Closer BKP pickups than the L-500XL bill lawrence (b&b)

[Mr.CirKus]

Hi, so everything is in the title !!

I like the billy & becky wylde L-500XL bill lawrence pickups so anybody knows if there a bare knuckle sounding close to that ??


Thx

[darkbluemurder]

In one guitar I went from the Wilde L-500XL to the Miracle Man and from there to the Cold Sweat. The Miracle Man sounded similar to the L-500XL but with a bit less power. The Cold Sweat is brighter.

However - what is the benefit in changing a pickup with one that sounds the same?

Cheers Stephan

[Mr.CirKus]

In one guitar I went from the Wilde L-500XL to the Miracle Man and from there to the Cold Sweat. The Miracle Man sounded similar to the L-500XL but with a bit less power. The Cold Sweat is brighter.

Thx for the answer, can you please tell more about that, why did you change 2 times and what do you prefer in each of them, (do you prefer the miracle man instead of the wylde, do prefer bare knuckle etc..)

However - what is the benefit in changing a pickup with one that sounds the same?

It's because I'm in a guitar building project and the look of the pickup will be very important, i always loved the nuno bridge tone so...  :)

[ericsabbath]

the lawrence is far more scooped than both miracle man and cold sweat, in my experience
both bkps have more low end and mids
tonally, the cold sweat was a little closer
both made the lawrence sound like a very thin sounding single coil in comparison

the only bkp I tried that had that sort of midscoop was the neck nailbomb

[darkbluemurder]

Thx for the answer, can you please tell more about that, why did you change 2 times and what do you prefer in each of them, (do you prefer the miracle man instead of the wylde, do prefer bare knuckle etc..)

For that particular guitar the Cold Sweat turned out to be my favorite. The other two had just too much output and made the guitar sound too compressed.

What I like about Bare Knuckle pickups is that they are very clear and articulate and you can find the right model to enhance specific aspects of a given guitar. The L-500 XL is great, too - I have it in another guitar right now where it works really well (that one needed a bit help in output) but it's much more a matter whether it matches the guitar.
 
Cheers Stephan