garey77
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I’m acquiring an American Tele soon, and all the YT stuff sounds kick ass from this pup. Anyone have one/any experience w/one?
garey77
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Anyone...Bueller?
thenine
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I believe these are still single coil so if 60 cycle hum bums you out - best to avoid
USofguitars
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garey77":3mikkxh7 said:
Dunno those pups. But all I can say is that from my experience with BKP, you don't need to overthink. Got the opportunity to buy a used set of Stockholm HSP90 that I installed into one of my guitars. I compared them to some Seymour Duncan P90 - same guitar model. Just different pups. The frequency response of those BK is so much better. Much fuller and richer. Also better balanced. And hotter. Which fits what I do.
Now if you'll like the cobra or not is more a question of taste, and use of it. But if you go for a similarly set output level, it'll surely kill the stock pups of your new tele. BKP are not in for the hype.
All my guitars will get their fitting set of BKP in due time.
ChurchHill
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Don't know about the Cobra T, but I've got a Cobra S in the neck of a Strat. Thenine's right, they're true single coils.
If the Cobra T is close to the rest of the Cobra's, I'd guess it's a modern sounding, medium output pup with a full range and no real obvious peaks in the frequency response. Again, just a guess, but I'm thinking it's somewhere around an EMG, just more organic and bouncy (for lack of a better word). I don't have any EMG Tele experience, but I've had a set of EMG SAs in a Soloist and the Cobra S is like that.
I do have a Flat 50s set in an AVRI Tele and it is, hands down, the best Tele pup I've ever heard. Nothing else even close. I agree with USofguitars that any of the BKPs are going to be an improvement. After that, it's all just a matter of taste.
If the Cobra T is close to the rest of the Cobra's, I'd guess it's a modern sounding, medium output pup with a full range and no real obvious peaks in the frequency response. Again, just a guess, but I'm thinking it's somewhere around an EMG, just more organic and bouncy (for lack of a better word). I don't have any EMG Tele experience, but I've had a set of EMG SAs in a Soloist and the Cobra S is like that.
I do have a Flat 50s set in an AVRI Tele and it is, hands down, the best Tele pup I've ever heard. Nothing else even close. I agree with USofguitars that any of the BKPs are going to be an improvement. After that, it's all just a matter of taste.
garey77
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Yeah, I’m sort of expecting the BK to have a more harmonically rich sound than the lil ‘59 that’s in there now. I do have a set of Holy Divers in a 7 string I have, but this should be a totally different beast.
ChurchHill
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Cool, the Holy Divers are one of my faves. You're right, the Cobra T would be a totally different beast, but I have no doubt they'd be just as good at what they do.