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12-06-2007, 09:44 PM
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| Jazz-fiend  Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 173
Real Name: Taron Main Seven: Custom Soloway Swan LN7 Rig: Swan > ??? Thanked: 2
 | Pickups for my first 7 string! I'm getting a custom 7-string built by Jim at Soloway Guitars and wanted some advice on what I should grab for pickups. Jim is afraid that something too high-output will mush the guitar out because I'm tuning a full step down (Low A - D - C - G - F - A - High D) but with his extended scale (27") my VHT Ultra Lead and clear pickups, I can't imagine having an issue with "mud". I was thinking Bareknuckle Warpig in the bridge, yet to be determined single coil in the middle and a Nailbomb in the neck. The guitar has a maple neck, cocobolo fingerboard, alder body and a korina/black limba top, so it should be tight and midrange focused... at least that is what I'm hoping... Opinions!? Thanks ahead fellas! _TJK* |
 
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12-06-2007, 10:42 PM
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| He loves you   Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,085
Main Seven: Schecter Jeff Loomis Sig Rig: Boss GT-8 Thanked: 167
  | Congrats on the Soloway! If you're going with BKP I'd write Tim and Bare Knuckle and ask him. That said, Nailbombs should work very well in that guitar. The only proof he needed for the existance of God was music. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Without music, life would be a mistake. Friedrich Nietzsche |
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12-06-2007, 11:02 PM
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| Jazz-fiend Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 173
Real Name: Taron Main Seven: Custom Soloway Swan LN7 Rig: Swan > ??? Thanked: 2
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I dropped Tim a line and am just waiting to hear back. This'll be my second Swan, my other one is a Sapelle six string (down tuned a full step) with humbucker-sized P90s that I use for jazz gigs, I play through a Juke 1210 and absolutely love it, but it isn't the most versatile rig. I'm a one guitar, one amp type guy, but I really miss playing metal in a band, and I think part of the reason I never stuck with it was cause I never had a decent rig for it, so now I'll be a two amp, two guitar guy  _TJK* P/S I'll be sure to post pics when all is said and done, it's going to be a beauty, with a full body two tone burst! Last edited by TaronKeim; 12-07-2007 at 03:22 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost | |
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12-07-2007, 04:50 PM
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| {##[====:::. • Super Moderator •  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The Ohio Crew Posts: 12,474
Main Seven: RG7620 of Doom Rig: Mesa / Sovtek Thanked: 81
|   I have a radical idea. The door swings both ways, we could reverse the particle flow through the gate. We'll cross the streams. |
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12-07-2007, 04:53 PM
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| Jazz-fiend Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 173
Real Name: Taron Main Seven: Custom Soloway Swan LN7 Rig: Swan > ??? Thanked: 2
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My six string has a stripped Macassar Ebony fretboard, and I absolutely love the feel of it, but because of the weather up here in the great white north, I have to tune it more often than other neck wood combinations. Jim said most ebony available these days is quite reactive to climate and Macassar is the least reactive he has found. So I'm trusting him and going with the Cocobolo, he assures me he has an amazing board just waiting to be used I love the feel and tone of maple boards, a lot, especially with clean and crunch tones, but for high gain, I don't like the character that it imparts and how much it accentuates pick attack. I figure the Korina/Limba top will impart some sparkle and bark to the tone and help balance everything out. Here is a pic of my Sapelle Sweethart:  _TJK* | |
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12-08-2007, 04:41 AM
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| Chief Officer/RHLC ©   Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: AZ Posts: 7,626
Real Name: Max Main Seven: Ir now Sevenless :squint: Main ERG: A Dead Cat Rig: Mesa Rectoverb Combo Thanked: 47
| * ibznorange is this color Reverse Headstocks or Bust Dude...i just got a spam email that was titled "Funky date rape trick" -Zepp88 I just got another funny email "Her pussy smiled at me" -Zepp88 Don't tell me you haven't heard of Raptor Jesus  It's important that you know this information :headnod: It will decide your fate when we are pwned. -JoeOvChaosI was going KAT KAT KAT KAT and you were going KAT... chk... KAT... chk-die. -TomAwesome |
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12-08-2007, 05:49 AM
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| plays in 69/42  Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Purnim, Victoria, Australia. Posts: 1,105
Real Name: Zachariah Main Seven: currently looking for one Rig: peavy 5150 I 60w Thanked: 15
| the warpig and nailbomb could be a bit high output i recon, if i was you id look in to the painkillers |
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