Dark Mahogany Bolt On for the Heavy Stuff

[darrenw5094]

The Abraxas is perfect in my Les Paul, i would love to try one in a Strat type guitar.

[fdesalvo]

The Abraxas is perfect in my Les Paul, i would love to try one in a Strat type guitar.

I have samples of this pickup in a strat and tele bridge spot.  It's my fav pickup of all time.

[Telerocker]

The Abraxas is perfect in my Les Paul, i would love to try one in a Strat type guitar.

I have samples of this pickup in a strat and tele bridge spot.  It's my fav pickup of all time.

Then you will like the Crawler too, just not in a dark sounding strat, but it kills in most bolt-on ash/alder guitars.

[fdesalvo]

I need more guitars!

The Abraxas is perfect in my Les Paul, i would love to try one in a Strat type guitar.

I have samples of this pickup in a strat and tele bridge spot.  It's my fav pickup of all time.

Then you will like the Crawler too, just not in a dark sounding strat, but it kills in most bolt-on ash/alder guitars.

[Telerocker]

I need more guitars!

The Abraxas is perfect in my Les Paul, i would love to try one in a Strat type guitar.

I have samples of this pickup in a strat and tele bridge spot.  It's my fav pickup of all time.

We all do! 

Then you will like the Crawler too, just not in a dark sounding strat, but it kills in most bolt-on ash/alder guitars.

[fdesalvo]

I was just telling someone that the Abraxas doesn't leave me wanting - it's literally been able to do everything I've asked of it to a very, very high level.  I'm being impulsive!  Tell me more about this Crawler!

[Telerocker]

The Crawler is the uber-Abraxas. It has still enough PAF-pedigree to call it more vintage than modern sounding. It's medium output, not much hotter than say a VHII. What I like about the Crawler that it beefs up every bolt-on guitar. It is huge, fat, creamy and organic sounding. Sounds bigger than the Diver. It growls like a bear when pushed, in a unique way that I didn't hear in other BKP's yet. The topend has a little less chime than the Abraxas, but there's enough topend available, so it's not a muffled, dull pickup. In my strat solonotes keep weight above the 12th fret. It keeps singing higher upon the scale. At the same time the Crawler delivers rich cleans. You can thin them out with the guitarvolumeknob. The Crawler splits really good. I can get a very nice balanced Fender-quack on the fourth position (Crawler splitted/middle Irish Tour).

I play everything with this HSS-strat. From funk, pop, blues, rock to hardrock. With the right amp the Crawler will do (prog) metal too. It's not the tightest of the BKP-bunch, but for me it's tight enough. If you don't play ultrametal or are aiming at the EVH-sound (get the VHII !) the Crawler is a very good allrounder for any HSS-strat/ash or alder bolt on-guitar.

[fdesalvo]

Thanks - can't argue with any of that!

The Crawler is the uber-Abraxas. It has still enough PAF-pedigree to call it more vintage than modern sounding. It's medium output, not much hotter than say a VHII. What I like about the Crawler that it beefs up every bolt-on guitar. It is huge, fat, creamy and organic sounding. Sounds bigger than the Diver. It growls like a bear when pushed, in a unique way that I didn't hear in other BKP's yet. The topend has a little less chime than the Abraxas, but there's enough topend available, so it's not a muffled, dull pickup. In my strat solonotes keep weight above the 12th fret. It keeps singing higher upon the scale. At the same time the Crawler delivers rich cleans. You can thin them out with the guitarvolumeknob. The Crawler splits really good. I can get a very nice balanced Fender-quack on the fourth position (Crawler splitted/middle Irish Tour).

I play everything with this HSS-strat. From funk, pop, blues, rock to hardrock. With the right amp the Crawler will do (prog) metal too. It's not the tightest of the BKP-bunch, but for me it's tight enough. If you don't play ultrametal or are aiming at the EVH-sound (get the VHII !) the Crawler is a very good allrounder for any HSS-strat/ash or alder bolt on-guitar.

[seancorker]

The Crawler is one of my favourite BK's.

Pluses: the lead tone is fat round and punchy. It adds huge weight to bolt on alder rhythm tones. It splits brilliantly (with a Slowhand in my case) and does funk really well.

Minuses: it hates too much gain. It's a little too heavy in the low mids. It's not an agile pickup, more wall of sound power chord blunt object.

[Kiichi]

Minuses: it hates too much gain.

In my experience it has an issue with amp gain but loooooves preamp gain. Increasing this ones treble together with the volume before it hits the amp does alot.

[Telerocker]

Minuses: it hates too much gain.

In my experience it has an issue with amp gain but loooooves preamp gain. Increasing this ones treble together with the volume before it hits the amp does alot.

In my experience the Crawler has no issues with pre- or powerampgain, but beware that the Crawler is more compressed than the Abraxas and quite some more than the opensounding Mule. To much of everything can blur the sound. A pickup is part of a chain, so sometimes you have to dial in your amp different. Also speakers matter a lot. If I use my VHII loaded strat, I have to adjust things a bit after playing the Crawler.