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Elliot

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Re: NGD - Stratocaster (not quite finished)
« Reply #15 on: May 14, 2009, 11:18:42 PM »
This is why we should have more BKP London jams = to force you to finish projects to bring something along (and to get BrOOtaliZed by JM's Koch  :D)
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Re: NGD - Stratocaster (not quite finished)
« Reply #16 on: May 14, 2009, 11:35:42 PM »
Quote from: Elliot on May 14, 2009, 11:18:42 PM
This is why we should have more BKP London jams = to force you to finish projects to bring something along (and to get BrOOtaliZed by JM's Koch  :D)

Might make me practice more too.

(Although let's face it, that's pie in the sky...  :wink: )
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Re: NGD - Stratocaster (not quite finished)
« Reply #17 on: May 14, 2009, 11:52:05 PM »
Don't need ones in London need ones in Manchester !!
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Re: NGD - Stratocaster (not quite finished)
« Reply #18 on: May 15, 2009, 12:53:44 AM »
Do BKP do pre-wired HSS sets?
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Re: NGD - Stratocaster (not quite finished)
« Reply #19 on: May 15, 2009, 01:07:00 AM »
Quote from: indysmith on May 15, 2009, 12:53:44 AM
Do BKP do pre-wired HSS sets?

I would ask Tim (this is my third edit, lol..)
« Last Edit: May 15, 2009, 01:11:28 AM by Jonny »
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Re: NGD - Stratocaster (not quite finished)
« Reply #20 on: May 15, 2009, 01:10:48 AM »
But they don't come with a pickguard do they? The "prewired guards" page only mentions the service being available for single-coil sets...
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Re: NGD - Stratocaster (not quite finished)
« Reply #21 on: May 15, 2009, 01:12:00 AM »
Quote from: indysmith on May 15, 2009, 01:10:48 AM
But they don't come with a pickguard do they? The "prewired guards" page only mentions the service being available for single-coil sets...
Yeah I forgot you meant with the pickguard, I would ask Tim (as my third edit)
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Re: NGD - Stratocaster (not quite finished)
« Reply #22 on: May 15, 2009, 08:37:12 AM »
Nice looking geetar Indy :D

I personally like the strat bridge pickup as well, now that I've got ITs (didn't used to before). Mine haven't got baseplates, and for me I'm not sure I'd need them - I have other guitars doing those jobs, and none of those can do the strat bridge job...

But, I have been tempted several times over the years by sticking a tele bridge in a strat. If I was building from parts (and I still had a conventional strat) that's what I'd do at the moment.

Out of the BKPs I've tried, if I was using an IT middle and neck, I'd personally go for a Yardbirds bridge - I find it slightly less "grrrr!!" than the Blackguard Flat 50, and so I think it might blend in better with the strat pups (which, conceivably, could defeat the object of the exercise :lol:)

Great picture of LG there Philly - even the hat and shirt :D
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Crazy_Joe

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Re: NGD - Stratocaster (not quite finished)
« Reply #23 on: May 15, 2009, 12:02:13 PM »
I like it. Slap some BKP's in and it will be unstoppable!
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Re: NGD - Stratocaster (not quite finished)
« Reply #24 on: May 15, 2009, 01:54:07 PM »
Quote from: indysmith on May 14, 2009, 06:14:24 PM
Hmmm that sounds like an attractive option! Anyone else here rocking baseplates? What do yu think?

I have a set of Apaches with a baseplate on the bridge pickup and I like the extra grunt it offers.  If I were trying to say what it does to the tone I'd say that it is still very definitely a Strat sound but with more punch.  If a Tele has bite, this has punch. Does that make any sense?

I did a lttle demo here:

http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=15667.0

From about 2:30 in there's a baseplated Apache with some overdrive on it.  I don't know if that helps at all?  Love the guitar by the way.
« Last Edit: May 15, 2009, 06:44:26 PM by Andrew W »
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Re: NGD - Stratocaster (not quite finished)
« Reply #25 on: May 15, 2009, 06:31:53 PM »
Thanks guys - I emailed Tim and he said that yes they can do a Prewired guard with a HSS set. It totals £245 for the lot, which is just RIDICULOUS for me.
I really don't know what to do because I've been LOVING this guitar - it's awesome; I've been playing it for hours! (It's already starting to wear where my arm has been - the matte finish is getting all shiny, :lol: ) but I really don't know if I can justify spending that amount of money on more guitar stuff, lol.
Hmmmm.
Noone has a prewired set they'd like to sell do they?
I really wish I'd just bought steve's irish tour pickguard blind. I asked for pics, and then he took some and asked me for my email address but by the time i'd PM'd him back he'd sold them to someone else!
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Re: NGD - Stratocaster (not quite finished)
« Reply #26 on: May 15, 2009, 07:27:34 PM »
I'm not trying to deprive BKP of a sale, but if the cost of a set of BKPs is totally out of the question, you could try some Tonerider pickups as a stop-gap.

I haven't actually tried them, but they're supposed to be really good (for the money).   A set of single-coils is about £60-£70 and a humbucker is about £30.

http://www.tonerider.com/

Unless it absolutely has to be a prewired set?

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Re: NGD - Stratocaster (not quite finished)
« Reply #27 on: May 15, 2009, 07:37:08 PM »
BG pickups! :P Great value for money though they might be a bit more expensive now, when I got em it was about £60 for a whole set shipped from america.
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Re: NGD - Stratocaster (not quite finished)
« Reply #28 on: May 15, 2009, 08:09:49 PM »
I really don't want another stop-gap since that's basically where i'm at at the moment!
I'm gonna have to just do it or not do it...
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Re: NGD - Stratocaster (not quite finished)
« Reply #29 on: May 15, 2009, 08:19:02 PM »
As I said I preferred the neck one to the neck Trilogy Suite I had before.. More clarity and sounded bigger somehow.
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