Blackout Modular Preamp

[Darth Nihilus]

Re: Blackout Modular Preamp

bump

 

[Mosher Zone]

Re: Blackout Modular Preamp

Anyone tried it with a Full Shred, that's what i plan on doing also can you still run onboard stuff like the EMG PA-2 or Duncan Firestorm while using the modualar preamp?

 

[Darth Nihilus]

Re: Blackout Modular Preamp

I just installed it with a Custom bridge and
a '59 neck and it sounds awesome. IIRC
the Custom and Full Shred are both around 14k
so it might be quite good!

 

[Mosher Zone]

Re: Blackout Modular Preamp

I just installed it with a Custom bridge and
a '59 neck and it sounds awesome. IIRC
the Custom and Full Shred are both around 14k
so it might be quite good!

Cool, how does it sound, do you notice a big difference compared to the standard custom sound?

 

[Darth Nihilus]

Re: Blackout Modular Preamp

The tone is great. I do notice a slight difference
but that's because I'm not using the coil pack with it
I also noticed less gain than with the OG Blackouts
but it's only slight.

 

[Mosher Zone]

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I was wondering about the gain cause in some of my other guitar i use a booster like the EMG PA-2 for lead stuff & i have a little 15dB boost wired in all the time with my Ibanez loaded with Livewire Classics so does the Blackout preamp provide a lot more gain?

 

[Darth Nihilus]

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Yes it does produce a lot more gain. I find
no need to add any more!

 

[Mosher Zone]

Re: Blackout Modular Preamp

Yes it does produce a lot more gain. I find
no need to add any more!

Thanks bud, cheers.:friday:

 

[Darth Nihilus]

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Any time, sir!

 

[Longhair]

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You could turn it off but you get a very low volume thin signal. You'd have to bypass it completely to get an active/passive setup.

What about some kind of stacked potentiometer (handles the volume for the passive and tone for both active and passive)?

Of course there would need to be a way to switch between the two... :doh:

 

[Mosher Zone]

Re: Blackout Modular Preamp

Just fitted it with a Distortion(b)& Hot Rails combo & i love it. I used to use an EMG PA-2 in this guitar which was great for leads but to mushy for rhythm but with the BMP there is plenty of juice & the riffs are tight & clear. I like how i can still here every string in full chords too.:cool2:

 

[Darth Nihilus]

Re: Blackout Modular Preamp

So even with a high gain pickup, it still sounds clear?
Fantastic! I'm glad it worked for you although I'm not surprised!

 

[efnaka]

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Just fitted it with a Distortion(b)& Hot Rails combo & i love it. I used to use an EMG PA-2 in this guitar which was great for leads but to mushy for rhythm but with the BMP there is plenty of juice & the riffs are tight & clear. I like how i can still here every string in full chords too.:cool2:

Nice, post some sound clips with that setup ;-)

Regards

 

[Mosher Zone]

Re: Blackout Modular Preamp

Nice, post some sound clips with that setup ;-)

Regards

I'd love to but i have know way of doing that at the moment.

 

[soundgardener75]

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You can still run the 2-conductor neck pickup through the BMP. It will amplify noise along with the main guitar signal, but it works fine. And, the lil '59 will be a whole new animal.

:argh::sad:oed:

 

[TwelthFret]

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Does any body know weather I need a standard or short shaft length to fit the BMP-1 to a PRS CE24?
:friday:

 

[IsakaJr]

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I`d assume its the regular Shaft. I`m not aware of any PRSs using long shafts like Gibsons do!

 

[TwelthFret]

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Cheers, also does any body have a wiring set up for a PRS as the pickups go into the rotary switch before the volume pot but all the wiring diagrams I can find on the Seymour Duncan site have the pickups going into the BMP-1 first. Should I take the output of the rotary switch and treat it as a single pickup?

 

[alteredbeast]

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@ eMyTh- Killer clip. Did you write that? If so, MORE!

agreed, that was a nice little riff.

 

[Aceman]

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Blackpout was based on a Jazz bridge???? Very very interesting....

Jolly needs to check this thread out!