Blackout Modular Preamp

schecterplayer

schecterplayer

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Has anyone tried one of these on more classic voiced pickups? (I have a JB and 59 set) I'm curious how well they work for cleaner rock and jazz. I'm thinking that if it doesn't color the tone very much it would be a good way to gain some volume and dynamic range.
 
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7-string guitar w/ Duncan Custom-7b and '59-7n
 
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i would be afraid that it would be way to hot with the jb but i have never tried it so i dunno. i have wondered about trying it with a jazz neck and bridge set
 
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It does color the tone rather heavily. Although, your pickup's original voice does come through the mix. I rather like a '59 that I still have w/the BMP. The JB was too much for me with it...too much bass and overall output. Like everything, though, it's a personal preference thing. I've heard people on this forum say they loved the Invader w/BMP. I have not tried that particular p'up w/it, but I've tried enough that I'm pretty sure I'd hate it.
 
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What you need is a bmp with a inavader, no tone put and pickup booster full on. I am pretty sure that would make a fender deluxe reverb sound like a 5150. Lol.


Seriously though it could be awesome but I thick there would be a better bet with something low output and bright
 
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We've tried it with just about everything. It kills on Hot Rails & Cool Rails. Invader is thick and dark, but not unusable. It has enough headroom even for the Invader. I had a Satriani, so we tried it on the Fred and PAF Pro and it added tons of beef.
 
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Guston7 said:
It does color the tone rather heavily. Although, your pickup's original voice does come through the mix. I rather like a '59 that I still have w/the BMP. The JB was too much for me with it...too much bass and overall output. Like everything, though, it's a personal preference thing. I've heard people on this forum say they loved the Invader w/BMP. I have not tried that particular p'up w/it, but I've tried enough that I'm pretty sure I'd hate it.
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I've been thinking about putting it in a tele with a little 59 but would hate to make the neck pickup un-useable being that it's not four conductor
 
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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.
 
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frankfalbo said:
We've tried it with just about everything. It kills on Hot Rails & Cool Rails. Invader is thick and dark, but not unusable. It has enough headroom even for the Invader. I had a Satriani, so we tried it on the Fred and PAF Pro and it added tons of beef.
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have you tried it with the jazz bridge?
 
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Yes. The Jazz neck and bridge were the starting point for the very first BMP-1 test, as it's the closest standard pickup set to the wire type and turn count of the coils that are inside Blackouts. Of course nothing else is the same (coil shape, blade vs poles, inductance, etc) so that's when the tweaking began, which led to the Coil Packs currently available for those who want the closest sound possible to Original Blackouts.
 
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What would you say the difference is between using coil packs vs the jazz set. I am really interested in this
 
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frankfalbo said:
We've tried it with just about everything. It kills on Hot Rails & Cool Rails. Invader is thick and dark, but not unusable. It has enough headroom even for the Invader. I had a Satriani, so we tried it on the Fred and PAF Pro and it added tons of beef.
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Frank, has it been tired at all with 4-conductor stacked single coils?
 
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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.
 
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schecterplayer said:
Has anyone tried one of these on more classic voiced pickups? (I have a JB and 59 set) I'm curious how well they work for cleaner rock and jazz. I'm thinking that if it doesn't color the tone very much it would be a good way to gain some volume and dynamic range.
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Hello!
I can't find out how to connect the Blackouts Modular Preamp
I have the PRS Custom 22.The pickups have 3 cables.
The Wiring Diagrams you have for PRS have 4 cables
Can you send me to my mail Wiring Diagrams with 3 cables?
Thank's!
 
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