Testing the BareKnuckle Coldsweats

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OK, so I have this cheap Ibanez RG Mahogany guitar that I love since it just plays real nice. I've tried several different pickup combos in it and all have sounded pretty good but decided to step up and try a set of BK's in it. I really dig the clarity that they have and the balance across all the strings. I haven't been able to achieve that out of any other off-the-shelf pickup. I just ordered two more sets for my 7 string and 8 string also...

Anyway, here's a short clip from a cover I'm doing of Steely Dan's Do It Again that I used the RG with Coldsweats on.

http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10165002

Used the AxeFX for guitars and bass.

I'll record some heavier stuff with the Coldsweats after I get them in the 7 or 8.
 
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Sweet tone indeed!

Tell us more about the wood/pickup combo.
I have avoided the new mahogany rgs because well...
I didn't think they would sound like that!
 
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Thanks guys. Much appreciated as always!

Yeah - the mahogany tends to be darker sounding but I find it easier to make a darker guitar have more life and body than trying to tone down a real bright guitar. The original stock pickups were mud fest in this guitar. I first tried a JB in the neck and it sounded OK followed by a Duncan SH6 in the bridge which also sounded OK. Then switched to a Dimarzio Crunch Lab in the bridge and a D-Sonic in the neck. Crunch lab sounded OK but didn't care for the D-Sonic. The BK's were the trick in this guitar - but the reality is that they cost me more than the guitar itself LOL. The result was that those pickups turned this low budget axe into one of my favorite guitars.

I have a set of Nailbombs in my swamp ash bodied Hamer but I'm still on the fence with the neck pickup in that one. The bridge pickup just kills but the neck pickup sounds a little too hollow in that guitar for some reason - though the pick attack is freakin' amazing. The D-Sonic in the neck on that guitar had great tone but lousy pick attack - so I'm still on the hunt.

I guess my point is that the BK pickups sound exceptionally good but they still fall prey to getting the pairing correct for a particular guitar. Obviously that can be an expensive proposition with those so it's worth a call to Tim at BareKnuckle before you buy. I can definitively say though that a set of the Coldsweats in a mahogany bodied hard tail guitar is an awesome combo.
 
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I like it better than the original song! Great playing and the tone is to die for. Sweet.
 
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Turn the drums down; Apart from that, sounds good. I like your rythm sound.
That's clean?:14:
 
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good review and awesome clip! I love my Rebel yells and have been REAL curious about some other ones. Mostly nailbombs as I LOVE Sam Coulson's playing and sound when he uses his lp.
 
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GoldenVulture said:
Turn the drums down; Apart from that, sounds good. I like your rythm sound.
That's clean?:14:
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LOL - I like drums :-)

Anyway, the "clean" is really an overdriven boutique amp patch I created on the AxeFX. I use it quite a bit live - it's a weird meaty sound that works for a lot of different things.
 
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