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yellowv

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Did I make the right choice?
« on: December 25, 2008, 12:13:27 AM »
Well I just ordered a new BKP today. The guitar is a Caparison Horus. It has mahogany body, bolt on maple neck with rosewood board. It is 24.75" scale with 27 frets. Basically I wanted the most brutal pickup money could buy. I wanted super big and tight lows, grinding mids and great highs without being too trebly or harsh. Also wanted crazy squealing harmonics. Well I went with a ceramic Warpig with battle worn black cover. Did I choose right? Here is a pic of the patient.

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Re: Did I make the right choice?
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2008, 12:18:58 AM »
Odd way round to do things, but I doubt you'll be unhappy with your choice.

yellowv

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Re: Did I make the right choice?
« Reply #2 on: December 25, 2008, 12:20:51 AM »
Odd way round to do things, but I doubt you'll be unhappy with your choice.

Yeah, well I already got a lot of advice from Nick (Zimbloth) on it. I just wanted to get the thoughts of the BKP heads.
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Re: Did I make the right choice?
« Reply #3 on: December 25, 2008, 12:41:29 AM »
i would imagine a miracle man would be what you were looking for.

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Re: Did I make the right choice?
« Reply #4 on: December 25, 2008, 12:42:40 AM »
Yeah, well I already got a lot of advice from Nick (Zimbloth) on it. I just wanted to get the thoughts of the BKP heads.

Ah, well Nick knows his stuff. Should definitely be brutal! Now you just need a sinner to go in the neck.

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Re: Did I make the right choice?
« Reply #5 on: December 25, 2008, 01:24:11 AM »
As far as the Miracle Man goes, I like it, but I think it is a little too EMG 81ish for my tastes. As for the neck pickup I absolutely love the Fast Track 2 I have in there. It is warm, fat and smooth. I love it's lead tone and am not a big fan of true single coils as awesome as the sinner is. It will be staying until Tim comes up with a single coil sized bucker.
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Re: Did I make the right choice?
« Reply #6 on: December 25, 2008, 02:33:22 AM »
Those Horus' are badass...
I recently got an open-coil C-pig for my Ibanez S540 tuned to C standard, mahogany body w/ flame maple top and back... Took me a while to fine-tune a good sound out of it but once you get it, it's simply amazing. Clear, aggressive and tight lows - not boomy at all.

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Re: Did I make the right choice?
« Reply #7 on: December 25, 2008, 02:44:18 AM »
It will be staying until Tim comes up with a single coil sized bucker.

You may be waiting a long long time  :lol:

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Re: Did I make the right choice?
« Reply #8 on: December 25, 2008, 02:54:51 AM »
amp(s)??? these determine soooo much, IMO.....My Mark series Boogies are high gain in a Metalllica/Petrucci way, but I find a mid output pup works best-allows the amp to really shine/allows you to dime in the amp's tone-retain attack-the pup is but part of the quest-good luck on yours!!!
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Re: Did I make the right choice?
« Reply #9 on: December 25, 2008, 10:35:05 PM »
It will be staying until Tim comes up with a single coil sized bucker.

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Re: Did I make the right choice?
« Reply #10 on: December 26, 2008, 03:48:43 PM »
It will be staying until Tim comes up with a single coil sized bucker.

Piledriver :)

The Sinner and Triogy single coils are really hot neck pickups that will rival any humbucker - The Sinner especially would match well with the C-Pig.

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Re: Did I make the right choice?
« Reply #11 on: December 26, 2008, 07:30:56 PM »
is the sinner/trilogy single coil hum canceling?

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Re: Did I make the right choice?
« Reply #12 on: December 26, 2008, 08:06:47 PM »
when the pig arrives can you post a photo of it? i'm very curious to see the battle worn black cover...
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Re: Did I make the right choice?
« Reply #13 on: December 26, 2008, 08:13:25 PM »
is the sinner/trilogy single coil hum canceling?
No, they're both "real" single-coils.  As pointed out elsewhere BKP don't make a single-coil sized humbucker.

FWIW I don't get this obsession with hum cancelling SCs (not that I'm accusing vejiita of obsession, just that this subject comes up a lot :)).  They compromise single coil tone to solve what is basically a non-problem.

I'm not denying that 60-cycle hum exists - of course it does & yes, you can hear it.  But unless you use absolutely bucketloads of gain & volume, have an amp that's already noisy, cr@ppy cables, no noisegate & dimmer switches in your house, then it's fairly unobtrusive once you start playing.  If you want to do neck solos over mega gain, a single coil of any model probably isn't the best choice anyway.

In other words, the sort of applications where you need hum-cancelling would be better served with a proper humbucker anyway, not for the hum-cancelling itself, but for the tone.  A stacked/rails SC-sized 'bucker does neither SC sound as well as an SC nor 'bucker sound as well as a proper 'bucker.

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Re: Did I make the right choice?
« Reply #14 on: December 26, 2008, 10:50:24 PM »
I suggested the Sinner as a match to your Warpig as I think they'll compliment each-other.  Once you hear the Warpig, your hum-cancelling neck SC will sound flat in comparison.

The small amount of hum from single coils has never bothered me, I really don't see how people get hung up on it.