Note separation and brightness

[Dave Sloven]

Ok now I think it's time to say that Ben suggested me the cold sweat and Tim suggested  me the rebel yell ... So indeed according to you answers it's the big dilemma ... I have to choose between them . Does any of the two make my job a little bit better ?

It's very very rare to hear of someone whose been recommended either of these being unhappy.

If your guitar is a big solid piece of mahogany either will shine.  The Cold Sweat is more scooped and metal sounding.  I don't know how reliable my experience with an SG when making recommendations for pickups - I know that it reacts differently to pickups than many other mahogany guitars do - but I'm guessing it also has a smoother, less raspy sound than the Rebel Yell with a bit more balls in the bottom end.  The RY has more mids than the CS, and I think of it more as a hard rock pickup, well suited to stuff like early Ozzy and Ratt.

You can also think of the CS bridge as a milder, more articulate version of the Miracle Man.

The CS and RY neck pickups are both exceptional shred pickups, two of the best in the BKP range

[Kiichi]

Yep, as Agent Orange said, he kinda hit the spots. With that description you can see what I meant by where your focus is.

@Agent Orange: Even with all that I think you have 1 or 2 years of playing on me if I recall your age correctly. I think I am about 6 1/2 years or so in by now since I bought my first axe. And that time was of course not all constant improvement. xD
So just take the due respect I am trying to give you here mate ;)

[Dave Sloven]

Nah, you still have a bit of experience on me.

For me it was kind of a 'mid life crisis' thing.  I came back from Japan, turned 40, and decided I was going to do a few things that I wanted to do in the '90s but never did, even though I was now getting to be 'over the hill'.  One of those was to play in a band (I was only ever a bedroom bassist, and even then wasted most of my time learning scales).  Part of that was buying another instrument (the black Explorer).  I went for a guitar as I thought that even though it is harder to learn than bass it gives a more rounded understanding of rock music and is better for writing songs.  The other - arising directly out of my experiences in Japan - was to get a couple of tattoos.  Sounds weird I know but they weren't such a big thing in the '90s, and then I felt a bit weird getting them.  But I thought 'who cares?' and just did what I wanted.  Then I got some big tax returns and a heap of time on my hands this year so I bought a couple more guitars and got serious with the mods, really got into the nuts and bolts of understanding how guitars work, and only recently joined a band and got a gigging amp.  They are the two Gibson SGs and the big Peavey.  Before them I just had the Epiphone and an acoustic, together with a combo amp.

[Kiichi]

Well I played the flute during elementary school and klarinet in beginning of high school. During that time though I did not much care for most of the music you could make with those. Then around 15 or 16 years old I tried acoustic guitar lessons. I saw potential, but hey I was into rock and metal (from Alice Cooper to Slipknot and such) so that whole basic acoustic stuff was too tiresome and I never got anywhere at all. Dropped it for almost a year and then just said to myself: $%&# it, letīs buy an electric guitar! Thanks to Dream Theater and Trivium it was 7 string and after not even being able to play a F chord before I now learned the Into, verse and chorus to Dream Theaters "Rite of Passage", cause I was motivated.
In the guitar I finally found that outlet for me.

After 2 years of playing through a Digitech RP255 and a horribly cr@ppy marshall solidstate 8" combo I got myself a Tiny Terror, a acoustic and over a year later a great Marshall 2x12" cab. Somewhen after the TT also came a Ibby S series, which is where BKPs got started. Since then I also got a LP type, acoustic bass, campfire acoustic, mandolin, banjo, ukulele, a second hand Feline one of a kind custom, another superstrat type, several pedals (and go into building myself), a HTH amps 5w Fender style amp and most recently another acoustic.

May look like a lot and granted for my age my musical knowledge might be a bit unusual as I listen to a lot of different stuff from different eras and am nerdy about everything music from trivia, to guitars, to having worked as a sound tech, etc....yet the sheer amount of life and experience of music is something that I can not compare to yours. Plus I have not gigged the guitar further than campfires xD
You really got a lot of music years on me, I mean you are a PHD and I am in my first semester, so that should give you an idea ;)
I am only 22, so yeah....





Oh and on topic: I am a giant fan of the RY myself and will recommend it gladly at any time. To me it is insanely versatile. If your amp is a highgain / metal one (perhaps even with a big sounding cab) I would perhaps gravitate towards the RY, as you should be quite able to cover your bases nicely.