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Mississippitrees43

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Les Paul bridge pickup?
« on: April 13, 2011, 04:04:32 AM »
Hey guys I'm new to the forum and Bareknuckle pickups, anywho here's my question.

I just had a Seymour Duncan Distortion sh-6 pickup put into the bridge of my gibson les paul standard. It has a nice crunch but my problem is that the high end is WAY too shrill. I'm running my guitar tuned to C standard into a 80's Laney AOR 100 with Matching Cab w/Celestion V30s, usually through either a fulltone ocd or a providence stampede distortion.

I've been contemplating switching over to Bareknuckle and I'm thinking about trying out the miracle man, but I'm not too sure. The type of music i generally play is stoner/doom/sludge.


Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

Mike

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Re: Les Paul bridge pickup?
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2011, 10:04:02 AM »
I haven't played either, but I think the Miracle Man would work well or you could considder the Pig90 which is often mentioned when it comes to stoner/doom.
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Re: Les Paul bridge pickup?
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2011, 01:10:02 PM »
The Pig-90 is certainly one to look at.
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Re: Les Paul bridge pickup?
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2011, 01:22:18 PM »
Hey guys I'm new to the forum and Bareknuckle pickups, anywho here's my question.

I just had a Seymour Duncan Distortion sh-6 pickup put into the bridge of my gibson les paul standard. It has a nice crunch but my problem is that the high end is WAY too shrill.

Hi Mike,

From your comments I read that you do not dislike the tone you are getting totally. I have never played a SH-6 but I have heard the same comments about it. If you want a pickup which does the crunch, has lots of highs which are not shrill, then the Cold Sweat bridge is an option. Of course there may be pickups better suited for the musical styles you mentioned.

Cheers Stephan

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Re: Les Paul bridge pickup?
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2011, 02:02:28 PM »
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Re: Les Paul bridge pickup?
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2011, 02:42:20 PM »
i dont think it would hurt to look into a black dog. those amps have a lot of gain on tap so a BD would get dirty enough. they also sound mean as hell down tuned. worth a thought!

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Re: Les Paul bridge pickup?
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2011, 02:56:13 PM »
the black dog is quite low output, so he might miss not only the gain and sustain, but also the punchy and bright attack
the sh-6 is one of the dirtiest pickups on the market

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Re: Les Paul bridge pickup?
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2011, 03:41:50 PM »
Thanks for the responses guys! I'm really looking for something that has some bite but isn't too harsh. The duncan distortion's high end just sounded like it was piercing my ear drums.