Pickups for a Washburn N2...

[Ced777]

Sure...

I think I will receive my Mule set in the week. I have a Nailbomb bridge too. It will give me two pickups I can compare.
I have a hard time to imagine the Holy Diver tone and power.

[HJM]

Sure...

I think I will receive my Mule set in the week. I have a Nailbomb bridge too. It will give me two pickups I can compare.
I have a hard time to imagine the Holy Diver tone and power.

If i remember from playing one last year, it's similar to a Nailbomb in terms of power (a touch less perhaps), but the bass is more defined and a little more clinical in the mids and treble from teh ceramic magnet. It's a very nice pickup, not as loud as your  L500 though!

[Ced777]

My Nailbomb bridge has more output than my L-500L (which is not the pickup use by Darrell or others: the XL500).

[HJM]

Thanks for clearing that up....hmmm :oops:

[Ced777]

It's a bit complex with Bill Lawrence PUs: there is 2 companys : Bill Lawrence (Bill&Becky) and Bill Lawrence USA. Each of them has a L-500 serie: L-500L, L-500XL, L-500R....
There is a world of difference between a L-500XL from Bill&Becky and a L-500L from Bill Lawrence USA (used in the Washburn Nuno model).

[Ced777]

If i remember from playing one last year, it's similar to a Nailbomb in terms of power (a touch less perhaps), but the bass is more defined and a little more clinical in the mids and treble from teh ceramic magnet. It's a very nice pickup, not as loud as your  L500 though!

Thank you for clearing that, too. Can you give me a bit more informations on tone (if you remember off course)

How are treble (round/biting/sparkly/...),  mids (hollow, boosted, fat, raunchy, more high-mids, more low-mids...),  bass (balanced with high and mids, more or less...).

Thank you

[HJM]

Overal the tone is 'solid' for want of a better description!

Treble is quite open for a ceramic, not a sparkly alnico tone, more like a flat extended response, quite even, but not harsh. Lots of presence without being too bright I guess.

Mids, more in the high midrange, typical 80s rhythm type tone. Comes alive with some nice gain, really harmonic.

Bass is solid, not as powerful as a Miracle Man in the low/lowmid range, similar to the nailbomb but tighter and less compressed.

Hope that helps a bit, Tim can probably add more. I would have one my RG, but I went for the Nailbomb instead, it was just a touch more organic. And they looked cool, which is important to me, I need all the help I can get...

[Ced777]

Thank you!
I compare the NB and L-500 this morning.

The L-500 has more treble (sparklier or more extended, hard to say... they are a bit more "shining" and brittle in the same time), more high-mids and less low-mids (I will call it "nasty" more than "growly"), and much less bass but tighter (a bit more chunkier, but it is due to the tighter thing). The L-500 is less powerfull too (less output).

With your description, I think the HD is the closest to my L-500, no?

[HJM]

It certainly seems so, the Miracle Man will be more like the high output Lawrence pickups.  :P

[Ced777]

My benchmark tone : Jake E Lee tone in Shot in the Dark (originally released in "The Ultimate Sin", but I have it in an Ozzy best of name "Ozzy")
The mids are more greasy, less raunchy than the Zakk or Rhoads tone. I think Jake was using a JB. It sings, with good harmonics, bass are tight but not very prominent.
I think I can't give an mp3 link (copyright laws).
I like Dokken too.

[Ced777]

It's just a small part of the song, very short. Feel free Tim to cancel my post if it's illegal (or just listen to him and delete it!   )

 :arrow: http://cedric.bertin.9online.fr/musique/Shotinthedark.mp3

Some Holy Diver tone in there?

[Ced777]

Nobody with an opinion?  :(

[HJM]

I'll wait for Tim to confirm, but The Holy Diver should get you very close IMHO!

[Ced777]

I hope Tim will do it! (or others guys from the BKP team: Steve...)

[Ced777]

BUMP!  :P