Nuno Bettencourt tone , grown right here in the UK. Which BKPs

[_Jono_]

hi forum,

I'm looking for a pair of humbuckers to slot into an old '89 RG570 (basswood body with maple neck and rosewood board) with a view to capturing a tone that resembles Nuno's tone somewhere between the second and third extremem albums.

Everyone says I'll need a Bill Lawrence pickup, but I'm wary of having one sent from America when I'm not 100% sure of the hype and the mystique of which is the right one to get.  BKP seems to offer a wide range of pickups and also lets me "buy British".

So where to from here?

[ericsabbath]

cold sweat for the bridge, riff raff for neck

[_Jono_]

Thanks Erik, your advice is greatly appreciated :)

[darkbluemurder]

I agree with Eric. The Cold Sweat bridge comes very close to the tone Nuno has in "Decadence Dance" of the Pornograffiti album. Don't know about the neck pickup really - does he use it at all?

Cheers Stephan

[ericsabbath]

I agree with Eric. The Cold Sweat bridge comes very close to the tone Nuno has in "Decadence Dance" of the Pornograffiti album. Don't know about the neck pickup really - does he use it at all?

Cheers Stephan

he uses a duncan '59, but most of his tones are bridge only

[Attica!]

Tim told me the Riff Raff neck is the closest to the Duncan '59, so maybe that may be a starting point?

[Mr.CirKus]

hi forum,

I'm looking for a pair of humbuckers to slot into an old '89 RG570 (basswood body with maple neck and rosewood board) with a view to capturing a tone that resembles Nuno's tone somewhere between the second and third extremem albums.

Everyone says I'll need a Bill Lawrence pickup, but I'm wary of having one sent from America when I'm not 100% sure of the hype and the mystique of which is the right one to get.  BKP seems to offer a wide range of pickups and also lets me "buy British".

So where to from here?

Hi Jono, so what did you do ?

[darrenw5094]

Hi Jono, so what did you do ?

Jono only posted twice on here and that was over a year ago. One a side note, i would have said the Mule neck would cover the SH-1 '59.