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mesfigas

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Gary moore tone
« on: February 15, 2017, 07:17:46 PM »
Hi everyone

i m searching a bridge pickup for my warmoth strat
body:alder
neck:Brazilian rosewood neck with maple back.

i m after gary moore's tone the one he used to play at 80's (1978)
with his strat.
wild frontier tour
amazing tone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkL7niHy1-4

please suggest a pickup  :cheesy:
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Telerocker

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Re: Gary moore tone
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2017, 03:07:39 PM »
I'd say a VHII or a Holy Diver.
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Slartibartfarst42

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Re: Gary moore tone
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2017, 08:46:41 PM »
I think this one is a tough one to call because in all honesty, I really don't think there's a pickup in the BKP range that will do this. The Holydiver is the obvious choice as it's presented as the 80's Metal pickup but in reality it's way too modern sounding for the Gary Moore tone wanted here. I also thought of the VH2 and in some ways I think it would be the better option of the two but when I listen to that clip, it seems to have a certain Rock 'hair' in the tone that screams 43AWG and that severely limits the options. Nothing with 43AWG in the contemporary section will nail that tone and that only leaves the Abraxas in the Vintage Hot section, which I equally feel isn't quite right as it sounds like it needs the added bite of an AV magnet.
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djpatb

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Re: Gary moore tone
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2017, 09:45:14 PM »
I bet a Rebel Yell would work.
He was using EMG's at the time though, so maybe an A-Hawk?
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Re: Gary moore tone
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2017, 11:14:17 PM »
You could also check the Crawler, which seems to have a lot of output, but is not much hotter than the VHII. If the natural voice of your strat is on the bright side, that would be even better. The Crawler will fatten things up. If not, the Crawler might be a tad too middy for those tones. It also depends on the amp's voicing.
« Last Edit: February 17, 2017, 12:02:01 PM by Telerocker »
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Slartibartfarst42

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Re: Gary moore tone
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2017, 02:11:16 AM »
I think the Crawler is too dark for this tone. The Abraxas might be a better option but I still don't think it's the tone the OP is after here.
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mesfigas

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Re: Gary moore tone
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2017, 10:45:00 PM »
Thanks everyone for the answers.
 
Money was an issue for me these days so i bought a second hand john suhr SSH pick which is a good sounding pickup
i also have a Abraxas neck which for some reason stopped to sound,i mean i take no sound at all from the pick up
i tried to repair it but i did the whole thing worse so i think i ll send it back to Tim for the repair
thanks again all for the answers have a good play
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mantrasky

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Re: Gary moore tone
« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2017, 11:31:30 AM »
Gary Moore with his Charvel, sounds pretty good with the "EMG 81" he was One of the Best!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G-PtmcPyK0
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