an all mahogany bodied guitar.. for which bkp?

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would be having a full bodied mahogany neck thru with ebony fb..a seven string.. and I was thinking about having a set of bkp emeralds in it..can anyone with experience could enlighten me?... am looking for clear note seperation,sweet treble tight bass response and subtle depth with good picking response..any idea?
 
Emeralds.

I have this in my all mahogany triple pup Lester '57 Black Beauty w/ ebony fretboard. They rock. Also took the recommendation of Sir Tim at BKP, and he said Emeralds all the way. They come in a 7 string config, I'd say not to hesitate - they sound so good in my all mahog ax.

YMMV.
Mo
 
lol I am very confused now ... I looking for tight bass response so it remains aggressive also if it could sound raw not too smooth with subtle depth so I could be more expressive in my picking.. the paul gilbert kinda tone..people says black dog is the one but mine is not extended and it says its gotta extended bass response and I think it maybe too bassy and smooth ?

my thoughts was emeralds too or perhaps holydiver or maybe aftermath? but black hawk seems to have taken to another step lol.. lost now...

am planning for my coming kxk mahogany and ebony fretboard and its going to arrive in stock duncans classic 59 & jb but I want it upgraded..
 
Ceramic Warpig in the bridge, Darkest, scariest combination known to mankind. No one will like it because it will kill all passing children. The high end bites enough to cut through the sheer aggression exerted by bass end of the pickup and it is all defined and violent. I switch to my neck Holy diver for anything subtle/clean and with the volume rolled back it makes for the most dynamic but smooth contrast I have ever heard in a guitar. Bridge will sound overly bassy if rolled back, but on the heavy parts it is almost unique.
Been playing on my neighbors Caparison with Aftermath and Cold Sweat pickups, and my Flying V (warpig and Holy diver) has ultimatley sounded better, if more concentrated, through numerous tests. Ill see if i can get a comparison up here soon.
People told me that the mahogany with warpig would be too dark, but I cant live without it now. It does suck when someone hands you a Fender bassman to play rythmn though.
 
thanks guys .. ill try for a bass cut and more mids and treble.. but I scared I may inturn getta fuzzy tone..funny how I try not too end up with pickup with too high output just to tame down the feedback for quieter operation...

I may wanna short list emeralds,nailbomb,painkiller or blackhawk..but which among will shortlist still a mixed mind lol
 
Running A-Warpigs in this baby... it's a "dark" pickup, but for some reason its not lacking anything else.. so full sounding, and the fat leads just jump out.

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very nice guitar there :-) ... I may wanna go with painkillers for more raw aggression..any comments or pointers?
 
Painkiller would work good if u tune down I think... Then you don't need a huge defined bottom end to keep that part of the soundscape busy. In fact any BKP is great...
Found eralds too thin.. But the top end was second to none. Painkiller would be my second choice.
 
Jofipe":1trn3k67 said:
Painkiller would work good if u tune down I think... Then you don't need a huge defined bottom end to keep that part of the soundscape busy. In fact any BKP is great...
Found eralds too thin.. But the top end was second to none. Painkiller would be my second choice.
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what would you suggest? mine is a 25.5 scale amd yes if I ever down tune then I need to try different tension sets
 
Sweet treble tight bass mahogany......I have a ceramic Nailbomb in a guitar like this and that is the result I get.....you always get myriad of responses with these which BKP threads....the PK is more of a twangy harsh top end IME......not sweet at all....crazy tight tho....but all BK's are tight....at least 5 or so different models I have tried...
 
hopkinWFG":37m5bywa said:
very nice guitar there :-) ... I may wanna go with painkillers for more raw aggression..any comments or pointers?
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What about the Aftermath? I just put one in my ESP NT-II what a tight aggressive pickup. It's not "sweet" sounding though....but it's pretty badass sounding...clear but definitely a nice growl to it....and a great pick response :)
 
Email Tim. Tell him exactly what you want and include the make and model of the guitar and wood combos. He is rarely wrong with what he reccommends and may offer you a few options with an explanation of each.
 
sure ill try drop tim an email...but ill also like to get information from different users :-) ... I had nailbombs but alnico.. perhaps ceramic is scooped does it sound thin than the alnico bridge of the nailbomb?
 
hopkinWFG":3iy6sjx5 said:
sure ill try drop tim an email...but ill also like to get information from different users :-) ... I had nailbombs but alnico.. perhaps ceramic is scooped does it sound thin than the alnico bridge of the nailbomb?
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It's not thin sounding in my heavy azz mahogany guitar....the PK sounded alot thinner in the same guitar...
 
hopkinWFG":23otlte4 said:
sure ill try drop tim an email...but ill also like to get information from different users :-) ... I had nailbombs but alnico.. perhaps ceramic is scooped does it sound thin than the alnico bridge of the nailbomb?
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Each pickup can sound much different in different guitars. I have had many of the Bareknuckles as I have been using them since before Solid Body Guitars became their first US dealer. I bought direct from Tim back then. I have had four Nailbombs in four different guitars. Two of the guitars I really liked them in and two I swapped them for a different model. I have a guitar now that is Swamp Ash, maple cap/ maple neck and board. It has a very unique bright, articulate tone. I had allot of trouble fiinding a pickup for it. I went through four pickups. I emailed Tim and he told me Nailbomb all the way. I installed it and its a win. I had a brand new Godwood I did not even bother with after installing the Nailbomb in this guitar. I never would have thought Nailbomb but it worked perfectly.
 
glip22":1kr57i5o said:
Each pickup can sound much different in different guitars. I have had many of the Bareknuckles as I have been using them since before Solid Body Guitars became their first US dealer. I bought direct from Tim back then. I have had four Nailbombs in four different guitars. Two of the guitars I really liked them in and two I swapped them for a different model. I have a guitar now that is Swamp Ash, maple cap/ maple neck and board. It has a very unique bright, articulate tone. I had allot of trouble fiinding a pickup for it. I went through four pickups. I emailed Tim and he told me Nailbomb all the way. I installed it and its a win. I had a brand new Godwood I did not even bother with after installing the Nailbomb in this guitar. I never would have thought Nailbomb but it worked perfectly.
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Yeah that'a true about the difference in different guitars. And really that's any guitar and any pickup. I did that same dance with the C-bomb in 3 different guitars and it ended up in the heavy mahogany one I keep referring to. The Nailbombs aren't as saturated sounding as the other BK's I've tried for the most part. So to someone else that might equate to sounding thin.....but I've got so much gain on tap it's a none issue for me. Asking if it's scooped to me is a rig issue/preference as well. I can get any sound out of my Kemper so scooped mids have almost no meaning as I always dial a healthy dose of mids with my amp to begin with.
 
glip22":52w5d29t said:
Email Tim. Tell him exactly what you want and include the make and model of the guitar and wood combos. He is rarely wrong with what he reccommends and may offer you a few options with an explanation of each.
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hopkinWFG":52w5d29t said:
sure ill try drop tim an email...but ill also like to get information from different users :-) ... I had nailbombs but alnico.. perhaps ceramic is scooped does it sound thin than the alnico bridge of the nailbomb?
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It goes deep and gets weird quick, especially when you know you've got "one" pup coming and you can't try it out against the rest. Tim will ask all the usual questions - what amp, what woods, fingerboard, what style of music, what level on the volume, etc. Take what you can get from here, add to it what Tim recommends, and you should end up with an educated choice.

Good luck - bottom line is it's hard to go wrong with BKP ;)

Mojo
 
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