Author Topic: Gibson dirty fingers - BK replacement (Read 8057 times)

Will · « **on:** July 14, 2007, 05:58:21 PM »

Well any clues?
i have an old XR1 and the local guitar tech says that my pickups are low output :? whereas they look like the stock dirty fingers, i assume the magnet may have died.
So it leaves an excuse for some BKPs...

Elliot · « **Reply #1 on:** July 14, 2007, 06:11:14 PM »

Isnt the Cold Sweat a development of the Dirty Finger?

shaman · « **Reply #2 on:** July 14, 2007, 06:36:24 PM »

Cold Sweat it is-check out product description-Sykes yikes!

Tim · « **Reply #3 on:** July 14, 2007, 07:25:17 PM »

There are several things that usually get done to Dirty Fingers to make them sound better. One is remove the two flanking magnets which cleans the tone up, and the second is to remove the copper screening tape from around the coils which plays hell with the inductance. The answer is Cold Sweat!

Will · « **Reply #4 on:** July 14, 2007, 07:34:50 PM »

Oooooh thankyou
that it shall be then, when i get a few bills paid and money sorted anyway
Can Tim do the double screw polepiece thing also? just to look like the originals

indysmith · « **Reply #5 on:** July 14, 2007, 09:27:46 PM »

yes :D - just specify that in box at the end of your order

Doadman · « **Reply #6 on:** July 15, 2007, 08:05:51 AM »

I have a set of Cold Sweats in my Ibanez and can confirm that they are awesome. The tone I get is far more than merely a facsimile of the Dirty Fingers so my guitar retains its own character but it is undeniable that it has a very 'Gibson' feel to it. I've always loved the tone of a Gibson but I've never really thought of it as my ideal guitar, partly because I prefer double cut guitars and partly because I don't have that much spare cash! With Cold Sweats in mine I feel that my guitar will stand up to any comparison with a Gibson favourably. It 'out-Gibsons' a Gibson if you like. :D

ericsabbath · « **Reply #7 on:** July 15, 2007, 11:26:08 AM »

Doadman,

damn you, man

stop making me want another guitar just to buy a bridge cold sweat! :lol:

PhilKing · « **Reply #8 on:** July 15, 2007, 12:20:16 PM »

Quote from: Will

Can Tim do the double screw polepiece thing also? just to look like the originals

You can get them like this, but they will have more bass (I know because I have a Nailbomb with double screws and a regular Nailbomb, so I could compare them).

psy · « **Reply #9 on:** July 15, 2007, 05:31:18 PM »

The Cold Sweat is nice like. I have one in a Mockingbird

Doadman · « **Reply #10 on:** July 15, 2007, 07:24:23 PM »

Quote from: Eric Hellstyle

Doadman,

damn you, man
stop making me want another guitar just to buy a bridge cold sweat! :lol:

:roll: Just doing my bit to spread the word about a pup that is often unfairly overlooked imo

Enjoy your new guitar :twisted:

Will · « **Reply #11 on:** July 15, 2007, 07:52:26 PM »

Can the open zebra coil be aged?
specifically i would say 27 + 1/2 years... 8)

Elliot · « **Reply #12 on:** July 16, 2007, 02:07:45 PM »

Yes - although perhaps not with that exact precision :) - just state aged coils in the purchase box (or phone BKP up when you are making your order!)

CJ · « **Reply #13 on:** July 18, 2007, 10:46:12 PM »

hey, i've got an xr-1 too, obviously with the dirty fingers. those pickups in that guitar actually sound really good. i put a miracle man in the bridge in my v and it sounds almost identical to the bridge dirty finger in the xr-1.
now obviously they're too completely different guitars, but i'm saying that you have some real nice pickups in there. i'd leave them stock and put some BK's in a different guitar if you have another.

Will · « **Reply #14 on:** July 18, 2007, 10:55:37 PM »

another XR1.... whoaa lol haven't seen many

well i am led to believe the pickup has degraded, sure it sounds ok, but it doesn't match what it should do, and by no means is giving the listed output. I am heading for a MM for another guitar everntually... all in the good name of promoting UK business :D