BKP Juggernauts ?

[lamp]

PS Tim also suggested I try the Juggernaut - he says its very versatile - might have to go for that!!!  8)

Tim also suggested again the Juggernaut so I'm quite tempted to try that too

Now this has got me interested in the Juggernaut all of a sudden.

[Lucas]

I would love to see some comparison to another BKP pups from contemporary range (HD,MM,Nailbomb) especially as well as Juggernauts compared with EMG 81/60 set. Juggernauts will be more open and dynamic than EMG for sure but being curious tone-wise.

[Cam_H]

I would love to see some comparison to another BKP pups from contemporary range (HD,MM,Nailbomb) especially as well as Juggernauts compared with EMG 81/60 set. Juggernauts will be more open and dynamic than EMG for sure but being curious tone-wise.

Well the Black Hawks are meant to be the EMG replacement. Spec wise, they look fat like a Tone Zone. Big bass, but the exception being tight like a ceramic. They're a pickup unto themself. I don't think there's a pickup out there that will be anything like this. I've only seen the ceramic/alnico hybrid done once, and I believe that was from Bulldog pickups as a custom order.

I agree though and would like to hear comparisons :)

[darkandrew]

I've only seen the ceramic/alnico hybrid done once, and I believe that was from Bulldog pickups as a custom order.

EMG's new '66' pickup also uses an Alnico / Ceramic combination but with an Alnico V magnet and ceramic pole-pieces. It looks as though pickup designers are becoming more and more creative in terms of the materials they use and the way they use them, which can only be a good thing for us.

[Cam_H]

I've only seen the ceramic/alnico hybrid done once, and I believe that was from Bulldog pickups as a custom order.

EMG's new '66' pickup also uses an Alnico / Ceramic combination but with an Alnico V magnet and ceramic pole-pieces. It looks as though pickup designers are becoming more and more creative in terms of the materials they use and the way they use them, which can only be a good thing for us.

Well you never know, in 30 years, we could be looking back on Alnico/Ceramic pups like we look back on PAFs. Musical gear will always be evolving. I look forward to future seeing what happens. It would be really cool if BKP was still going strong in 30 years (well DiMarzio and Seymour Duncan have) and lookng back at posts made on the forum 30 years earlier and reminiscing on the "old" gear that today is revolutionary haha

[FELINEGUITARS]

It's certainly not a new concept - I was having Kent Armstrong make me pickups with a mix of ceramic and alnico in the same pickup 20+ years ago.

But it seems to be an idea whose time has come round again and hopefully we'll have some fun with it

[littleredguitars2]

BKP just posted this one on their FB page

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkIiMvfpgJg

and i'm going to throw this out there, i think he made those pickups sound AWESOME.

[Kiichi]

Damn...lets stop posting examples of this PU, ok? The more I hear of this the more I get GAS.
That newest one littleredguitars2 posted has some sounds I would really love to get for my In Flames style drop A# riffing. Adding my own bit of flavour to those and I am home.

[littleredguitars2]

Seriously!  The clip I posted has me wanting a set now. 

[GuitarIv]

Damn G.A.S. and damn BKP! Now I need to add them juggs to my "need to have" list together with the Rebel Yell and the Blackhawks. My poor student wallet  :(

[littleredguitars2]

seriously. i'm feeling the same way. but i dont think i have any guitar that would suit that pickup.

es335 - definitely not
les paul just got a set of rebel yells.
telecaster is being sold
3 alder body strats. which i dont think would suit the pickup...

i do eventually plan on buying another les paul when i get my tax return next year. but i was thinking of getting either Mules for it. or going the metal route and putting mules or something similar into the es335. not sure.

[Kiichi]

Actually I can see them work in strats in my mind. I mean that slightly rounded high end the generally slightly dark and smooth voicing...seems pretty well fitting for a strat.
Where would you see the issue?

[Dave Sloven]

telecaster is being sold

You obviously haven't heard any clips of the Piledrivers ...

I'm warning you, it could give you GAS

[littleredguitars2]

telecaster is being sold

You obviously haven't heard any clips of the Piledrivers ...

I'm warning you, it could give you GAS

the tele is only being sold because i just dont play it enough anymore. and its an HH tele anyway. but yes i know the piledriver well.

Actually I can see them work in strats in my mind. I mean that slightly rounded high end the generally slightly dark and smooth voicing...seems pretty well fitting for a strat.
Where would you see the issue?

yeah maybe you're right

[Arcturus]

Do you happen to know, how the alnicos and the ceramic magnets are assembled inside of the bridge pickup?
Are those two identical coils consisting of ceramic magnets with alnico parts (or the other way around), or does each coil have a different magnet built in, resulting in a completely different module?

Im wondering, if i could use the pickup as two completely different coils, when i play them in split.