BG 1400 in a thinline?

[htwheelz67]

I popped a bg 1400 into my cheap 200.00 craigslist classic vibe butterscotch tele and WOW! the thing is amazing (bought the pup on CG too for 75 bucks), its like a big V8 in a pinto with stock wheels and tires a total sleeper looks stock but breaths fire. I love it.

I have an 89 MIJ 69 thinline I bought new and the dimarzio tone zone T I thought was the best and last pickup I would ever install I never thought I would change it but the BG 1400 has made me re think this.

Anyone have one in a thinline? my CV is pine body maple neck. my thinline is mahogany/maple thiline has 500k's v and t, CV has 250k V and t the BG1400 has much more clarity, top end and more everything else. The output is very close (or volume) and both match perfectly with a GFS fatbody neck pickup (single coil) there is almost no drop in volume. I have a crapload of gutars (42) I don't know exactly what I am hearing but its like the best of a tele pup, PAF and a p90, Its got twang,oomph and growl, I cant explain it but I like it a lot.

 

[jeremy]

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very cool! it is a great pup

 

[Chickenwing]

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Ive wanted to try that thing for years.

 

[PFDarkside]

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What does it sound like?

 

[Ayrton]

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The BG1400 is my "go to" hard rock tele bridge.

 

[treyhaislip]

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Nearly went with the BG1400 in my last Tele build–really like what I've heard of it. Do you have any clips you could post?

I've never tried one, so can't say whether or not I think it would work in a Thinline...but I would encourage one to try and let us know!

 

[htwheelz67]

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I'll see if I can record and post some, I have another cv tele with stock pickups I bought a dimarzio tone zone t for but I may just buy another bg1400. Just loving it, over the weekend I let my girlfriends son who plays in an Iron Maiden tribute band (Maiden USA) try it out and he was blown away, I told him it would be funny to play one of his gigs with a stock looking tele. I e mailed duncan to see if they can make me one for one of my strats that has a beautiful aged SSS pickguard that I don't want to change........but no response.

 

[Wattage]

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Crazy great pickup!

Never seem to find a neck I really liked with it, nothing quite stands up against it lol

 

[treyhaislip]

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I'll see if I can record and post some, I have another cv tele with stock pickups I bought a dimarzio tone zone t for but I may just buy another bg1400. Just loving it, over the weekend I let my girlfriends son who plays in an Iron Maiden tribute band (Maiden USA) try it out and he was blown away, I told him it would be funny to play one of his gigs with a stock looking tele. I e mailed duncan to see if they can make me one for one of my strats that has a beautiful aged SSS pickguard that I don't want to change........but no response.

Awesome! And that would be so worth it to do the Iron Maiden concert with a Tele :friday:

Well...some of us are not deemed worthy enough of a response from SD/SD Custom Shop even after paying for an item that was never shipped nor even made...try to get one of the Forum Mods, like Mincer, to see if they can get a response from SD.

 

[Mincer]

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PM me the details, and I will see what I can do (sorry they aren't responding...Summer NAMM? GearFest? I don't know..and it is no excuse).

 

[Kolpi]

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great pickup, man!):firedevil