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I've got two out of my four back from Glyn and man, they feel great! He installed a Fishman undersaddle pickup and blender system in my Taylor as well as lowering the action on it and it plays a lot better now. The blender is really cool, just got to get the mic trim right on it but it's a really neat tool for having different tones from an acoustic.
My les paul (my own one) has had Phil's old Rebel Yell pickups installed and they are exactly what I was after - less squawk than regular Gibbo pups, and even the bridge sounds good on clean now, rather than having a tone that demands overdrive to sound halfway decent. The bridge sounds lush and fat, with JUST enough kick to do everything the stock pickups did (palm muting etc) but not so much that they lack sweetness, whereas the neck pup now has tons more sparkle and can actually be used for strumming, especially for low gain, just breaking up songs like say "Better Be Home Soon". And for lead, it's fat and full. I love these pickups.
I realise it's not Glyn's work that makes them sound, just thought I'd add in that little review. The les paul now plays with a slightly lowered action as requested, and intonation is now perfect with no dead spots at all. It plays exactly as it should. So I'm very happy with both.
My les paul (my own one) has had Phil's old Rebel Yell pickups installed and they are exactly what I was after - less squawk than regular Gibbo pups, and even the bridge sounds good on clean now, rather than having a tone that demands overdrive to sound halfway decent. The bridge sounds lush and fat, with JUST enough kick to do everything the stock pickups did (palm muting etc) but not so much that they lack sweetness, whereas the neck pup now has tons more sparkle and can actually be used for strumming, especially for low gain, just breaking up songs like say "Better Be Home Soon". And for lead, it's fat and full. I love these pickups.
I realise it's not Glyn's work that makes them sound, just thought I'd add in that little review. The les paul now plays with a slightly lowered action as requested, and intonation is now perfect with no dead spots at all. It plays exactly as it should. So I'm very happy with both.
Also, the difference with the bareknuckles (sorry, total hijack of the thread) to other pickups is they are matched so the volume difference between the bridge and neck is negligible. This is SO good and nothing like a stock Gibson where the neck is a big humming mess and the bridge is a punch in the face of mids. These sound like a bridge and a neck, no doubt about it, but they are both much more like each other now, in a good way. The neck has presence and bite, and the bridge has sweetness and fatness. I just love them. Now I just need another lp to put my BKP P90s into...
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You match the volumes using pickup height too, they don't need to be made that way to be even. Perhaps Mr Glyn merely set up the pickup heights well...sambrowne wrote:Also, the difference with the bareknuckles (sorry, total hijack of the thread) to other pickups is they are matched so the volume difference between the bridge and neck is negligible. This is SO good and nothing like a stock Gibson where the neck is a big humming mess and the bridge is a punch in the face of mids. These sound like a bridge and a neck, no doubt about it, but they are both much more like each other now, in a good way. The neck has presence and bite, and the bridge has sweetness and fatness. I just love them. Now I just need another lp to put my BKP P90s into...
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With the gibson les paul and the gibson 335 I had, the stock gibson pickups were well matched in volume
Very different tones though, which in my books was a good thing. do you guys switch between pickups within the same song? Sounds like something which live would make a very subtle difference, but I guess whatever makes you play the best, right?
Very different tones though, which in my books was a good thing. do you guys switch between pickups within the same song? Sounds like something which live would make a very subtle difference, but I guess whatever makes you play the best, right?
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I too switch in songs. one that comes to mind is playing the violin part of whaling on the bridge pup, and then the chords over verses on the neck/bridge position.
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[You match the volumes using pickup height too, they don't need to be made that way to be even.]
The pickup outputs do need to be matched to what you want them to do for you.
Altering the height to change the volume does work but it also changes the attack and decay of the note. You end up with very little punch and a rather dull sounding pickup.
I was very taken with the Bare Knuckles and I'm gonna be recomending them to people who want a bit of clarity from a humbucker.
The pickup outputs do need to be matched to what you want them to do for you.
Altering the height to change the volume does work but it also changes the attack and decay of the note. You end up with very little punch and a rather dull sounding pickup.
I was very taken with the Bare Knuckles and I'm gonna be recomending them to people who want a bit of clarity from a humbucker.
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Re: Setups
Peter Zettwitz has recently moved to Tokeroa. Anyone wanting his mobile number is welcome to message me. Steve
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Re: Setups
epic bump but good info to knowgroovintheblues wrote:Peter Zettwitz has recently moved to Tokeroa. Anyone wanting his mobile number is welcome to message me. Steve
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