blackout vs distortion

[metalmachine]

just wonder for those that have tried both. how do the two compare. how are they similar? how are they different?

i was wandering because the blackouts are modeled after the livewire metal.
i heard the live wire metal was active versions of the distortion and 59.

 

[mustaine-who?]

Re: blackout vs distortion

just wonder for those that have tried both. how do the two compare. how are they similar? how are they different?

i was wandering because the blackouts are modeled after the livewire metal.
i heard the live wire metal was active versions of the distortion and 59.

Apples and oranges. DIstortion is the 80's...period. HAs that whole 80's thing going, with big bottom and hairy top. Aggressive. The BO's are modern sounding, and like a flame thrower. Voiced different...sounds different. I don't find them anywhere near like each other...

 

[metalmachine]

Re: blackout vs distortion

ok kool awsome comment anyone else?

 

[LesPaulRules]

Re: blackout vs distortion

Friendly Bump

This is an old thread, but I have the same question about how a blackout compares to a distortion.

I have a Les Paul Studio (non chambered) that I'm about to setup for C tuning, playing metal. Already have a Distortion, but am curious about a Blackout (and NOT the Blackout metal, as it seems a little too much).

 

[alteredbeast]

Re: blackout vs distortion

Apples and oranges. DIstortion is the 80's...period. HAs that whole 80's thing going, with big bottom and hairy top. Aggressive. The BO's are modern sounding, and like a flame thrower. Voiced different...sounds different. I don't find them anywhere near like each other...

Very well put man,
ill have to agree with the flame thrower analogy, actually made me chuckle. only way i can describe BO's are, chunk from passives, articulation of actives. ive never played live wire metals for more than like 5 min so i cant compare the two, but if blackouts sound like something you would like, then go for it, take the jump.

 

[Despair]

Re: blackout vs distortion

Faith No More's Jim Martin used the original Live Wire Metal all over "Epic". Give "From Out of Nowhere" a listen. Awesome huge metal tone, especially the outro just before the amp dies in a fire.

 

[Franknfilms]

Re: blackout vs distortion

Faith No More's Jim Martin used the original Live Wire Metal all over "Epic". Give "From Out of Nowhere" a listen. Awesome huge metal tone, especially the outro just before the amp dies in a fire.

FNM rules! I was thrilled to see the reunion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vvKnCbyp98

Ok, as for the pickups, I am an unsatisfied Duncan Distortion owner. I thought I loved it, but if I'm playing through a tube amp, especially my peavey xxx, I can't stand it and always reach for my other guitars. I haven't tried blackouts but I'm a big fan of EMGs if you have them in a big mahogany guitar. EMG81 for drop tuned machine gun metal, EMG85/89 for more of an open dynamic sound.