BG Pups BG Dark

This pickup was hand wound by Bryan Gunsher at ???BG Pups???. It is a four connector humbucker, using an alnico 5 magnet, capped with a chrome cover and set snugly in the bridge.

I bought the Lizard for the neck (see separate review), and the BG dark for the bridge. Although Brian does not refer to these as a ???matched pair??? they work incredibly well as a unit. I was able to email him what I wanted so he did wind these for me with a particular theme in mind. He responded quickly and the pickups I received are proof that he was both listening and had the skills to ???wind in??? the sound I was after. The ability to talk to the person who will be winding your pick-up is a huge benefit in my opinion.

2007 Schecter PT Fastback ??? telecaster. It did have Duncan designed HB 102 in the bridge and a FG 101 mini-humbucker in the neck. I should say that the stock pups where actually pretty good. We bought the guitar new because we like the tone.

The Schecter is made of Alder with a bolt on maple neck and rosewood fretboard.

To hear what the pickups sound like you can visit my sons YouTube page (www.youtube.com/user/MiniJimmyBoy) for his version of ???since I???ve been loving you??? (a good example because he switches between neck and bridge).

If you view this keep in mind he is only playing through a 15w Marshall practice amp. I think this is even more impressive because the tone he gets is amazing considering the volume is relatively low and there is no effects pedal being used (just a bit of amp gain and reverb).

The pick-up has a real open sound with just enough gravel in it to make things interesting and give it a personality. You can get Bryan to wind it hotter but I would say ours was wound moderately hot. Having said that, my god this thing kicks serious arse when you wind it up, particularly playing live where it really cuts through. The lows are tight yet none of the highs are lost and there is plenty of sparkle in the top end.

We play a lot of Zeppelin with this guitar and this pick-up is perfect for it (even without an LP).

This pickup is soooo good and the guitar has completely changed. It can be hard buying pickups over the net because you don???t really know what you are going to get. I am really picky about my tone and I happy to say that Bryan totally came through. The pups we got are simply awesome and if you include price point (we paid US$87.99 including chrome cover) then there is no comparison to something factory-wound.