Pickup names

[ericsabbath]

not officialy, of course
but most people that register on forum have no idea about  how which pickup sounds, cause most soundclips are recorded by us, and most of us don't have experience and resources for pro recordings that would capture the real great sound of our pickups
i've read this forum for six months before i made my choice
if you can't try it live and don't have any kind of parameter you can't make a choice only by "great heavy ultra responsive pickup" kind of reviews
i'm not saying to put it like copies or something, just citing something to help us to create an idea of how the pickups would sound
everybody knows a jb, super distortion, 498t or emg 81
why citing famous bands tones if you can't talk about their pickups?

[Devon8822]

not officialy, of course
but most people that register on forum have no idea about  how which pickup sounds, cause most soundclips are recorded by us, and most of us don't have experience and resources for pro recordings that would capture the real great sound of our pickups
i've read this forum for six months before i made my choice
if you can't try it live and don't have any kind of parameter you can't make a choice only by "great heavy ultra responsive pickup" kind of reviews
i'm not saying to put it like copies or something, just citing something to help us to create an idea of how the pickups would sound
everybody knows a jb, super distortion, 498t or emg 81
why citing famous bands tones if you can't talk about their pickups?

Thanks Eric that list was very helpful in giving me a closer picture of what sortof sound BKP compare to.

I need to know a bit more if anyone can tell me something about the nailbomb? What is its ideal genre? What do people se it for mostly? thanks

[dave_mc]

we should put a guide with similar voiced pickups to help choosing a BK pickup by it's specs, output and voicing

I totally agree that other manufacturers' pickups are a useful reference point for us here in the forum.  Many of us have tried JBs, 498Ts, EMG-81s etc so it gives you a rough idea what to expect.

But I hope you're not suggesting that BKP should have an "official" guide describing their pickups by reference to someone else's?  It would imply  Bare Knuckle is a kind of "second division" manufacturer, when in fact the products are - and have to be - more than good enough to stand on their own merits.  

You'd never find Duncan comparing their pickups to DiMarzio, or vice versa.  They each act as if the other doesn't exist.

I agree too.

the names are pretty good on their own, i think... give you a pretty good idea.

maybe in the descriptions (when the new website is ready) put what styles of music they're most suited to? maybe that would give the impression they aren't that versatile, though...

[Sailor Charon]

everybody knows a jb, super distortion, 498t or emg 81

Um... I don't. Seriously. I had a 498t in my SG, but that's it...

[Muzzzz]

If such a table was created - that is, where BKP's were directly compared to other brands - you would have people thinking "well, why don't I just get a {insert compared brand here} instead?", and in most cases that would be a lot cheaper...

What I'm trying to say is, why would BKP cheapen themselves by putting their name next to another product (eg, duncan, dimarzio) which in my experience, simply aren't as good?

[Devon8822]

If such a table was created - that is, where BKP's were directly compared to other brands - you would have people thinking "well, why don't I just get a {insert compared brand here} instead?", and in most cases that would be a lot cheaper...

What I'm trying to say is, why would BKP cheapen themselves by putting their name next to another product (eg, duncan, dimarzio) which in my experience, simply aren't as good?

Good point indeed^

[Mr Ed]

I've mentioned to Tim in the past that a similar sort of EQ guide that Seymour Duncan and DiMarzio use would be handy... not comparing pickups against pickups, but simply highlighting where a pickup sits in terms of treble/mid/bass. It benefits me, for example, because really mid-heavy pickups sound cr@p through my amp because I have the mids cranked right up for extra cut so I find pickups with little mids, lots of treble and a bit of bass works best with my amp EQ.

Tim said it's something to be included on the brand-spangly new website he's working on.  :)

I agree though, comparing like-for-like seems as though BKP's have been designed to copy others and that's so not true. Although it was interested seeing that the current incarnation of the Holy Diver is like a JB.