know anything about BC Rich?

[Dan Magee]

I like BC Rich guitars and I have the pick-ups and pots of a Gibson Les Paul. Would a BC Rich NJ Beast's tone be improved by the addition of these pots and pups?

 

[MikeS]

Re: know anything about BC Rich?

Tone is subjective, but IMO, yes, depending on the Gibson pickups you have. The Gibson 490/498 set did not work in my LP so well but they found a permanent home in my NJ Mockingbird. New pickups, along with quality audio taper pots, should be a good improvement.

The hardest part of selecting new pickups for the NJs (mine's an NJ Classic) is the maple neck-through construction and ebony fretboard. The tone is very bright and the attack is snappy and strong so you'll want to search for pickups with a softer top end. I also found high output pickups to be too harsh in the 'bird. The stock BSDM pickups are too bright, thin, and high output for those guitars, IMO.

 

[El Dunco]

Re: know anything about BC Rich?

Are BSDM pickups really that bad?

 

[Aceman]

Re: know anything about BC Rich?

The hardest part of selecting new pickups for the NJs (mine's an NJ Classic) is the maple neck-through construction and ebony fretboard. The tone is very bright and the attack is snappy and strong

While I love SD's, that really makes me think that DiMarzio is where you ought to be looking for pup's for that guitar.

 

[Mephis]

Re: know anything about BC Rich?

Are BSDM pickups really that bad?

Look for the "Worst sounding pickup ever" thread.

The BSDM's won the contest...



ANYTHING, even a squier humbucker would sound better than a BC Rich bucker. So yes, PLEASE change them.