Bare Knuckle Stormy Monday (AIV) pickups (SLIDESHOW)

[ChineseR0ck]

How do they sound with a bit of gain? Not metal but 70s type of Rock! I'm thinking about putting em in my sheraton

[elavd]

@ChineseR0ck You can listen to my band's album at w w w . blackframe . gr.

I have recorded 80% of the parts with my ES335 and the BK pickups.

For example, have a listen to the song Trip in a loop ;)

[ChineseR0ck]

@elavd Ok, thank you :)

[TrippyTheShroom]

where did you buy the set? everywhere i look only offers each humbucker seperatly

[elavd]

@TrippyTheShroom I bought it directly from the official Bare Knuckle website ;)

[TrippyTheShroom]

@elavd lol, they sound DAMN good, but 160$+ per pickup is a bit much for my dinky little Epi Les Paul lol

[elavd]

@TrippyTheShroom :) 

[TrippyTheShroom]

@elavd Lol...you know how i said it was a bit rich for my blood....i bought them about 4 days ago and it was one of the best decisions i've made in a while...they are AMAZING...easily the BEST pickups i've ever had the pleasure of owning...

Though they are expensive, i'd recommend them to anyone who is a advent guitarist or a serious hobbyist....thanks for the video, it pretty much sold me these pickups :P

[elavd]

@TrippyTheShroom I'm gad that I helped you my friend! :)

[Skamisoles]

Nice demo, nice playing ! Great pickups.

[elavd]

@Skamisoles Thank you ;)

[FTF96]

Your tone is out of this world. I knew I wanted BKP's for a long time, but couldn't find which neck pup to go for, in order to get a really complimentary blues tone .... After months of searching, you helped answer my question. Nice and full lower mids ... this is the pickup for me.

Thank you elavd

[elavd]

@FTF96 Thank you my friend! I am glad that I helped you ;)

[bushkey]

Great Tone! I have the Alnico II SM's in my 335, and it sounds a bit darker then that. is that the benefit of the IV magnet?  I bit sweeter highs? thanks man!

[elavd]

@bushkey Yes, I think that th Alnico IV magnets contribute to that sound ;)

[christrealized]

These are amazing pickups..! Excellent playing.. and demo! You just got another subscriber..!

[elavd]

@christrealized Thank you!

[christrealized]

@elavd You are very welcome.. can you tell me how you recorded that? Microphone? Interface.. sequencer software etc...? It's such great quality!

Thanks again,

Christopher

[elavd]

@christrealized I used my Tech21 Trademark 30 amp, connected directly (using the DI output) to an M-Audio Audiophile 2496 soundcard.

I've recorded the clip using Cakewalk Sonar ;)

[BELOROYAN]

Neck or bridge pickup sound ?Do they have big bass ? i hate trebbly sound for clean/ crunchy blues i play too ..... belo

[elavd]

@BELOROYAN I think that I use all 3 positions in this clip. Sorry for not remembering more details, because it's been some time since I've recorded this clip.

Yes the pickups have big but not annoying bass ;)

[BELOROYAN]

Why have you bought A IV instead of A ii Pickups ? Your guitar was dark sounding or contrary ??? thanks for your answer, i will buy some soon !!...gaëtan

[elavd]

@BELOROYAN I mainly play with single coiled guitars (strat & tele). I thought that the AIV could give me a less darking sound on my guitar than the one I had with the original Gibson 57 Classic PAFs.

The BK pickups did the job excellent ;)

[StephenFiorentini]

Very warm, very creamy, and a very punchy bottom end.

[BELOROYAN]

Great demo...I have an ES 137 and want BK Stormy monday too, but why do you have A iV pups and not A II ..I thought it was always A II for this model ? ...can you explain me why ? ...gaëtan

[elavd]

@Oneill9293 Thank you my friend.

I have used these pickups with low to medium gain, but I think that they will perform equally well with much more gain ;)

[furryrockets]

luvly tone i have SMs on my prs just wish i could play as well as u

[jp6l6]

I think the most difficlut thing is to get a good mix with the backing track because blues isn't so complex to play. It's a matter of taste when you know the most simple scales to learn (pentatonic + & - and blues).

However I'm a blues player and it becomes complexer when inspiration doesn't come...

[CODILLASKIN]

@jp6l6 yeah right! if you have the soul to play the blues...if you think it's just pentatonic then think again...

[jp6l6]

@CODILLASKIN You know, I wrote this after reading furryrockets comment about that basic and nice structure. If he wants to play "Blue Jean Blues" in the ZZ TOP taste. When you want to learn and progress in anything you have to start with simple and slow exercises. When you learn to drive you don't begin with a formula 1. Having the soul, it's impossible to learn blues having Wes Montgomry or Robben Ford in mind and working on complex modal scales...

