Author Topic: Wolfmother... What pickups??? (Read 4166 times)

Canadian Steve · « **on:** July 05, 2006, 02:11:58 PM »

Just wondering if anybody would know which Bare Knuckles (+alnico) would come the closest to the sound of Wolfmother's guitarist? His guitar is a '73 Gibson SG (I think with stock pickups), I would also be putting them in an SG type guitar. Here's a few clips; White Unicorn has some clean sounds. :orcass:

http://music.aol.com/videos/sessions...&defaultID=580

Jonesy · « **Reply #1 on:** July 05, 2006, 02:16:52 PM »

Although its not ceramic...id be tempted to go for the Riff raff:...great in SG's and typical of the vintige Sg sound, which would get you very close to Heskett's tone

Canadian Steve · « **Reply #2 on:** July 05, 2006, 03:18:27 PM »

I would be going for alnico pickups. What about the Stormy Mondays?

Mister Crowley · « **Reply #3 on:** July 05, 2006, 06:56:21 PM »

Since they're a Led Zepplin rip off I'd say you can't go wrong with a set a Black Dogs ;)

Canadian Steve · « **Reply #4 on:** July 05, 2006, 07:11:33 PM »

Quote from: Mister Crowley

Since they're a Led Zepplin rip off I'd say you can't go wrong with a set a Black Dogs ;)

I thought of Black Dogs as well. I'm not sure how much more powerful they are compared to the SM's or Mules, or if they would suit an SG...

Jonesy · « **Reply #5 on:** July 05, 2006, 07:39:00 PM »

Well the black dogs arent ceramic either...their Alnico 5 (like the riff raff)

As far as I know...the black dogs dont have that much more output than the mules (a fair bit more than the stormy mondays tho which are more of a mellow and hollow bluesy sound)...the black dogs have more of a 'bite' to them

As for howe well they suit an SG...i cant help

Mister Crowley · « **Reply #6 on:** July 05, 2006, 09:42:39 PM »

I think they'd suit an SG just fine, Tim's pickups aren't so sepcialized that they're only meant for a certain guitar (i.e. a Black Dog being specifically made for a Les Paul). Plus I think both are similiar enough (mahogany body and necks, rosewood fretboards) that I'm sure they'd sound good in either guitar.

HTH AMPS · « **Reply #7 on:** July 05, 2006, 10:48:31 PM »

a '73 SG will still have pat# pickups as stock, right?

Mules or a Black Dog would get you there, but I gotta say that the Riff Raff would be perfect.

Now you gotta buy an old mkII Tonebender for that huge fuzztone he uses.

:twisted:

Toon · « **Reply #8 on:** July 11, 2006, 09:01:32 PM »

He never used his SG in the studio, mostly a '80s ES-335, other than that I'd say Black Dogs

big steve · « **Reply #9 on:** July 15, 2006, 07:29:47 PM »

saw wolfmother at oxegen last weekend, he used a gibson semihollow for the whole set