Author Topic: duncan hot rails (Read 10260 times)

BaLLsAgNe · « **on:** July 06, 2006, 06:59:45 PM »

which single coil pickup is most like the seymour duncan hot rails (but of course better because its BK)

marmoset · « **Reply #1 on:** July 06, 2006, 07:04:06 PM »

Bareknuckle don't do a single sized humbucker, but the sinner is meant to be high output. I can't say soundwise, 'cos I haven't played either of them.

BaLLsAgNe · « **Reply #2 on:** July 06, 2006, 07:09:09 PM »

as long as the pickup sounds like the hot rails it doesnt matter if its technically a "single sized humbucker", but of all the pickups i currently have (none are BK) the hot rails are my favorite so i wouldnt mind having something similar. pretty much in my SL-1 i have a duncan distortion and 2 hot rails, and of all my guitars that one sounds the best so i want to kind of recreate that sound with BKs. to my knowledge the holy diver bridge would be the closest (but better) to the distortion so i just gotta figure out the replacement for the hot rails

TwilightOdyssey · « **Reply #3 on:** July 06, 2006, 07:50:35 PM »

I would say the Trilogy Suite, with the exception that the Trilogy sounds good, unlike the Hot Rails.

deg0ey · « **Reply #4 on:** July 06, 2006, 08:24:43 PM »

Maybe Tim would do a Holy Diver HSS set and substitute Trilogies for the Irish Tours? That would be cheaper than buying them separately, but technically they're not a real set, so he may not do that...

BaLLsAgNe · « **Reply #5 on:** July 06, 2006, 08:30:19 PM »

well as i said i would be expecting a BETTER verion of the hot rails lol but yea the trilogy suite sounds like what i would want.. how would i go about requesting a HSS set thats the holy diver and trilogy suites?

deg0ey · « **Reply #6 on:** July 06, 2006, 08:32:57 PM »

PM Tim and ask if it's an option...He's usually very good about things like that, from what I've heard

dave_mc · « **Reply #7 on:** July 06, 2006, 09:26:56 PM »

Quote from: TwilightOdyssey

I would say the Trilogy Suite, with the exception that the Trilogy sounds good, unlike the Hot Rails.

are we allowed to slag off the hotrails? Cos I tried one the other day, and the bridge version sucked so much...

neck and middle ones were a bit better, but that's a bit like saying getting shot in the leg is better than getting shot in the head...

:drink:

TwilightOdyssey · « **Reply #8 on:** July 06, 2006, 09:38:11 PM »

Well I have a Trilogy Suite in the same guitar that the Hot Rails used to be, so I'm speaking from experience on this one.

deg0ey · « **Reply #9 on:** July 06, 2006, 09:46:11 PM »

Quote from: dave_mc

neck and middle ones were a bit better, but that's a bit like saying getting shot in the leg is better than getting shot in the head...

:drink:

:lol:!! Thing about SD's is that everyone loves them...A guy I know said to me yesterday "Oh yeah, I'm gonna get a new guitar of some sort and make it really good...I'm going to put some Seymour Duncans in it, they only cost like £70 each - bargain"

I told him that BKP's were only about £20 more expensive and he said that they couldn't be good 'cause otherwise he woulda heard of them, so I'm just gonna let him have bad tone :)

EDIT: That's a nice guitar you've got there TO - is the snakeskin painted on, or some sort of material?

Tim · « **Reply #10 on:** July 06, 2006, 09:50:06 PM »

It'd have to be a Trilogy Suite although for an HSS I can always do the Trilogy 'uberwind' mid and neck.
The Sinner is a monster bridge coil-it'll take on any humbucker hands down yet it still sounds like a single coil...............'cos that's what it is!However I'm not so sure about putting it in the mid or neck unless you only going to be doing one thing-shredding!

TwilightOdyssey · « **Reply #11 on:** July 06, 2006, 09:52:40 PM »

Quote from: deg0ey

EDIT: That's a nice guitar you've got there TO - is the snakeskin painted on, or some sort of material?

Thanx.
Hand-painted by Michael Charvel. \m/

deg0ey · « **Reply #12 on:** July 06, 2006, 09:57:32 PM »

Wow, must've taken ages to paint it - how much did it set you back?

Tim (if you're still here) - If I were to order a Holy Diver HSS set (as I'm planning to any day now :D) could I switch out the IT's for Slowhands? I just think they'd suit my style better

TwilightOdyssey · « **Reply #13 on:** July 06, 2006, 09:58:59 PM »

Quote from: deg0ey

Wow, must've taken ages to paint it - how much did it set you back?

A lot!
Back to the topic at hand ...

deg0ey · « **Reply #14 on:** July 06, 2006, 10:00:39 PM »

Yes, back to the topic at hand - Listen to Tim, he knows his stuff (well if he doesn't, who does :P)