fast ricky love
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Just curious if any of you guys have A/B'ed the Crossroads with a set of Holmes? The Holmes are pretty much the only PU I've not tried...
fast ricky love said:I've had all three in my Keebler LP, as well as a set of Rolph '58's. Here's my take:
- Tims: Beautiful tone and best harmonic overtone, a bit scooped tonally which made them the thinnest sounding, and therefore brightest. Not what I was after in this guitar, I wanted a bit more midrange girth. The neck PU tho' is just killer, woody and detailed.
- Rolph '59's: Dark! Great tone but I found them a bit lacking in detail, especially the neck PU. (These were the EdA wind like the Tims. I wound up going back to the Tims at this point, but they are cool PU's for the right guitar).
- Rolph '58's: The winner up to this point. More detailed than the '59's but still warm and sparkly without being harsh. Sweet! Great neck PU too. But still found them a bit thin for this guitar.
- Crossroads: Yes! Detailed, sweet, warm, nice midrange but not over the top. Great bass detail and they sing when overdriven. Can still get a bright tone out of them, I find them the most satisfying overall in this guitar. Neck is great too, reminds me of the Tim neck. Like I said earlier, they have a growl when I dig in that reminds me a bit of Shaws, in the best way possible. Really worth trying these PU's.
fast ricky love said:Just curious if any of you guys have A/B'ed the Crossroads with a set of Holmes? The Holmes are pretty much the only PU I've not tried...
fast ricky love said:Just curious if any of you guys have A/B'ed the Crossroads with a set of Holmes? The Holmes are pretty much the only PU I've not tried...
Ed A said:Thats my clip. Someone said that the clips on the WCR site are too overdriven. I dont think mine is heavily overdriven, its guitar straight into a '65 Pro Reverb, no pedals. Its not great quality but I was trying to show the nice nasal honk of the Crossroads.
Ed,
What that clip done using the Crossroad neck or bridge pickup?
Thanks,
Jim
fast ricky love said:Well, after thinking I was really set with pickups, I stumbled onto a deal for a set of Crossroads and figured what the hey... wow, I really like these pickups! I'd heard somewhere some folks found them a bit bright and that was what kept me away... well I'm happy to say that isn't the case. They are defined, sweet and even have a growl to them!
In fact after A/B'ing them with my H-80 with Shaws, I find they remind me a lot of Shaws!! I took out the other H-80 I own and did the same A/B and found the same results. They really have a nice depth to them and like I said, when you dig in they have growl! Very cool. They sing like crazy too when overdriven. Definately a keeper. :yay
I can't believe the amount of great aftermarket PU's available today, good times!
j45 said::note ouch