JB vs Bare Knuckle nailbomb/holydriver
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Re: JB vs Bare Knuckle nailbomb/holydriver
I think that's the general idea, but to my ears the RYs sound nothing like a JB at all. They don't have the high mid spike of the JB although they are still pretty bright. I have a set in a LP and they work really well.
I'm only going by specs too as I've never tried a set of NBs in a LP style guitar myself :friday:
I think that's the general idea, but to my ears the RYs sound nothing like a JB at all. They don't have the high mid spike of the JB although they are still pretty bright. I have a set in a LP and they work really well.
I'm only going by specs too as I've never tried a set of NBs in a LP style guitar myself :friday:
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late late response but RY's sound very different. GREAT pickups. I have a prototype "JB model" and it is definitely better than the 90's JB I've had since I started playing. Crisp where the newer JB is fizzy. Fuller throughout but still the JB sound.. I imagine this is what a Warpig is like with a slightly different (lower) mid EQ shift . The RY to me is the new classic in the making for original modern meets vintage rock pickups.
late late response but RY's sound very different. GREAT pickups. I have a prototype "JB model" and it is definitely better than the 90's JB I've had since I started playing. Crisp where the newer JB is fizzy. Fuller throughout but still the JB sound.. I imagine this is what a Warpig is like with a slightly different (lower) mid EQ shift . The RY to me is the new classic in the making for original modern meets vintage rock pickups.
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Re: JB vs Bare Knuckle nailbomb/holydriver
....just when I thought my Nailbomb GAS had subsided, this thread pops up. Thanks. lol
....just when I thought my Nailbomb GAS had subsided, this thread pops up. Thanks. lol
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Unlike the quintessential rap group Public Enemy once stated, BELIEVE THE HYPE.
Unlike the quintessential rap group Public Enemy once stated, BELIEVE THE HYPE.
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I thought RY's were more like a good version of the 498T. I guess there's a little similarity to the JB there.
I thought RY's were more like a good version of the 498T. I guess there's a little similarity to the JB there.
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...and the NB is awesome, and not much like a JB or a DD.
I think the HD is the one that is supposed to be most JB-ish, but darker and tighter? I dunno, haven't heard one of those, I will at some point.
...and the NB is awesome, and not much like a JB or a DD.
I think the HD is the one that is supposed to be most JB-ish, but darker and tighter? I dunno, haven't heard one of those, I will at some point.
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Well it's nice to see this post get a second life. I originally posted it also 2 years ago and since then I have tried a couple of the Bare Knuckle pickups.
The Holydiver bridge and neck and the Abraxas bridge and neck and both pickup pairs are very articulate and well defined but I tend to like the Duncans better myself.
My favorite pickups after trying 175 different ones these past 3 years including mag swaps and hybrids are as follows
JB & Jazz with Alnico 5 roughcast in both
Alnico 5 roughcast unoriented in both
Alnico 4 roughcast in both
Alnico 3 polished (Jazz only)
Alnico 8 roughcast (JB only)
P-Rails bridge & neck
Pearly Gates bridge and neck.
There you have it.
Well it's nice to see this post get a second life. I originally posted it also 2 years ago and since then I have tried a couple of the Bare Knuckle pickups.
The Holydiver bridge and neck and the Abraxas bridge and neck and both pickup pairs are very articulate and well defined but I tend to like the Duncans better myself.
My favorite pickups after trying 175 different ones these past 3 years including mag swaps and hybrids are as follows
JB & Jazz with Alnico 5 roughcast in both
Alnico 5 roughcast unoriented in both
Alnico 4 roughcast in both
Alnico 3 polished (Jazz only)
Alnico 8 roughcast (JB only)
P-Rails bridge & neck
Pearly Gates bridge and neck.
There you have it.
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