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Re: Rio Grande BBQ?
I got my BBQ in a trade from Barlo....he even told me it was a dark sounding pickup...I liked it at first but after playing it in a live setting and comparing it the Angus humbucker....I wondered what made me like it so much to start with. I think the Angus pickup is one of the best kept secrets, people get scared off by its name but this pickup really sparkles and sounds very vintage Les Paul with more umph. It overdrives a Marshall Tube great and doesn't lose its shape or clarity. It doesn't have the bottom end that a BBQ does but you can hear the strings with it and the sound just has more sustain. It has great bottom end to it but not to the point where it loses form and gets muddy. Listen to in any AC/DC album but it isn't a one trick pony either...its great for Zeppelin and ZZ Top etc also....its an overwound 70's sound. The two pickups that Duncan has that are closest to it are the Screamin Demon and the Pearly Gates Plus. It has more bottom than the Demon and and more muscle than the Plus. It is basically a hot rodded vintage pickup much the same as the Custom, Custom 5 and the Custom Custom are. But again sound is a matter of personal taste so what sounds good to me might not be the sound you are looking for. I also agree with what Lew said about the 59 in that it will get you that same sound but you let your amp do the overdriving instead of the pickup itself. If you want an Angus, one just went off bid without the reserve being met with the high bid being $59. You could probably throw an offer of about $65 at the guy and get it. I wish I would have know two weeks ago you wanted a BBQ because I just sold mine on Ebay last week.
I got my BBQ in a trade from Barlo....he even told me it was a dark sounding pickup...I liked it at first but after playing it in a live setting and comparing it the Angus humbucker....I wondered what made me like it so much to start with. I think the Angus pickup is one of the best kept secrets, people get scared off by its name but this pickup really sparkles and sounds very vintage Les Paul with more umph. It overdrives a Marshall Tube great and doesn't lose its shape or clarity. It doesn't have the bottom end that a BBQ does but you can hear the strings with it and the sound just has more sustain. It has great bottom end to it but not to the point where it loses form and gets muddy. Listen to in any AC/DC album but it isn't a one trick pony either...its great for Zeppelin and ZZ Top etc also....its an overwound 70's sound. The two pickups that Duncan has that are closest to it are the Screamin Demon and the Pearly Gates Plus. It has more bottom than the Demon and and more muscle than the Plus. It is basically a hot rodded vintage pickup much the same as the Custom, Custom 5 and the Custom Custom are. But again sound is a matter of personal taste so what sounds good to me might not be the sound you are looking for. I also agree with what Lew said about the 59 in that it will get you that same sound but you let your amp do the overdriving instead of the pickup itself. If you want an Angus, one just went off bid without the reserve being met with the high bid being $59. You could probably throw an offer of about $65 at the guy and get it. I wish I would have know two weeks ago you wanted a BBQ because I just sold mine on Ebay last week.
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