Author Topic: Good match for a Black Dog Neck PUP??? (Read 4193 times)

snatchss454 · « **on:** February 28, 2007, 11:59:33 PM »

Hey all,
Im in love with the Black Dog neck PuP and am ready to buy but I cant decide on a hot bridge PuP to match. I was leaning towards the cold sweat or maybe crawler. I play mostly high gain drop tuned blues rock . Think Pantera, clutch, soil tone.

I will be putting these in my swamp ash Les Paul backed by a randall RM100. Any help you could lend would be great.
Thanks,
Shane

metal_god · « **Reply #1 on:** March 01, 2007, 12:25:01 AM »

i say crawler?

CaffeineJunkie · « **Reply #2 on:** March 01, 2007, 12:44:02 AM »

crawlers are very dark sounding from what i've heard, what about a rebel yell??

Eric · « **Reply #3 on:** March 01, 2007, 12:54:33 AM »

carlaz's Crawlers sound pretty brutal downtuned. In a swamp ash guitar I think they'd sound sick.

carlaz · « **Reply #4 on:** March 01, 2007, 10:16:06 AM »

Ratrod will also back up the evilness of downtuned Crawlers, I think. :)

Crawlers were designed for heavy blues rock, but reveal hidden depths with low tunings. :twisted: There's that vintage voice, but also plenty of power to pack into the tone (the Crawler bridge is rated at 15k, which sits it between the Cold Sweat and the Nailbomb in terms of DC ratings).

They are "darker" than Rebel Yells, but that should be just the ticket here, IMO.

snatchss454 · « **Reply #5 on:** March 01, 2007, 04:54:22 PM »

Thanks for the replies! Looks like the crawlers are the ticket for me. Im going to place the order now.
Thanks again,
Shane

carlaz · « **Reply #6 on:** March 01, 2007, 05:01:03 PM »

Be sure to post clips for us to hear when they're installed! :)

hunter · « **Reply #7 on:** March 01, 2007, 05:40:46 PM »

I'd say Holy Diver or Crawler - as to their descriptions. I have BlackDogs and Rebels myself and I wouldn't expect them to be a great match (rather Rebel neck and BD bridge could be nice indeed).

The BD neck is quite fat, so a fat bridge pickup like the HD should be it I think ...

snatchss454 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 01, 2007, 10:40:15 PM »

Well I pulled the trigger on a Black Dog neck and Crawler Bridge and asked for them to be completely flat black. Should look pretty sinister me thinks.

I can hardly wait to get these puppies. I hope the install goes well just my luck Ill screw it up somehow. Ill get some before and after recordings and all Ill change is the PUP's so you can get a good side by side comparison.
Thanks for all the help,
Shane

_tom_ · « **Reply #9 on:** March 01, 2007, 10:44:58 PM »

Nice, the flat black covers look so good, I have em on my Mules-

:twisted:

snatchss454 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 01, 2007, 11:00:49 PM »

I asked if he could even make the screws black as well, is that do-able?

carlaz · « **Reply #11 on:** March 02, 2007, 08:16:56 AM »

How much more black could this be? And the answer is none: none more black! 8)

gwEm · « **Reply #12 on:** March 02, 2007, 09:06:47 AM »

_tom_: lol! i cant believe someone else is using the SM57 on top of a Lakeland cardboard box technique!

must be a secret pro technique, for those in the know ;)

_tom_ · « **Reply #13 on:** March 02, 2007, 09:27:28 AM »

:lol: Gets better results than you'd think! Sadly my mum stole the box for use elsewhere ¬.¬ I'm using stacked up dvd cases now, all because I'm too cheap to buy a proper stand :D

snatchss454 · « **Reply #14 on:** March 02, 2007, 10:07:53 PM »

Quote from Tim,

"Holydiver is good..............I'm using that right now on the new IcedEarth EP and album, I've got a BD neck too. kind regards Tim"

Im gonna call and see if I can change my order. You guys are correct Tim has excellent customer service and I feel so bad and even embarrassed that I flip flop so often. Ill post clips when I get the new pickups.
Shane