Faxanadu
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I POSTED THIS TOPIC IN MAIN RIG TALK SECTION BY MISTAKE, I THOUGHT IT MAKES MORE SENSE IN DIEZEL FORUM. SORRY FOR DUPLICATE TOPIC
Hi Guys,
As usual, before pulling the trigger I would like to get some advice from the ones here on Rig Talk who have tried or are currently using Diezel amps with BK pickups in their guitars.
Here is what is it about:
I have a 2009 Gibson LP Studio with stock pickups (490R neck and 498T bridge). Body and neck are Mahogany, Rosewood fingerboard.
My amp is Diezel D-moll.
Since I changed from Engl to Diezel 3 years ago (best thing I could have done ! ), I don't play my LP anymore due to a terrible midrange heavy and dark sound of this guitar and its pickups through D-moll. Bridge PU is OK for distortion but not for cleans, and neck PU is muddy as hell with distortion and cleans are OK.
In order to get an acceptable sound out of it, I have to constantly have the mid-cut ON and dial loads of treble on my amp.
My main guitar has Dimarzio D-Activator bridge and Paf Pro neck and it's night and day compared to my LP with stock pickups.
Therefore I would like to upgrade my LP with nice PU that will bring it to life again, and I have decided I will go with BKP, for their extended range of tones and clarity.
I have already a metal oriented guitar for heavier styles, and I am looking to make out of this LP my allround guitar from anything from Funk and Pop to heavy rock (imagine Metallica Black Album as heaviest).
I intend to use coil splitting for single coil clean kind of sound and direct mount the PU.
After some hours of research on this forum and youtube, I have come up with this solution:
- The Mule neck and Riff Raff bridge, or
- Riff Raff neck and Alnico Nailbomb bridge.
I fear Nailbomb is too high output for what I want, and Mule neck will be too weak if splitted. D-moll has tons of gain on tap, I don't need necessarily high output PU to get a heavy sound out of it.
Thanks in advance for your help and advice, and sorry if the post is too long.
Looking foreward to read you guys.
Cheers.
Hi Guys,
As usual, before pulling the trigger I would like to get some advice from the ones here on Rig Talk who have tried or are currently using Diezel amps with BK pickups in their guitars.
Here is what is it about:
I have a 2009 Gibson LP Studio with stock pickups (490R neck and 498T bridge). Body and neck are Mahogany, Rosewood fingerboard.
My amp is Diezel D-moll.
Since I changed from Engl to Diezel 3 years ago (best thing I could have done ! ), I don't play my LP anymore due to a terrible midrange heavy and dark sound of this guitar and its pickups through D-moll. Bridge PU is OK for distortion but not for cleans, and neck PU is muddy as hell with distortion and cleans are OK.
In order to get an acceptable sound out of it, I have to constantly have the mid-cut ON and dial loads of treble on my amp.
My main guitar has Dimarzio D-Activator bridge and Paf Pro neck and it's night and day compared to my LP with stock pickups.
Therefore I would like to upgrade my LP with nice PU that will bring it to life again, and I have decided I will go with BKP, for their extended range of tones and clarity.
I have already a metal oriented guitar for heavier styles, and I am looking to make out of this LP my allround guitar from anything from Funk and Pop to heavy rock (imagine Metallica Black Album as heaviest).
I intend to use coil splitting for single coil clean kind of sound and direct mount the PU.
After some hours of research on this forum and youtube, I have come up with this solution:
- The Mule neck and Riff Raff bridge, or
- Riff Raff neck and Alnico Nailbomb bridge.
I fear Nailbomb is too high output for what I want, and Mule neck will be too weak if splitted. D-moll has tons of gain on tap, I don't need necessarily high output PU to get a heavy sound out of it.
Thanks in advance for your help and advice, and sorry if the post is too long.
Looking foreward to read you guys.
Cheers.