Author Topic: A bit of realistic advice needed. (Read 7486 times)

foster · « **Reply #15 on:** October 18, 2006, 10:08:24 PM »

Quote from: deg0ey

Quote from: foster
hmm, not quite the answer i expected, but damn good answers :D

Did you expect everyone to say "Yeah, Buy BKPs NOW!!!!!"...We appear not to be that kind of fanboy forum - My opinion on this forum is that everyone's happy to help wherever possible, but they also know how to give constructive advice rather than "Product X is awesome, so much better than Product Y that you have now: Go and buy it today!"

Wow, I sound like Dave with my X's and Y's :lol:

To be honest i was kinda expecting it :D Most forums dedicated to something (be it a magazine, guitar or even band) are really "holier than thou". But nice to see the general thought is "keep the gibbo pups in, you'll get sick of em after a while - then we'll help you". :)

Shall have to visit the BKP stall at music live and get my grubby mits on a guitar with my name on it ;)

_tom_ · « **Reply #16 on:** October 18, 2006, 10:16:38 PM »

When you go to Music Live, try out some Mules definately. For blues and rock they are amazing, really versatile aswell as I can happily play metal on my Mule'd LP :D

foster · « **Reply #17 on:** October 18, 2006, 10:25:34 PM »

The only downside i can see when trying out guitars with BKPs in is that i will never know how they will sound in MY guitar untill i install them - the same with any pickup.

CaffeineJunkie · « **Reply #18 on:** October 18, 2006, 10:29:09 PM »

i'm sure there will be a flying V at the show

foster · « **Reply #19 on:** October 18, 2006, 10:39:09 PM »

Quote from: CaffeineJunkie

i'm sure there will be a flying V at the show

I didn't notcie one last year. Mind you last year i was very happy at the sight of a les paul with the word "Foster" on the headstock :P

CaffeineJunkie · « **Reply #20 on:** October 18, 2006, 10:47:13 PM »

lol, well Tim has a Polka dot one i think, so that might make an appearance

dave_mc · « **Reply #21 on:** October 18, 2006, 10:50:04 PM »

Quote from: deg0ey

Quote from: foster
hmm, not quite the answer i expected, but damn good answers :D

Did you expect everyone to say "Yeah, Buy BKPs NOW!!!!!"...We appear not to be that kind of fanboy forum - My opinion on this forum is that everyone's happy to help wherever possible, but they also know how to give constructive advice rather than "Product X is awesome, so much better than Product Y that you have now: Go and buy it today!"

Wow, I sound like Dave with my X's and Y's :lol:

:shock:

:lol:

damn science education, i keep trying to shake it off...

:D

foster · « **Reply #22 on:** October 22, 2006, 04:17:18 PM »

Well i've had a fiddle with the amp today and i've found the best tone available :D Its kinda like clappers on sunshine of your love but with a bit more beef and a splash more gain.

Chances are i'll stick with the gibbo pups, but i'll still give the bareknuckles a try at musiclive - just in case.

carlaz · « **Reply #23 on:** October 22, 2006, 04:36:58 PM »

BKP make (unsurprisingly) better pups than Gibson, but you might as well keep trying it on with the Gibson onesa while to think about exactly how you would want to improve on them, which way you would want to take the sound. Then you'd know better what BKP you'd want to buy.

(After all, you hadn't heard the Gibson pups in that guitar before trying it either! :))

foster · « **Reply #24 on:** October 22, 2006, 04:49:36 PM »

Well what i plan on doing is sticking with the gibbos to really see how good they are for me and what i dislike about em. Then if i see fit i'll swap em for a set of BKPs 8)

Though once i get around to changing em no doubt i'll be stumped as to which pickups to get :(

fps_dean · « **Reply #25 on:** October 23, 2006, 05:29:36 AM »

foster, getting some a Black Dog/Mule is a world of difference between the Gibson 500t/496R... absolutely no comparison. The Gibson 500t/496r set is ceramic, and fairly compressed and too harshly voiced to play with the gain down... closest BKP to it is the Miracle Man which is one of the few BKPs that is fairly limited to more or less one sound....

I had the same pickups in my Les Paul once. They do the whole Zakk Wylde thing, but if you want a classic Les Paul like tone, they will not deliver. Mules, Black Dogs, the combo you mentioned, or even Rebel Yells or the overwound but still Alnico V magnet Nailbomb set will do a lot better job. The difference is like night and day.

foster · « **Reply #26 on:** October 23, 2006, 02:39:08 PM »

got to admit i like the sound of the stormy monday, but i'll see how these pups fare and replace em judged on what i dislike.

carlaz · « **Reply #27 on:** October 23, 2006, 02:49:39 PM »

A Stormy Monday bridge pup will sound a lot different from a 500T. Much lower output, Alnico instead of ceramic magnet; overall, much softer and more mellow. The 500T is certainly never going to sound like an oldstyle PAF -- and it's not meant to! The closest current Gibson pup for that sorta thing is the Burstbucker.