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Which pickups for 6 string exotic custom guitar?

Painkiller set
0 (0%)
Miracle man set
4 (57.1%)
Painkiller bridge / VHII neck
2 (28.6%)
Miracle man bridge / VHII neck
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other? (please post you opinion)
1 (14.3%)

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4Eyes

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Pickups recomendation for 6string exotic guitar
« on: May 18, 2010, 10:41:53 AM »
Hello,

I would like to ask you, bkp freaks :), what pickups do you recommend me for guitar with specs:
- mahogany body (35mm) witch european walnut top (15mm)
- 5pc santos (bolivian) rosewood neck with ebony fillets, ebony fretboard
- 25" scale, schaller hannes bridge
- string gauge 10-52, tunning mainly dropped D (or standard E)

Mainly I play metal, hardrock, but I also would like to have nice cleans in midlle position with split coils on both pickups. I just use only one volume pot, no other tone controls, only volume and 3 way pickup switch.

Guitar is bright soundig. It has tight low ends and lot of hi mids and presence, currently there is SD SH4/SH2 set. I spoke with Tim from BKP and he recommended me Painkiller calibrated set, but I would like to hear another suggestions and opinions, thanks for answers :)
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Re: Pickups recomendation for 6string exotic guitar
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2010, 11:54:32 AM »
I might suggest Miracle Man set
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Re: Pickups recomendation for 6string exotic guitar
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2010, 01:09:00 PM »
I might suggest Miracle Man set

I agree, great set for hard rock.
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Re: Pickups recomendation for 6string exotic guitar
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2010, 03:08:01 PM »
Pics or it's a lie and the guitar doesn't exist :P

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Re: Pickups recomendation for 6string exotic guitar
« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2010, 03:14:35 PM »
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Re: Pickups recomendation for 6string exotic guitar
« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2010, 09:37:20 AM »
Poll added, please vote, thx  PDT_003
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Re: Pickups recomendation for 6string exotic guitar
« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2010, 02:03:47 PM »
Holy Diver bridge, Cold Sweat Neck.


Just my 2p :)

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Re: Pickups recomendation for 6string exotic guitar
« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2010, 07:58:35 AM »
finally I chose PK bridge / VHII neck, I took them from the post office in the morning and will load them into the guitar on the next weekend. I'm really looking forward to hear how they'll sound in my guitar in comparison with the old SD SH4/SH2 set  :)

also many thanks to Tim for the great customer support
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Re: Pickups recomendation for 6string exotic guitar
« Reply #8 on: July 05, 2010, 10:12:13 AM »
and here is the guitar with the new pickups

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Re: Pickups recomendation for 6string exotic guitar
« Reply #9 on: July 05, 2010, 07:15:24 PM »
Sorry, I didn't see this thread again, don't know why! That's a beautifull guitar!

How do you like the pickups?

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Re: Pickups recomendation for 6string exotic guitar
« Reply #10 on: July 05, 2010, 07:48:41 PM »
That's a beautifull guitar!
thanks :)

How do you like the pickups?
totally satisfied :) it's similar to the duncans which I had before in the way of output, but slightly different, more tight in the bridge, maybe more bottom end, nad more punch in the mids. and more smooth in the neck. and also I can get nice clean tones with them
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Re: Pickups recomendation for 6string exotic guitar
« Reply #11 on: July 05, 2010, 08:16:12 PM »
that bridge:tailpiece oozes quality, v beautiful

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Re: Pickups recomendation for 6string exotic guitar
« Reply #12 on: July 08, 2010, 04:47:44 PM »
the guitar was used as main guitar for mike hasty of walls of jericho during their show here in kosice, slovakia, last night. it sounded awsome through the engl savage halfstack with the new bkp's :)
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Re: Pickups recomendation for 6string exotic guitar
« Reply #13 on: January 03, 2011, 10:29:16 AM »
I went lower, now the tuning is Dropped C, using 11-15-22w-30-42-60 Ernie ball strings and...it sound's amazing now. this guitar loves low tunings and heavy gauge strings  :) I love that feeling when I strum the low C and I feel the guitar vibrations in my stomach.

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Re: Pickups recomendation for 6string exotic guitar
« Reply #14 on: January 03, 2011, 10:34:31 AM »
That is beautiful! Glad you're enjoying the BKPs :)