Blackmachine pickups

[Lorcan Ward]

I'll find the specs later but they are mid output, Doug prefers lower output pickups.

 

[narad]

I'm really interested in trying the bridge pickup for high-gain stuff, I haven't had an Alnico pickup sound perfect for it, and the ceramics I've tried (admittedly, not a ton) tend to get a bit shrill. Does this model sound like any other BKP/SD/etc pickup, or is it it's pretty much it's own thing?

Probably close to whatever Doug puts in his personal guitar(s). I used to know this...mule and coldsweat or something? That said I personally think BKPs aren't quite up to snuff with other boutique winders, so if ASL is just building a tweaked mule/coldsweat it could still be noticeably different/better.

 

[Purelojik]

i remember seeing pin and leah's blackmachines with these in them. they look cool but yea pups are getting expensive. i'll stick with Aaron/Blackwaters neo modern, or dimarzio's dominions.

 

[jjcor]

I have a b6 with a coldsweat bridge / painkiller neck, do you think these will make that much of a difference? I'm really looking into them.

 

[asher]

... and he's gone again

 

[K-Roll]

what's the waiting list? 14 years?

 

[4Eyes]

they definitely look like they djent

 

[Andromalia]

Given the price and variety of offerings of Seymour Duncan, Di Marzio and Lace pickups, I can't see why someone whould pay 400$ for a pair of pickups.
The only expensive pickup I own is a M6 that got it's way in my amfisound because they came standard with it. It's a good pickup but nothing justifies it costing twice the price of a SD at retail.

 

[technomancer]

... and he's gone again

That'll happen when you post a thread about a product to drum up interest then post a for sale thread for that product the next day

 

[witeter]

I tried them at the British Guitar Show last week and chatted to Doug about them. I liked them, even though the bridge magnet is Alnico it had very good tightness and seemed very well rounded. Doug basically wanted to make a bridge pickup that tracked like a ceramic whilst still retaining the warmth of an Alnico magnet. The neck is indeed great for cleans.

 

[asher]

That'll happen when you post a thread about a product to drum up interest then post a for sale thread for that product the next day

 

[Maniacal]

Going to collect a B6 with BM pickups from Doug today. Will report back later

 

[Maniacal]

Update: Yep. It's that good. And yep. The pickups sound ridiculous.

 

[narad]

Then you owe us a video ;-)

 

[Cloudy]

Hideous pickup bobbins I get the look they're going for but it just looks cheap and bad imo.

Definitely not my thing, especially for that price.

 

[narad]

Hideous pickup bobbins I get the look they're going for but it just looks cheap and bad imo.

Definitely not my thing, especially for that price.

You can just get them with covers.

 

[Humbuck]

Hideous pickup bobbins I get the look they're going for but it just looks cheap and bad imo.

Definitely not my thing, especially for that price.

So tone/sound be damned, if they looked cool you'd have no problem with the price?

 

[Cloudy]

So tone/sound be damned, if they looked cool you'd have no problem with the price?

No, not necessarily. I do hold a lot of value in aesthetics though. Just my preference

 

[technomancer]

You can just get them with covers.

Or with different colored bobbins...

ASL Pickups - exclusively from Feline Guitars

Towards the bottom of the page "Shown here in clear - also avauilable in other colours and covered"

 

[Cloudy]

Or with different colored bobbins...

ASL Pickups - exclusively from Feline Guitars

Towards the bottom of the page "Shown here in clear - also avauilable in other colours and covered"

Thankfully the option is available. Nothing worse than only one option