Did you email Bare Knuckle for their official recommendation? That is often the best approach.
Yea this is want I did this morning and already received a first reply.
Ben brought it down: I am torn between two worlds.
I think there are two options:
taking a modern high output humbucker set or hotter vintage ones.
I GUESS with a modern pu set I couldn't achieve a moderate gain sound because of the metal amp with less upper mids/edge to cut through. I am already using a minus boost pedal on the red channel to turn down the output of the 500T by the way. The result is a bit less gain but also less life and transients...
It is a shame that there is not a modern tone demo of the Rebel Yells because they really handle high gain beautifully well. I have a set in a Les Paul Standard and it makes my Dual Rectifier growl like crazy. It definitely has more of that 'classic rock' / Marshall upper mid character to the tone, something which I love.
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The output is NOT the same as a ceramic though. They'll do great punk / hardcore tones but you'll most likely have to boost your head to get into modern metal territory. These MAY be what you want but you might find them a bit weak.
Yea I definetly like to listen how they handle the "modern hi gain" so far...
Second option: A hotter vintage setup would offer this more marshall kinda mids.
These mids are what I am looking for! With the setup I got right now, I can't get those mids (and tone!!! 1-2k...) because there are just not there. I think this situation wouldn't improve with a pu set like the nailbombs. But this is just an impression!
The question is how far will I be able to kick, for example the RYs, into a more punchy and tight sound with fatness playing palmmuted stuff.
I mean... the Uberschall has enough balls, but does it really fit together?
I even got enough pedals, TS and Boosts to crank it up. Temporarily I am using them for pushing the clean into crunshy sounds. Which sounds way better with more flexibility by the way then the red channel! :shock:
Hopefully my last question :)
Is it a bit similar to fish or fowl?
I mean is it about chosing a classical pu set and living with the loss of tight, fat punch or chosing a modern setup with probably too much output, causing less gain and tone flexibility on the uber? :?
The only thing I am pretty sure of is to chose an alnico V.
To resume: I think there are more arguments to pick the rebell yells as most of you guys already recommended.
Thank you so much guys! Really appreciating it :D
This conversation has brought me forward a lot!