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richard

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Pickup comparison vid
« on: March 08, 2012, 06:02:06 PM »
Thought the metal players would be interested in this -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFjMGHuNpOg
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Re: Pickup comparison vid
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2012, 09:31:33 PM »
That was interresting. To me the Pig kicked the Invaders ass big time. Invader was so harsh, mushy and all in comparison.
The distortion held up better, but still lost. The AM had overall better quality and the top end did not have that horrible harshness.

All in all the BKPs won by quite a bit to me, though the Pig crushed itīs counterpart a lot more.
My fav sound was the AM, really like that bottom end.
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Re: Pickup comparison vid
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2012, 09:41:29 PM »
To me the Pig kicked the Invaders ass big time.
My fav sound was the AM, really like that bottom end.

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Re: Pickup comparison vid
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2012, 12:34:04 AM »
If You Claim You Can Hear Any Difference In Tone You Are Full Of shite.

Sounds Like He Didn't Even Swap The Pickups And Just Recorded With Whatever His Favorite Is.

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Re: Pickup comparison vid
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2012, 06:35:49 AM »
I must admit that I couldn't hear much difference in the rythm clips. Might be due to seeing the vid in my laptop. In the solo clips it was easier to hear the difference and to me the Warpig had the best tone here as I found it more organic than the other three pickups.
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DoomBuggi

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Re: Pickup comparison vid
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2012, 06:38:59 AM »
You guys seriously couldn't hear any difference?

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Re: Pickup comparison vid
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2012, 06:45:51 AM »
If You Claim You Can Hear Any Difference In Tone You Are Full Of shitee.

Sounds Like He Didn't Even Swap The Pickups And Just Recorded With Whatever His Favorite Is.

Get some better speakers....


Anyway i like the Distortion in this video, closely followed by the warpig
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Re: Pickup comparison vid
« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2012, 05:42:14 PM »
Well, you did a great job here, thanks.

I would like to see also other BKP comparison videos, i would like to hear comparisons for the Holydiver and miracleman.

Could someone post a videos like this.


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Re: Pickup comparison vid
« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2012, 09:41:30 AM »
Do a blindfold test and see how you go!! :lol:

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Re: Pickup comparison vid
« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2012, 08:31:05 PM »
If You Claim You Can Hear Any Difference In Tone You Are Full Of shiteeee.

If you can't hear a difference between the Invader and the Aftermath, you seriously need to get your ears checked. I'm not even being facetious here. I am actually literally recommending that you see a doctor, because even on cheap computer speakers I immediately heard it. Through studio headphones it's a relatively drastic difference. I'm worried for you. (Also, please stop capitalizing every word.)

The Aftermath had way more detail. You can hear it in the pick attack, you can hear it in the immediate dryness. It's naturally squeaky tight, and the Duncans are mushy. The tone Keith is using isn't quite saturated enough to hide that. In the chugging part you can hear the immediate start/stop nature of the Aftermath's tightness. It also has a more open sounding midrange that's still angrier than the Duncans.

Whether any of this counts as something you want in your tone is a personal question, but for me, the Aftermath definitely has a lot more going on than the Duncans. The Warpig also sounds bigger and more intense, and has a thick pick attack that's still noticeable with this tone, even through computer speakers.
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Re: Pickup comparison vid
« Reply #10 on: March 11, 2012, 08:27:00 AM »
I really like the Warpig in this clip, followed by the Duncan Distortion, then Aftermath then Invader.

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Re: Pickup comparison vid
« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2012, 09:28:49 AM »
Warpig sounds the best to me and itīs most balanced...Second I like Duncan Distortion..Aftermath has no "sauce" and sounds a bit sterile... Invader sounds flubby and itīs like under blanket..Actualy this video has convinced me that I want Warpig so badly...Donīt listen it on PC speakers and simply use good studio headphones youīll nicely hear the difference...
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Re: Pickup comparison vid
« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2012, 10:04:29 AM »
Hm, I've relistened to this in HD and with my Beyerdynamic headphones; the differences aren't very big, still. The Warpig sounds best, but it's a bit scary how similar the Invader sounds on the chugs.
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