Mothers milk question

[Frank666]

Hey guys, seems a friendly forum so I'll post this question :D  I know the mothers milk pickups pretty much nail the Hendrix tone ( I can't play like him but through the wonder of technology, I can sound kinda close  :lol: ) but I want a bit more kick in the bridge, think jane's addiction before navarro switched to Prs. By the way, I play a levinson blade texas standard (same specs as a strat but with a really cool mid boost)

[ailean]

Hi

I'd certainly be putting that question to Tim, it sounds to me like you have a pretty good idea of what tone you want, and generally Tim is the best at nailing these sorts of questions.

I'd love to help but I haven't a clue!

"Better to remain quite and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."

(I really should live by that more often)

[jms8250]

I play MM's in the neck and middle positions.  I love them.  You are right on about copping Hendrix tones with them.  However I too like a bit of kick in the bridge and I went with the Sinner in this position.  The combination for me has been perfect.  Not unbalanced, not too modern sounding or anything like imagining you are pairing a metal style pickup with the MM's.  The sinner is very warm and organic.   The Sinner does a great job of adapting to your amp...You can do hot blues with it, Gallagher tones, P90ish territory or metal.
It cleans up well and sounds like a single coil (although it can go head to head with many humbuckers).

It is actually one of the most versatile bridge single coils I have ever come across.  Totally the best sounding.

jms8250
www.peerlesstone.com

[Frank666]

Didn't think of that, interesting :idea: I got on to Tim and he said maybe an underwound stock mothers milk or a baseplate, I'm just gonna go with his advice but now I want to try that combination too! Oh well, one more strat clone to be added to the collection then  :lol:

[shaman]

hey there, jms-mc from athens,al..gonna be buying a few more toys from you this summer..glad to see you on board!!!!
-peerless rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[viking]

I play MM's in the neck and middle positions.  I love them.  You are right on about copping Hendrix tones with them.  However I too like a bit of kick in the bridge and I went with the Sinner in this position.  The combination for me has been perfect.  Not unbalanced, not too modern sounding or anything like imagining you are pairing a metal style pickup with the MM's.  The sinner is very warm and organic.   The Sinner does a great job of adapting to your amp...You can do hot blues with it, Gallagher tones, P90ish territory or metal.
It cleans up well and sounds like a single coil (although it can go head to head with many humbuckers).

It is actually one of the most versatile bridge single coils I have ever come across.  Totally the best sounding.

jms8250
www.peerlesstone.com

Hi,jms !This is quite interesting for me as i would like to swap the stock Pu's in my Strat JV for some BNK's  8) and i was not sure about the bridge Pu.I thought about a Crawler but i would have to mod the JV,so,the Sinner would be better suited...but what about the "in between" tones with the MM-middle and the Sinner together?No problem there?(And i really don't play Metal at all !Although i like to play heavy sometimes :) but,really,no metal tones for me :oops: .)The Sinner rating at 21k in Output and the MM's at about 5,7k ,i thought it wouldn't work well  but if it does,it's all good news!

[Fikealox]

If you're wiring in the usual way (in parallel and in phase), then I wouldn't expect they would mix well...  as the MM should dominate the Sinner. You might be able to get a useful notched tone by wiring them out of phase or by wiring in series, though.

[viking]

If i understand jms4250 correctly,the Sinner would work fine with the MM's,in all (5)positions,i guess...but i just want to be sure.

[jms8250]

For me the Sinner works fine in all positions with the mothers milk...I too was worried about the in-between tones but I do not hear a problem....Its not totally vintage correct however and maybe not the best route for achieving the ultimate in quack but the in between tones are still way better than stock...Again, I don't hear anything wrong, but it I have never bothered to do a direct comparison (probably will soon)...My wiring is conventional....Thats the only way to go with BK singles....vintage wiring all the way sounds best...

In between tones usually have a lot of dependence on the relative pickup heights.  When dealing with damn good pickups anything is possible.  A BK pickup, no matter what it's intended design is for, is versatile enough to do a lot of things...The sinner isn't just for metal, think of it as a versatile single coil.