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What pick ups do you use?

Postby Mikey on Wed Mar 14, 2007 2:26 pm

Just out of curiosity really.

I used to not care to much, then i tried Bare Knuckles and now i wont use anything else, hand wound and made in England :-) they own anything else on the market (in my opinion).

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Postby Metal Iain on Wed Mar 14, 2007 3:03 pm

Don't Bare Knuckles cost like, £115?

I use Seymour Duncan TB-6 Distortions and SH2 Jazzes in both of my guitars and I swear by them both.

I'm building a guitar just now and am considering a JB or something other than a Distortion for the bridge, just for a change.
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Postby thrash metal maniac on Wed Mar 14, 2007 3:40 pm

Metal Iain wrote:I use Seymour Duncan TB-6 Distortions and SH2 Jazzes in both of my guitars and I swear by them both.

I'm building a guitar just now and am considering a JB or something other than a Distortion for the bridge, just for a change.


Still need to get me one of them :doh: :doh: :doh:

When you say just for a change do you mean, as in changing the pickup which may mean you have a spare TB-6??
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Postby Mikey on Wed Mar 14, 2007 4:01 pm

Yeah they're on the pricey side but thats what you get for superior parts, hand wound, almost custom order each time instead of a mass produced industry average pickups, but then thats just me.
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Postby Bangover on Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:33 pm

I'd love to get a pair of Bare Knuckles (not sure what model though, war pig?) but i really cant afford them tbh, Seymour Duncan i find are affordable and good for the price. ATM though its just the factory pickups in my Les Paul and Jackson because i needed money etc... but they'll do for now
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Postby Metal Iain on Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:45 pm

thrash metal maniac wrote:
Metal Iain wrote:I use Seymour Duncan TB-6 Distortions and SH2 Jazzes in both of my guitars and I swear by them both.

I'm building a guitar just now and am considering a JB or something other than a Distortion for the bridge, just for a change.


Still need to get me one of them :doh: :doh: :doh:

When you say just for a change do you mean, as in changing the pickup which may mean you have a spare TB-6??


I may have a spare TB-6.

I'm probably going to flog my KVX10 at some point to pay for parts for this new axe. I just need to decide if I want to take switch the stock Jackson pick up back into the guitar before I put it up for sale.

I'll give you a shout if I have the pickup out of the guitar.
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Postby Mikey on Wed Mar 14, 2007 7:44 pm

^^Seymour Duncans are good for the price, and if you can get hold of an early JB then it sings.

Anyone here use *shudders* EMG'S...? (no, i'm not a fan)
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Postby Bangover on Wed Mar 14, 2007 9:08 pm

Mikey wrote:^^Seymour Duncans are good for the price, and if you can get hold of an early JB then it sings.

Anyone here use *shudders* EMG'S...? (no, i'm not a fan)


I had a Jackson which had EMG HZ's , possibly one of the worst pickups i have ever heard. Needless to say, that Jackson was sold shortly after :lol:
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Postby Holy Crap! Lions! on Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:39 pm

I used to use Maverick stock because a) i couldnt afford anything better and b) they actually sounded really really good.

but now all my guitars are pickupless.

Hey, if any of you are swapping pickups i'll gladly take the old ones :lol:
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Postby James on Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:49 pm

How much would one Seymour Duncan bridge pick-up set me back?
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Postby zykloned on Sat Mar 17, 2007 5:20 am

yeh, i use the emg 81-85 combination ( obviously :lol: ! )

theyre alright.

want some BKP's tho.
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Postby Si-Jotun on Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:10 pm

I use a Kent Armstrong Motherbucker on one guitar. It's a fuckin' awesome pickup, very loud, very heavy, but really crisp sound at the same time.

I use EMG 81 - 85's on my other guitar. Can't knock too much, so of the best guitarists around use 'em. Personally I really like 'em, although I'm gonna swap them for some Seymour Duncan's and put them on my 3rd guitar, so I get a real broad range of sounds.
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Postby thrash metal maniac on Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:05 pm

James wrote:How much would one Seymour Duncan bridge pick-up set me back?


around £40-£70, but it depends what you're looking for really! if you get them on eBay from america they'll be on the low end of the price range, and these days $1 = just over 50p!!!

i love the exchange rate! :dance: pity i have no money to take advantage!! :(
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Postby messiah666 on Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:44 am

I use Emg 85's in the bridge and neck on most of my guitars and have one set up with HZ's. The only problem with the HZ is they have
a low output but then again Gary Holt used the them on the Tempo album so they can't be that bad.
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Postby Wreck Your Neck on Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:08 am

EMG's the ones in the Zakk Wylde bullseye ....
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