Blackout modular preamp and El Diablo?

Danglin' Fury

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As per the title, has anyone tried this? I currently have an El Diablo mounted in a Korean basswood Dean Razorback... I love the tone of the El Diablo.... If I were to make it "active" by installing a BMP, would it make it sound like a standard Blackput or would it still sound like an El Diablo with more output? Thanks for any and all replies.
 
It would have a pretty compressed sound and feel hitting the amp. you can simulate it by putting an eq after the guitar.
 
Sweet. I was just curious. I looooves the sound of the El Diablo. And I also dig the sound of the Blackouts I have in another geetar. I just wasnt sure if the Blackout preamp would make it sound like a blackout or just a hotter El Diablo.
 
I have the El Diablo in a Schecter Blackjack, (which I love), and the BMP sitting on a shelf doing nothing. But trying the BMP in there would be a complete rewire. Not to mention fitting a battery. But still, it's an intriguing idea.
 
I genuinely don't think the BMP would offer any improvements over the existing El Diablo. In reality, the BMP works best with low-to-moderate output pickups. Pairing it with the El Diablo is likely to result in "too much of a good thing" if you know what I mean...

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I genuinely don't think the BMP would offer any improvements over the existing El Diablo. In reality, the BMP works best with low-to-moderate output pickups. Pairing it with the El Diablo is likely to result in "too much of a good thing" if you know what I mean...

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How about pairing it with some EMG HZ3's?

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If you want a more direct attack, more aggressive output, and thicker sound from them, sure.

It's not that the BMP-1 doesn't work well with some higher output pickups, but it does change their tone and character quite a bit. Generally speaking, you can reign in the output somewhat with your volume knob, but low-to-medium output winds that are a little tighter to start with are better for retaining clarity. On the hotter end of the spectrum, something like a Full Shred is likely to be a better pairing than most others, since the low end is tight and not overly boomy to begin with.

Recall that even the SD coil packs, which were largely designed to mimic the voicing of the original Blackouts when using the BMP-1 preamp, were moderate output, A5-based winds. This was largely the same with the Gus G coil packs, as well. They weren't "hot" pickups on their own, but with the BMP-1, they became flamethrowers.

A pickup like the El Diablo is already quite high output and rather direct, so the BMP-1 might be overkill in this case. However, some might actually appreciate such a change, depending on their rig and their tone goals. I'm certainly not judging and it might be interesting to see what the BMP-1 does to something that's already a firebreather!
 
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