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Serratus

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Re: BKP bridge pickup comparison video
« Reply #15 on: December 04, 2015, 08:46:38 AM »
Hmmm, I have Cobra's and a Jugg already, so maybe I'll get a Blackhawk next - always wanted to try the BH, never got round to it!

I really want a cream mule set for a Les Paul type that I built a few years ago, too, so that'd be a good test, particularly alongside the BD and Abraxas I already have :)
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Re: BKP bridge pickup comparison video
« Reply #16 on: December 04, 2015, 11:30:40 AM »
Quote from: Serratus on December 04, 2015, 08:46:38 AM
Hmmm, I have Cobra's and a Jugg already, so maybe I'll get a Blackhawk next - always wanted to try the BH, never got round to it!

I really want a cream mule set for a Les Paul type that I built a few years ago, too, so that'd be a good test, particularly alongside the BD and Abraxas I already have :)

Yeah mate, you've got to collect them all now  :grin:
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Re: BKP bridge pickup comparison video
« Reply #17 on: December 04, 2015, 07:55:55 PM »
Quote from: Telerocker on December 04, 2015, 11:30:40 AM
Quote from: Serratus on December 04, 2015, 08:46:38 AM
Hmmm, I have Cobra's and a Jugg already, so maybe I'll get a Blackhawk next - always wanted to try the BH, never got round to it!

I really want a cream mule set for a Les Paul type that I built a few years ago, too, so that'd be a good test, particularly alongside the BD and Abraxas I already have :)

Yeah mate, you've got to collect them all now  :grin:

I can definitely see my wife agreeing with that!!  :grin:
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Re: BKP bridge pickup comparison video
« Reply #18 on: December 04, 2015, 11:41:13 PM »
Quote from: Serratus on December 04, 2015, 07:55:55 PM
Quote from: Telerocker on December 04, 2015, 11:30:40 AM
Quote from: Serratus on December 04, 2015, 08:46:38 AM
Hmmm, I have Cobra's and a Jugg already, so maybe I'll get a Blackhawk next - always wanted to try the BH, never got round to it!

I really want a cream mule set for a Les Paul type that I built a few years ago, too, so that'd be a good test, particularly alongside the BD and Abraxas I already have :)

Yeah mate, you've got to collect them all now  :grin:

I can definitely see my wife agreeing with that!!  :grin:

Well, if she does, you've got a woman in a million...   :smiley:
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Re: BKP bridge pickup comparison video
« Reply #19 on: December 07, 2015, 05:08:01 PM »
Hahaha, she does very well to put up with my guitar building addiction but I think saying that I have to try them all might be a step too far.......
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Re: BKP bridge pickup comparison video
« Reply #20 on: December 10, 2015, 06:56:20 PM »
I wqs going to change the pickups in my Les Paul this Christmas but decided to change effects instead, partly because I couldn't decide what to get. Now I've pulled the trigger on the effects ironically I'm now that bit closer to deciding on pickups. Still unsure what to replace the 498T with as I really like that pickup but I'm pretty sure the 490R will be replaced by a P90 instead of another humbucker. I've never had one before but I keep getting impressed by them so I might as well take the plunge. Unfortunately there are very few reviews of P90 pickups on this site so if anyone has some, could you please get writing  :grin:
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Re: BKP bridge pickup comparison video
« Reply #21 on: December 10, 2015, 07:30:29 PM »
Quote from: Slartibartfarst42 on December 10, 2015, 06:56:20 PM
I wqs going to change the pickups in my Les Paul this Christmas but decided to change effects instead, partly because I couldn't decide what to get. Now I've pulled the trigger on the effects ironically I'm now that bit closer to deciding on pickups. Still unsure what to replace the 498T with as I really like that pickup but I'm pretty sure the 490R will be replaced by a P90 instead of another humbucker. I've never had one before but I keep getting impressed by them so I might as well take the plunge. Unfortunately there are very few reviews of P90 pickups on this site so if anyone has some, could you please get writing  :grin:
I think for your style the MQ would be the savest bet since the SM already has modern DNA in there. However, if one of the more modern ones the SM would be the ticket I recon.
Perhaps BN neck, but the MQ would be great in the neck too. I have my MQ neck paired with my Crawler right now and they go together very well. Great combo. Just need to fix the wiring on the Slowhand middle, but never get around to it.

