « **Reply #25 on:** January 05, 2008, 09:23:55 PM »

But can you get them with gold screws I wonder?

Jonny · « **Reply #26 on:** January 05, 2008, 09:50:24 PM »

I'm sure if you leave it in the comment, he'll do it. And as for the BKP thing, it's only on covers I think, engraved as such.

That's as cool as I can find, picture wise, for you.

And I just found this too.

AngusYoung01 · « **Reply #27 on:** January 05, 2008, 10:27:49 PM »

Mate, thats really kind of you to post pictures, thanks :D

Se what I mean about gold poles on black... now imagine that on my Charvel :harp: