Bare Knuckle Pickups Brown Sugar Tele Bridge
Submitted at: 8:50, 2/7/2005
Product Info
Pickup features: Passive single coil
Impedence or other specs: 7.15k or thereabouts
Price Paid: ??????????
Purchased from: My mate bought some of these for his old tele, but it wasn't ready for them when they arrived. the upshot of this is that i borrowed the bridge pick up for my esquire and didn't give it back !!!!, he eventually gave it to me for my 40th birthday.
Instrument
Model of guitar or bass: Fender esquire
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: Seymour duncan of some sort.
Other pickups on guitar: none
Artists using this pickup: ?????
You musical style(s): R&B abd blues on the esquire
Reason for pickup change: dissillusioned with the pick ups i'd had on this guitar, and i've had loads, quarterpounders, hot rails, no names, non were right or did the guitar justice.
Sound
Perceived output level: Hot vintage output, not like a hot rails.
Tone: unbeleivably well balanced, goes from sweet to biting and anywhere in between.
Sonic evaluation: played it in the esquire thru a traynor 25watt all valve 112 combo, i did try it thru my vox ad120vt but it didn't react as well.
thru a valve amp, this really is magnificent, by using the volume and control pots i could get any sound i wanted really, from smooth fat rythm to stinging lead, rich harmonics to dirty grind, i was stunned, this is again becoming my favourite guitar.
For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: R&B and blues (black keys style)
Overall Rating
Comments: If it were stolen i would buy one, this one i didn't, as i said earlier i borrowed it.
there isn't anything i don't like about it, it gives me the tone i want and it will drive the amp the way i want, without a tubescreamer.
i would really like to thank my mate for the present (he eventually gave in and let me keep it as a 40th birthday present), he's now ordered another.
if you want a versatile pickup that can be sweet and soft to dirty and grinding, buy these, you WILL NOT be disappointed.
On a scale of 1 to 10, I give this pickup a: 10 Fantastic value
Submitted by: Hotdogger