What next from BKP?

[Guitarteach]

I've had to go to other makers to get what i needed sometimes. 

Although i have quite a few guitars and can justify a particular BKP to get a particular sound, the fact is that most of the time only or two are gigged regularly and they are the most versatile ones.

I had to go to Seymour Duncan for a set of SC size a humbuckers (Cool Rails and a Hot Rails) for my old Patrick Eggle LA to replace the original Kent Armstrongs. They do reasonable SC and HB sounds.

I see the Creamery have a SC sized HB rail pickup now and will probably get one so i have the same tone options on my No.2 guitar.  Would have gone for a BKP if it was a style that was offered.

I like the P-rails idea too as i am really getting into the P90 sound now and would like a clever option like Seymour Duncan has for that to get it into the live set with HB or Single Coil options.

My best pickup revelation was a Bill Lawrence L90 I put in a strat when i was a teen many years ago.   Not had that WOW!!!! since... Although a set of BKP Rebel Yells came close more recently.

Also can BKP stock some DPDT on-on-on miniswitches so i can do the full serial, parallel, SC switching :)

[darkbluemurder]

a ceramic crawler should be quite interesting

That would probably come closest to a SD.

Cheers Stephan

[Slartibartfarst42]

Or what about an alnico 8 Crawler? Or a hybrid?

[PK]

What I think would be cool is to have a bucker that can do both vintage and modern.
The way I envision it is to have a basic PAF type bucker (at around 7kOhm) with a vitage type wire with a coil tap for both coils. Now on top of that add another 6 to 7 kOhm of modern type wire, also with 2 leads coming out.
Now by adding coil 1 vintage in series with coil 1 modern, and that again in series with coil 2 vitage in series with coil 2 modern, you get a fat type of bucker.
But by using only the vintage parts in series you'll get a PAF type sound.
And maybe it's usefull if you put both modern winds in series.

And I havent even started yet with all the possibilities for combining different winds.............and there are like a gazilion diffierent parallel options.............

[FELINEGUITARS]

Well, I always still have a little hope that one day the BKP mini HBs will make a return. Letīs hope they will be profitatble sometime in the future.

[sarcasm font] If you can convince Tim that that is what Misha and Nolly are missing then it's more likely to happen [/sarcasm font]

[Philly Q]

Well, I always still have a little hope that one day the BKP mini HBs will make a return. Letīs hope they will be profitatble sometime in the future.

[sarcasm font] If you can convince Tim that that is what Misha and Nolly are missing then it's more likely to happen [/sarcasm font]

Ooooh, handbags!  :P

[Slartibartfarst42]

[sarcasm font] If you can convince Tim that that is what Misha and Nolly are missing then it's more likely to happen [/sarcasm font]

There does seem to have been a strong focus on developing modern, tight and aggressive pickups recently. The Aftermath, Black Hawk and Juggernaut all operate towards the same end of the market while the Super Distortion still isn't catered for and in comparison to the contemporary section, the vintage and vintage hot sections look quite sparse.

[ericsabbath]

Actually, the aftermath sounds a lot like a HD x PK crossover, so it's not it's not a modern metal one trick pony

The blackhawk seems to have a hi fi caracter that might work for lots of styles outside metal and rock music

The juggernaut is still an incognite, as all clips are more of the same, but from specs alone, I'd expect it to do be at least as versatile as a miracle man or nailbomb, probably as much as a cold sweat

Although those models were associated with an specific style, it's no different than what bkp's been doing since the begining with the pickups names

[FELINEGUITARS]

Tim is no fool and the modern tech metal is where the money is at the moment
BKP put all sorts of things up on their facebook page and the ones that get the biggest response are the Djent-y metal inspired guitars

All the Blackmachine, Daemoness, Skervesen, Vik  etc type posts get a large response, proportionally larger than the vintage flavoured stuff

I only have to look at my own enquiries of late and there has been a huge number of people queuing up for the Blackmachine B6s that we have been doing this year to help out Doug, and whilst we have had some interest in the updated classic models we do - I have enough people on the waiting list for Blackmachines to keep me busy till 2016- or so it feels.

I also agree with the fact that the tight modern sounding pickups have more than just the one application and I would love to hear them demoed in different styles - maybe enlist a different player (much as I love Nolly) to show a different side to them.

Yes - we too are being kept busy with Djenty metal guitars - this is my workshop this evening

[Slartibartfarst42]

I also agree with the fact that the tight modern sounding pickups have more than just the one application and I would love to hear them demoed in different styles - maybe enlist a different player (much as I love Nolly) to show a different side to them.

It would be great to hear some other styles that's for sure. Although I don't think the Aftermath is really any kind of Super Distortion, I know it is suggested a lot for that kind of application so I'd love to hear some clips that show it running from Classic Rock to 80s Metal.

[Philly Q]

Interesting observations from Jonathan.

I must admit I haven't got any kind of handle on the defining characteristics of the Aftermath, Black Hawk or Juggernaut models, or what the differences are between them.  There's a mental block because I associate them with music which doesn't particularly appeal to me.