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Dr. Vic

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Pickups and guitar woods combinations : Do and Don't
« on: June 02, 2009, 05:11:12 PM »
Back again with the idea of this topic, trying to put it differently this time.... So, my question is :
 
What are your good and bad experiences of guitar / BKP matches. Describe the specifications of the guitar and also your rig, in order to explain more largely why you considered it as a good or bad match regarding the tone you wanted. 

The purpose is to figure out what are the best combinations and the ones to avoid, (especially to understand the woods / pickups « alchemy », each time it's possible).

It would be great to use this tread as a little reference guide for all BKP users !
Start your input with the name of the pickup you've tested like « NB do » or  « BD don't ».
As a result it will make it easier, at the end, for everyone to quickly look at what he his looking for....

Cheers!  :drink:
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Copperhead

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Re: Pickups and guitar woods combinations : Do and Don't
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2009, 07:05:01 PM »
CS Don't Do! (neck)
Swamp ash body, maple neck, pau ferro board, Floyd. Waaaay too much harsh treble.
MQ Do!
See above guitar^^^

Krank Revolution Series One, Clean clean tones up to modern rock, not too "metal"; standard tuning.
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BKPs: Nail Bombsss, Mississippi Queen, BKP-91, Cold Sweat, mystery humbucker, Supermassive

Mr.Coneman

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Re: Pickups and guitar woods combinations : Do and Don't
« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2009, 09:01:40 PM »
Interesting topic, I can't really chime in because the pickup change my guitar is going through is the first time for me (changing to BKP obviously!).

I'm putting a Cold Sweat, MQ, and Riff Raff, into a Les Paul...mahogany body, rosewood neck...
I'll let you know.

I'll keep an eye on this thread for future ideas.
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Epiphone Les Paul Black Beauty > Cold Sweat + Mississippi Queen + Riff Raff

CL Aurora Super Strat > Calibrated Holy Divers with coil tap.

sebby123

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Re: Pickups and guitar woods combinations : Do and Don't
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2009, 09:13:29 PM »
Les Paul + Cold sweat = Amazing!
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the prince of shred

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Re: Pickups and guitar woods combinations : Do and Don't
« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2009, 09:14:59 PM »
Quote from: sebby123 on June 04, 2009, 09:13:29 PM
Les Paul + Cold sweat = Amazing!

what type of lp though? (weight how much maple to mahog etc.?)
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Transcend

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Re: Pickups and guitar woods combinations : Do and Don't
« Reply #5 on: June 04, 2009, 09:47:29 PM »
Miracle Man + les paul style guitar = Amazing

Metal/ hard rock i play through a pod and it sounds awesome but i played through a friends 5150 and it sounded amazing
Solid mahogany body
mahogany neck
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sebby123

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Re: Pickups and guitar woods combinations : Do and Don't
« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2009, 04:04:14 AM »
Quote from: the prince of shred on June 04, 2009, 09:14:59 PM
Quote from: sebby123 on June 04, 2009, 09:13:29 PM
Les Paul + Cold sweat = Amazing!

what type of lp though? (weight how much maple to mahog etc.?)

Any les paul to be honest!
Even in a les paul custom with a huge maple top it sounds amazing.

Mines a studio though.
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Denim n Leather

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Re: Pickups and guitar woods combinations : Do and Don't
« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2009, 04:41:09 AM »
There is no best. Only what is best for you. Even a terrible combination can sound perfect in certain circumstances.
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Keven

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Re: Pickups and guitar woods combinations : Do and Don't
« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2009, 06:01:51 AM »
Black Dog Do = Swamp Ash Body. Maple Neck. 7 string optional.

very creamy balanced tone in the mids/mid high. powerful but soft low end, soft high end that chimes when you pick harder. nice cleans even at the bridge. so much response to pick attack and color i've changed pick materials (from ultex to nylon) :D

from my limited experience. this is the best advice i can give. i have a mule neck but that can pretty much sound good anywhere so my opinion doesn't matter
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Black Dog8-Riff Raff8 / Black Dog7-Mule7
C-Bomb Set / Blackhawk Bridge
Holydiver Set/ BG50 Set

DimeZakk

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Re: Pickups and guitar woods combinations : Do and Don't
« Reply #9 on: June 05, 2009, 12:13:16 PM »
NO: NAILBOMB BRIDGE in an All Mahagony Flying V with Ebony board > muddy and dark tone can't cut through an all mahagony guitar! I guess it's the same with a Holy Diver but it's no problem with A-Pigs...

YES: NAILBOMB in mahagony guitars with a maple cap and/or a maple neck. Miracle Mans in a Les Paul Standard. Warpigs in a SG style guitar

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Twinfan

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Re: Pickups and guitar woods combinations : Do and Don't
« Reply #10 on: June 05, 2009, 12:21:05 PM »
VHIIs - Don't Do!

PRS McCarty, solid rosewood neck, mahogany body, maple top.  Around 8lbs in weight, light coloured rosewood neck, very resonant guitar.

VHIIs were too bright and cutting, almost like a Tele.  Just too thin and scratchy sounding.

HD's - Do!

Different PRS McCarty, solid rosewood neck, mahogany body, maple top.  Again around 8lbs in weight, darker coloured rosewood neck, not quite as resonant as the guitar above but almost identical.

HDs are superb here both full coils and split.  Quite fat sounding but tight enough for classic rock and heavy gain.  This is my current #1 for gigging.

HDs are Zebra, VHIIs are double black:

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Roobubba

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Re: Pickups and guitar woods combinations : Do and Don't
« Reply #11 on: June 05, 2009, 02:13:05 PM »
<<BD do>>

Wez Venables custom baritone 6 string, multiscale 26.5" treble to 28" bass, bubinga wings, wenge topped maple-bubinga-wenge-bubinga-maple neck-through, strung-through body and with 14-68 gauge strings in drop A.

Hope that's not too specific for anyone.

Roo
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Denim n Leather

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Re: Pickups and guitar woods combinations : Do and Don't
« Reply #12 on: June 05, 2009, 02:35:03 PM »
DO -- make up your own mind instead of expecting a bunch of 1s and 0s to spoon-feed some magic formula to you.
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Gizmo

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Re: Pickups and guitar woods combinations : Do and Don't
« Reply #13 on: June 05, 2009, 02:37:27 PM »
Twinfan, do you think a MQ Neck and Crawler Bridge would work well in those guitars?
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Philly Q

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Re: Pickups and guitar woods combinations : Do and Don't
« Reply #14 on: June 05, 2009, 02:49:19 PM »
Quote from: Denim n Leather on June 05, 2009, 04:41:09 AM
There is no best. Only what is best for you. Even a terrible combination can sound perfect in certain circumstances.

Quote from: Denim n Leather on June 05, 2009, 02:35:03 PM
DO -- make up your own mind instead of expecting a bunch of 1s and 0s to spoon-feed some magic formula to you.


I'm getting a vague feeling that you might be a teensy bit sceptical about the usefulness of this thread.  :wink:

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BKPs I've Got:  RR, BKP-91, ITs, VHII, CS set, Emeralds
BKPs I Had:  RY+Abraxas, Crawlers, BD+SM
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