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New Pickup Day...
« on: December 18, 2008, 03:59:31 PM »
just put a Cold Sweat in my Les Paul and am SERIOUSLY digging the tone - never thought I'd like a passive ceramic pickup so much.  it's fat through the mids, chunky in the bass and the treble isn't thin or sharp.  this one's a keeper!!!

been playing it through a 2210 model JCM800 I'm modding and it sounds SCARY  PDT_003

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Re: New Pickup Day...
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2008, 04:11:01 PM »
dammit, don't say stuff like that, now I almost have to take Eric's advice on getting them!  8)

What kind of music do they fit into, so to speak?

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Re: New Pickup Day...
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2008, 10:18:38 PM »
they wouldn't be my first choice for classic rock like Zep, AC/DC etc..., but Thin Lizzy onwards would be about right (i.e. late 70s rock rather than early 70s).

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Re: New Pickup Day...
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2008, 11:22:00 PM »
nice, man!
I love it for early Dio and late 80's Ozzy
it's wonderful for old Metallica, Pantera and raw thrash metal like Exodus, The Haunted and Sylosis
balanced bass and mids and a ton of crunch
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Re: New Pickup Day...
« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2008, 02:25:06 AM »
Not helping us... really not... Does anybody want to buy my kidney? :lol:

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Re: New Pickup Day...
« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2008, 09:48:59 AM »
Great aren't they?  I'm loving mine too  :D

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Re: New Pickup Day...
« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2008, 12:16:58 PM »
I really like the CS I have in my ash 'bitsa' Strat. Great bite and crunch to it  :D
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Re: New Pickup Day...
« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2008, 06:53:31 PM »
yep, this CS is THE SHE-IT, takes me back to the late 80s at school listening to all those great metal bands. Been cranking out some Motley Crue riffs this afternoon, it's that kinda sound.

think I'm gonna have to get a CS neck too  :lol:

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Re: New Pickup Day...
« Reply #8 on: December 19, 2008, 06:56:14 PM »
think I'm gonna have to get a CS neck too  :lol:

The neck is, possibly, even nicer than the bridge.  And they make a great team.
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Re: New Pickup Day...
« Reply #9 on: December 19, 2008, 10:05:09 PM »
Is it just me or has everyone just realised the CS is a great set? It seems like everyone is fitting them and they are getting a lot of love right now.

(No exception here, Sue fitted the CS set to her SG about 3 months ago, and now you need a crowbar to get it out of her hands)
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Re: New Pickup Day...
« Reply #10 on: December 19, 2008, 10:11:10 PM »
We go through phases of people having the same pickup.  Mules were crazy a couple of years ago, as were SGs with RRs and SMs.

We do the same with amps too!

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Re: New Pickup Day...
« Reply #11 on: December 19, 2008, 10:31:07 PM »
Is it just me or has everyone just realised the CS is a great set? It seems like everyone is fitting them and they are getting a lot of love right now.

True.  I agree with Dave, but also what seems to be happening at the moment is that several of us more vintage-minded older duffers have discovered that the CS set isn't just for shredders (much as puppies aren't just for Christmas).

We'll all be playing overwound C-Pigs and Sinners this time next year.  Or maybe not.
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Re: New Pickup Day...
« Reply #12 on: December 19, 2008, 11:06:54 PM »
I haven't played much thru the amp, but the Piledriver sound a beast... I think I can play Motörhead perhaps something even heavier... But I think it will do very well some vintage tones...

It's just my first tube amp and I don't know exactly how to get tones from it yet :lol:

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Re: New Pickup Day...
« Reply #13 on: December 20, 2008, 04:18:41 AM »

It's funny how different pickups are having all their time of being in fashion on this forum. If someone would make the effort, he could surely map out a history of BKP hype phases for each pickup sold by tim. So recently the CS is the hype, let's see who's next :O)
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Re: New Pickup Day...
« Reply #14 on: December 20, 2008, 01:55:57 PM »
lol
I've noted this too
there was a time where nobody had interest in the holy diver, painkiller and cold sweat bridge
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