Tim's new coloured bobbins

[hunter]

Quote from Tim in latest news:

We have finally got our coloured celluloid butyrate bobbins finished and these are now available in both standard and wide spaced options. Colours available- red, blue, green, yellow and white along with our regular cream and black. We can also do zebras in any colour combination. Pics to follow soon-they look wicked!

AWESOME!

We want pics!!!

I have visions of a black Les Paul with red Mules in it ...

[jibidy]

Blue bobs for my Blueburst fretking!!

COOL

[Philly Q]

I wonder if this news has come too late for the chap with a Voodoo Les Paul?

Looking forward to the pics.

Is "celluloid butyrate" a different material from the current bobbins?  

[Afghan Dave]

No PINK!  :( :(

(cue the chorus of "there's just no pleasing some people)  :P

Can't wait to see em...

[Jonny]

I was looking for this topic - they sound bloody awesome :D

Can't wait to see some photos he's gonna post.

[dave_mc]

i've got coloured swinesheads in my RG, and they look great. I assume the BKPs will look similarly great. They'd only suit certain guitars (in my opinion), but they'd look badass in the ones they do suit.

[gingataff]

No PINK!  :( :(

(cue the chorus of "there's just no pleasing some people)  :P

Can't wait to see em...

I'm a fan of pink bobbins too, and after reading the message I had to get out my Desert Yellow RG550 (with a plain old black Miracle Man set, plugged into a DIY valvecaster and then into a VOX Lead AmPlug) and make up some Lynch-esque riffs.

I'm wondering that if Tim can get these bobbins in both standard and wide, can he get the purple ones in wide as well?

[WezV]

Is "celluloid butyrate" a different material from the current bobbins?   

IIRC its the 'authentic' material for pickup bobbins.  i.e  its what PAF's had!

i think all BKP's humbucker bobbins are made from it - i dont know if any other coloured bobbins are or if many other pickup makers still use it

[Afghan Dave]

.....can he get the purple ones in wide as well?

Great minds think alike!

I would love purple Holy Divers on my RG570 (Andy Timmons style) but I need F-space wide pickups.  :?

[murraymurray]

cool, but now it adds more decisions to choosing what pickups you want.
i wonder what colour would look good with a laser blue RG550
maybe red/white zebra in the neck, blue for the single and green/yellow bridge.  8)

[mecca777]

cool, but now it adds more decisions to choosing what pickups you want.
i wonder what colour would look good with a laser blue RG550
maybe red/white zebra in the neck, blue for the single and green/yellow bridge.  8)

I started having exactly the same thoughts as soon as I saw this news, except that I have a laser blue RG670DX which is crying out for BKPs. My current thinking is that all-blue would be boring, so I'm torn between the classy option of black/blue zebra humbuckers with a black single, or the less restrained (bridge to neck) red/yellow, green, blue/purple.

Decisions, decisions... :)

[Oli]

Nice, will have to find a guitar to put some in :)

[il˙ti]

Sweet dude. I remember asking for this about a year ago, and they listened and stocked them up. Thank you BKP!

Are these available for 7 and 8 strings as well?

[FernandoDuarte]

Pics or it never existed :lol:

[gingataff]

We will ask our supplier if he can get any different coloured bobbins. In about a month our bobbin tool will be finished, so we can offer different ones then!

As you can see this has been on the cards for quite a while 8)