Irish Tour BKP for ...

[MichouAlakreum]

Hello,

I have an old Strat-like guitar, basswood body, maple bolt-on neck with a rosewood fretboard. Actually equipped with a no-name 3 single coil pickups. So my question is, will the Irish Tour set sound great on my guitar ? I will also change the capacitors for some paper-in-oil caps.

Thanks.

[Kiichi]

Welcome to the forum mate!

Yes, they will sound great I think...but so will other BKPs. Really depends on the style you play / sound you want to get. Give us some info on that and we can help you further! ;)

[MichouAlakreum]

Thanks !

I'm playing essentially punk, ska, hardcore punk, and alternative rock. Grunge sometimes. But i'm not a solo player. I'm looking for such a versatile and balanced sound, I don't want to have a guitar optimised for a definite style. Do you think that my guitar will sound as shown in this sound clip ? Can I play both clear and distorted sounds with this IT set ?

P.S. : Please excuse my English, I'm a frog ;)

[Telerocker]

Welcome! The IT's handle clean and overdrive well. For grunge take a look at the Trilogies. They sound a bit more modern, but are very nice too and have way more output then IT's. The IT's are voiced like a beefed up early sixties sound, so quite vintage.

[MichouAlakreum]

The IT's are voiced like a beefed up early sixties sound, so quite vintage.

That's what i'm looking for. =) Thank you.

[BigB]

Do you think that my guitar will sound as shown in this sound clip ?

Good pups tend to react differently on different guitars, and basswood is not alder. Oh, and yes, amp, cab, strings, pick and fingers do make a difference too ;)

This set apart, you can expect something having about the same "character" in the end - the SH neck and mid and TS bridge were close enough to the clips on my thick-heavy-maple-body maple-neck maple-fretboard "strat-like" Vox Standard 25 - bare the difference between this guitar and a "true" strat.

Can I play both clear and distorted sounds with this IT set ?

Quite a few players managed to get great crunch-or-more tones from 60s / vintage voiced strats. wrt/ clean tones, this shouldn't be a problem. That is, unless your guitar sounds cr@p unplugged...