Why does my BKP Holydiver seem so bright in my Strat?

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It's far too bright for my taste? The single coils sounds amazing.

What could be wrong?

Help me find a suitable one, what could be cool? Gonna be playing some progressive hard rock like Mastodon.

Was for sale, but i'm gonna keep. Too good a player.

It has a maple cap.

 
Also if anyone have a schematic for 2 pots only. 1 volume for both singlecoils and 1 volume for the humbucker, that would be cool!
 
I have the same problem in an alder body/flame maple top guitar. The SD sh-5 in there was too bright so I switched to the holy diver as recommended by BKP. It is better but still too bright for my taste. I'm gonna to give them a call again and hopefully can share the solution.
 
don't you have it set too low? it gets thin if you don't get it as close as possible to strings
 
I liked the midrange on the holy diver, but found it assless in my les paul. Went back to a JB and everything was good again.


Steve
 
Rio Grande BBQ bucker works nicely to warm things up imo.
 
I would consider changing to block saddles from bent steel if you feel the guitar is too bright in the bridge. You might be surprised how much of a difference it makes. The BKP HD has a really great midrange fatness to it that should work well with a bright guitar. I had one in my alder/maple neck Suhr Pro S1 and I thought it was much darker and more midrangey than the SSV that came stock in that guitar.

Of course, your single coil tones will change then, too, and you may or may not like the difference. But the bent steel saddles will be affecting the tone of any bridge pickup you swap out. You may need to compensate with an even darker pickup.

Also, have you tried adjusting the height of the pickup? The HD is really sensitive to height changes in my experience. You might sweeten the brightness by lowering it a bit.
 
Don't waste your time asking Bare Knuckle for advice !!
As you've already discovered they are useless.
I wasted so much money being wrongly advised by them that I'll never use their pickups again.

With regards to your control layout is there a reason you want 2 volumes ?
What pot values are you using ?
I'd advise a 250k master volume, 250k tone for mid and neck and a 500k tone ( with 0.015 cap ) for the bridge.
You'll need a super switch to do it.
That'll give you the best chance of getting the tone the pickups can give you.
 
Now THAT is a killer strat!! Hope you are able to resolve the bridge pickup issue. You were right to pull it off the market.... just a killer looking axe!!!
 
wolf5150":1mqo9g7g said:
Don't waste your time asking Bare Knuckle for advice !!
As you've already discovered they are useless.
I wasted so much money being wrongly advised by them that I'll never use their pickups again.

With regards to your control layout is there a reason you want 2 volumes ?
What pot values are you using ?
I'd advise a 250k master volume, 250k tone for mid and neck and a 500k tone ( with 0.015 cap ) for the bridge.
You'll need a super switch to do it.
That'll give you the best chance of getting the tone the pickups can give you.
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Don't need tone pots at all. Just nice to have the single coils already cleaned up when I switch to them. Almost always play 1-channel amps.

Modded Marshalls (Gower and Cameron)
 
Monster Plexi":b6px2ygo said:
Now THAT is a killer strat!! Hope you are able to resolve the bridge pickup issue. You were right to pull it off the market.... just a killer looking axe!!!
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Best looking guitar I've ever had. And it plays super well!!! :) :)
 
Something is off here... The Holy Diver is a dark pickup, Im sorry but Ive owned several Holy Diver models 6 and 7 string and used them in several different guitars. If your guitar sounds bright with a holydiver than its either wired incorrectly or your guitar is naturally extremely bright. The Holy Diver is one of the warmest bridge pickups in creation.
 
Yeah ^^^ I agree. Remember different companies use different color schemes for their wires.

 
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