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Tone2TheBone
January 14th, 2008, 02:50 PM
What do these types of pickups sound like? Is there anything special that the scooped mid Strat pickups provide over a Standard Strat pickup? I'm trying to imagine how scooped mids would sound like on a Strat pickups...particularly on the neck position. I know Lev has the Custom Shop 69s and I've heard his guitar. I'm curious about the JM Big Dipper pups. Anyone have any experience with the Big Dippers?

marnold
January 14th, 2008, 07:02 PM
I haven't heard them, but the very concept doesn't sound particularly good to me. Wouldn't a scooped-mid single coil be the very definition of thin and brittle?

LagrangeCalvert
January 14th, 2008, 11:40 PM
I was wondering what the John M. Big Dipper pups sounded like as well. I bet they sound great, but I would like to listen to them as well.

Lev
January 15th, 2008, 04:27 AM
they're more versatile than you might think...

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marnold
January 15th, 2008, 07:58 AM
they're more versatile than you might think...
I did a little reading on them and was amazed at how many people wanted a set of those pups without having to buy a Mayer Strat. Apparently Fender doesn't sell them separately. I saw that some company claimed to have made clones of them, but the set was almost $300. I think it was Torres Engineering maybe.

I thought they might be nice for funk, as he demonstrated. I was surprised he could get the Nu Metal sound from them without being noised to death. I read where someone said that he got killer SRV tone from them. My reaction was if you can get killer SRV tone JUST from those pups, you can get it from any pup. I'm still firmly in the "midrange is king" school of guitars.

Tone2TheBone
January 15th, 2008, 10:16 AM
They auction them off on Ebay from the Realiablefender Stratosphere store. Yesterday's auction on just one pup ended at only $154.50 + shipping. Must be pretty good pups huh. ;) Don't know if you'd get the John Mayer tone with them but the idea is right about the same with the way the Texas Specials did. I bet they'd sound pretty good though I outta try them out on JM Strat.

Ken V
September 2nd, 2011, 08:38 AM
Well you will all want to knwo that UK company Bare Knucle Pickups will do you Big Dippers straight outta the pack and they are awesome.

I put them in an 83 tiger stripe Strat Made in Japan and most of the people I know look at my guitar and go wow what a sound. I played a UK Festival and one of the top guitarists there was amazed at the sound coming out of my Strat.

Go get a set 100 GBP and well worth it.

They dont make you play like Mayer tho !!!

K

bcdon
September 2nd, 2011, 10:14 AM
Well you will all want to knwo that UK company Bare Knucle Pickups will do you Big Dippers straight outta the pack and they are awesome.

I put them in an 83 tiger stripe Strat Made in Japan and most of the people I know look at my guitar and go wow what a sound. I played a UK Festival and one of the top guitarists there was amazed at the sound coming out of my Strat.

Go get a set 100 GBP and well worth it.

They dont make you play like Mayer tho !!!

K

Welcome to The Fret, Ken.

Bare Knuckle makes awesome pickups. I have two of syo's Hell guitars, each packed with BNPs. My ZeroDot strat has Nailbomb humbucker (http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/main/pickups.php?cat=humbuckers&sub=contemporary&pickup=nailbomb) & 2 Irish Tour single coils (http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/main/pickups.php?cat=strats&sub=vintage_hot&pickup=irish_tour), while the Bender has Blackdogs (http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/main/pickups.php?cat=humbuckers&sub=vintage_hot&pickup=black_dog). Great pickups that really make these Hell Guitars (http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php/12941-Hell-Guitars?highlight=hell+guitars) shine!

Tig
September 2nd, 2011, 09:47 PM
Welcome to The Fret, Ken.

Bare Knuckle makes awesome pickups. I have two of syo's Hell guitars, each packed with BNPs. My ZeroDot strat has Nailbomb humbucker (http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/main/pickups.php?cat=humbuckers&sub=contemporary&pickup=nailbomb) & 2 Irish Tour single coils (http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/main/pickups.php?cat=strats&sub=vintage_hot&pickup=irish_tour), while the Bender has Blackdogs (http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/main/pickups.php?cat=humbuckers&sub=vintage_hot&pickup=black_dog). Great pickups that really make these Hell Guitars (http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php/12941-Hell-Guitars?highlight=hell+guitars) shine!

I'm also a new fan of Bare Knuckles pickups. The Boss Tele set has a beautiful, slightly boosted bass frequency that still has a twang when needed, yet rocks when pushed. They never sound thin or brittle, either. Warm uppers with a touch of glassy chime.

If I replace my Strat's pickups, I'll look closer at their Irish Tour Single Coil Set (http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/main/pickups.php?cat=strats&sub=vintage_hot&pickup=irish_tour) or Slow Hand Single Coil Set (http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/main/pickups.php?cat=strats&sub=vintage_hot&pickup=slow_hand).