[johnjosephgreenwood]

If any of you guys are thinking of buying BareKnuckle pups. I've got three guitars with them in. Including humbuckers, P90's and fender type single coils. Basically all I can say is just do it. The difference is truly remarkable. But make sure the doner guitar is up to it, if the guitar is shit these pups are very revealing and tell you just how good your guitar is.

[lando885]

Am thinking of getting new pups. I play a Michael Kelly Patriot Shadow. I have EMG60n/EMG81b right now. It was only a $400 guitar, but solid mahogany body, set mahogany neck. You think the Stormy Monday would sound good in it? Was going to put Sm as neck, and the Gibson Iommi in the bridge.

[johnjosephgreenwood]

You're best bet is to email Tim at BK, he'll give you good advice. Also you could join the Bareknuckles pickup forum, there's loads of advice and sound clips there.

[jp6l6]

To me this match seems a little curious.

[lando885]

I want option to get crazy, Iommi Gibson is good for that, and also be able to get smooth sounds like this for some blues/ jazz. I only have 1 guitar, so thats why they seem like an odd choice.

[jp6l6]

I understand better.

Just want to mention there's the Seymour Duncan set featuring the Jeff Beck and the Jazz. This sounds great and totally in your tastes for a lot cheaper.

[lando885]

Thank you, I will look into those!

[BluesZep]

Amazing tone and playing, I loved it!

[GabrielGR]

Hi. I'm Greek too and I think I've seen your posts on kithara and noiz. I'll type English for the others to understand though ;)

I am thinking of picking up a PRS SE Singlecut and fit it with Bareknuckles. Thinking either a pari of Mules, or a Black Dog/Mule (Neck/Bridge) or Riff Raff/Mule.

Have any clue how they sound splited? I am also going to replace the stock wiring with RS Guitarworks vintage PRS set.

[chooseyourblues]

Hi there, wonderful tone man. I am thinking of buying these to put into my Hamer 335 copy. I was wondering if they are sensitive to the vol control (in a good way) ie they clean up nicely and drop the vol real good. My vol control now seems to be either off or on with these cheap pups!

[elavd]

These pickups are very sensitive to the vol control and I use this in my advance ;)

I play rhythmic having the Vol & 7 or 8 and when I want to solo I put it to 10.

BUT!

It's not only due to the pickups. The volume pot itself is an also very important factor to that.

If you just improve the electronics on your current guitar and put e.g CTS pots you will see (or better hear) GREAT improvement.

Throw away your current cheap pots. They are CRAP!

[chooseyourblues]

Hi, thanks for that. I would have just got the pups fitted and not bothered with the pots. I'm sure they wouldn't cost that much. I had to spray loads of switch cleaner on them when i got the guitar they were crackling so much.

Other than that the guitar plays great. I guess thats what makes cheap guitars cheap:cutting corners on the electrics!!

[elavd]

I'm sure that you'll be amazed when you put new quality pots and capacitors & switch on your guitar.

Even if you finally choose to change the pups, you will already have great electronics on the guitar ;)

[headstack]

@chooseyourblues If your volume pots seem really sensitive, they are most likely linear taper pots. These have most of the audible effect in the last 25% or so of the rotation. Good for volume swells once you get used to them, but they feel very touchy.

Most folks prefer a log taper, also called an audio taper pot. They effect the level pretty evenly over the entire rotation.

Get 500k ohm for humbuckers, 250k ohm for single coil. If you want to make the guitar even brighter, get 1 meg ohm pots.

[headstack]

@headstack just a few little things to finish.

Swap out the ceramic disc capacitors on the tone pots and get some Sprague "Orange Drops" in 200v (volt) .022uf (micro farad).

If you do not like it when the treble rolls off as you reduce the volume, you can add a .001uf capacitor (for humbuckers .0012 for single coil) between the center solder lug (this goes to the wiper inside the pot) of the volume pot and the solder lug that does NOT go to ground (this is one end of the resistive element)

[kingdom777866]

Lovely tone.. I like the SM pups & PGs...

Need some for my Gibson 335.. duno what to

choose!! Ummm !!

[elavd]

I don't know about the PGs, but the SMs were the perfect choice for my 335!!!

I didn't regret a single moment selling those Gibson Classic 57 pups...

[ldpape]

My god, you have a great touch of the guitar !

[elavd]

I've recently replaced the Gibson Classic 57 pickups with the Stotmy Mondays, and I am really thrilled with the tonal difference!

The S.M. have lower output, clear and acoustic character and perfect sonic balance in all 3 positions!

[kjaem24]

Awesome tone and cool slideshow! How are you liking the BKP's?