Product: BG Pups Lizard
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted
05/28/2008
at
04:51am
by
CarsickStan
Features
:
This pickup was hand wound by Bryan Gunsher at ???BG Pups???. It is a four connector humbucker, using an alnico 2 magnet, capped with a chrome cover and set snugly in the neck.
I bought the Lizard for the neck, and the BG dark (see separate review) 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.
Instrument
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2007 Schecter PT Fastback ??? telecaster. It did have a 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 liked the tone. The Schecter is made of Alder with a bolt on maple neck and rosewood fretboard.
Sound
:
10
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).
This pickup has a great clean sound. The alnico 2 gives it a real warmth but with no muddiness. When using overdrive/distortion the sound is creamy and smooth. Paired with a Boss Blues Driver this is a thing to behold. Sooo nice. Also worth noting is that it splits really well. You get a high-quality single coil sound. It???s not a throw-away feature like it is with so many other humbuckers, here it is a very real option.
If you play anything requiring a clean tone you will like this pickup. I love my blues and it is great for that. We play a lot of Zeppelin and it is great for that.
Overall Rating
:
10
These pickups are 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.
