Re: BKP Black Hawk Bridge + ??
first off, if you're sold on BKP, you might get better input from their forum. to be blunt, some people think that most of them are swimming in the BKP Kool Aid and the replies might be pretty biased.
Neck pickups seems to be the one area that BKP really let me down more than I expected, based on what I experienced with the bridge pickups. the VHII neck worked out alright for me, but the Emerald neck was just another overwound PAF variant that was more prone to being tubby in the lows that I expected from the tone chart. I'm alright with the Nailbomb neck, but I got it specifically for a particularly bright and tight-sounding guitar.
"tight" is a pretty relative term, unless you could be more specific. plus, the right playing technique and the right amp can make up for at least 2/3 of that recipe.
I tried the Cold Sweat bridge and found it scooped with shrill high end and a thumpy low end. not really what I was expecting for a Sykes tone. if the neck version has the same approach, but with an alnico magnet, it might be a challenge for tuning that low.
that Aftermath might be an option, provided you get the hex bolts. BKP says the standard fillister screws have the same tone, but
they are wrong. but I will say the first think that I thought of
when I tried the Black Winter set is that it's like a cost-effective Aftermath set.
however, some options you might be overlooking would include the DiMarzio offerings of the
D-Activator and the
Titan. SDUGF user BigFlannel also uses the Titan and says great things about it.