I mean BKP does have a great return policy after all.
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Re: BKP bridge pickup comparison video
« Reply #22 on: December 10, 2015, 08:07:24 PM »
Quote from: Slartibartfarst42 on December 10, 2015, 06:56:20 PM
I wqs going to change the pickups in my Les Paul this Christmas but decided to change effects instead, partly because I couldn't decide what to get. Now I've pulled the trigger on the effects ironically I'm now that bit closer to deciding on pickups. Still unsure what to replace the 498T with as I really like that pickup but I'm pretty sure the 490R will be replaced by a P90 instead of another humbucker. I've never had one before but I keep getting impressed by them so I might as well take the plunge. Unfortunately there are very few reviews of P90 pickups on this site so if anyone has some, could you please get writing  :grin:

Did you see this other video I made (link below)? All the rhythm and a lot of the lead was recorded using a Stockholm. I know that's probably way hotter than the P90's you're thinking about but it does show some of the versatility of BKP's P90's. With a lot of gain it sounds huge and fat, probably the most alive and pissed off bridge pickup I've got, but with less gain it's really versatile, does some lovely mid-gain sounds. I reckon for those tones the lower powered P90's are probably even nicer!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxbthSL1Q7Q

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Re: BKP bridge pickup comparison video
« Reply #23 on: December 10, 2015, 09:34:16 PM »
Quote from: Kiichi on December 10, 2015, 07:30:29 PM
I think for your style the MQ would be the savest bet since the SM already has modern DNA in there. However, if one of the more modern ones the SM would be the ticket I recon.
Perhaps BN neck, but the MQ would be great in the neck too. I have my MQ neck paired with my Crawler right now and they go together very well. Great combo. Just need to fix the wiring on the Slowhand middle, but never get around to it.

I mean BKP does have a great return policy after all.

I knew when I mentioned a P90 you'd comment  :grin:

I'm open minded about which P90 I use to be honest. Having never owned one before I have no particular preconceptions so it may well be a decision that's driven by what matches my choice of bridge humbucker best. The 498T is the only stock pickup I've ever owned that I'm really wary of changing so whatever it is, I'm guessing it will have similarities to the 498T in terms of a certain hairiness and aggression in the upper mids. I get the impression it sits somewhere between the A-Bomb (which I find VERY hairy and aggressive) and the Rebel Yell (which never sounds quite as hairy or aggressive as the 498T on the clips I've heard). I know I don't want a massively modern tone as I have that covered with my PRS.
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Re: BKP bridge pickup comparison video
« Reply #24 on: December 10, 2015, 11:34:44 PM »
Interesting would be to know the difference between the MQ-neck (AIV) and the Nantucket-neck (AV). Gosh, need another guitar to plant some P90's in.
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Re: BKP bridge pickup comparison video
« Reply #25 on: December 11, 2015, 12:02:15 AM »
A friend of mine uses a MQ bridge model in the neck and it sounds fantastic. I'd guess it wouldn't be a million miles from a Nantucket neck model.
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Re: BKP bridge pickup comparison video
« Reply #26 on: December 11, 2015, 08:17:52 AM »
One of my plans for a future build is a Les Paul style singlecut with a Supermassive bridge / Nantucket middle / Blue note neck - I reckon that would have so much lovely tone!
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Re: BKP bridge pickup comparison video
« Reply #27 on: December 11, 2015, 02:05:05 PM »
I know I have gotten predictable a long time ago Slarti. =) I just believe youŽd have a lot of fun with P90s. Should be right up your alley.

And Serratus: That sounds like quite a fun combo, I must say. Especially super versatile if you add series / parallel switch for the combined positions.
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Re: BKP bridge pickup comparison video
« Reply #28 on: December 13, 2015, 11:11:32 AM »
Quote from: Kiichi on December 11, 2015, 02:05:05 PM
I know I have gotten predictable a long time ago Slarti. =) I just believe youŽd have a lot of fun with P90s. Should be right up your alley.

And Serratus: That sounds like quite a fun combo, I must say. Especially super versatile if you add series / parallel switch for the combined positions.

Wow, yeah Supermassive with another P90 in series would sound huge!!!
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Re: BKP bridge pickup comparison video
« Reply #29 on: December 13, 2015, 01:12:25 PM »
I enjoyed that- I don't have any BKP humbuckers but it was interesting to hear. I must admit that it was not easy to hear the subtle differences very well but I don't have particularly good headphones. Very well made video-thanks
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