I bought a set o these. Put them in a '01 Epi LP Standard, and they sound amazing. What really surprised me is how great they sound running through my EVH 5150 on the blue channel. Gain at 2 o'clock, then boost it with a OD pedal. Its a massive wall of sound, but not mushy or muddy. Great pick-ups. Seems like C or C# standard is their sweet spot as far as tuning.
I'd love you to get your hands on the new/coming soon magnet-less pickups from the french company Keyztone. I just want someone to review them, they say it's 100% analog, no buzz, and can emulate any kind of pickups (some kind of Impulse Response but for Pickup). There's almost no videos... the only ones I saw are in French.
I'd actually be super interested in this Everyone knows about tonematching amps and stuff, but very few people seem to match DIs which I think is a shame. Being able to emulate pickups is the next logical step imo in tone recreation.
nah old sleep is orange and laney AOR, but jerusalem/dopesmoker is recorded mostly with matamps 'green' gt120's. They blew all their recording budget on those boutique amps, and weed ofcourse. They were very similar to or100's but not just rebadges ones. Here are the words of Billy Anderson, their producer: "That was a long time ago, but..its still really clear in my mind what was used because that album was such a struggle and achievement...Anyhow, for basic tracking (I'm pretty sure this track was used throughout the mixing process as a center track, except for the "scratch" solos..) we used a Green Matamp with a Green 4x12 cab, mic'd with an Sm57 and a Beyer M88. For the main guitars, we used two full stacks, one stack driven by a Green Matamp and the other driven by a Green Matamp Combo amp (I think it had 2x12" speakers) on the front end and a Slave Unit power amp on the back end...Each stack was mic'd close with SM7 and M88 with a room mic (probably a large diaphragm Neumann U67) and all mics summed to one track on tape. This setup was used to double the main guitar. So at that point we had the original live track and two performances of the setup with 2 stacks, equalling three tracks total. THEN--on certain parts of the song, for texture and dimension, we did an additional rhythm track using a fucking Pignose amp, open halfway with an AKG 414 in figure 8 pattern inserted into the open amp...Fucked up, right? After that, solos were done with the 2-full stack setup or the Pignose depending on which solo...Clean guitars were done with the Matamp combo at low volume with a ribbon mic close up and a room mic..."
I would say very flat dynamic and smooth attack, that is not a bad thing for Punk - Rock - Stoner kinda distortion, and it's good for arpeggios even in metal. On the other hand, a very bad choice for Metal, Thrash, Djent and all the stiles that require a tight attack.
ChristianIce the pickups were made for doom, so very mid range and bass heavy with no treble, unlike faster metal which relies on less bass and tons of treble, so these pickups are really made for doom and basically nothing else
they can rock/riff? that's it? try turning up the gain, using a fuzz pedal, or stacking pedals. i see how it sounds clean, and i understand you showing them "in the mix", but this video doesn't differentiate them from any other pickups, and with Matt's name on them, they should be shown through similar gear/instances of higher gain, louder amps. the pickups on Lace's site are considered "hot", but you hardly drove these things.
Yeah it sucks this is basically the only review of these on UA-cam, and he doesn't do anything with them that the majority of us that would buy them would do with them.
I'm glad I'm not the only one in this boat. I asked Lace about these pickups, and they actually sent me a link to this video. ZERO reviews showing how these sound for Doomy tones. Maybe I can get them to send me a pair, and give them a proper review. I'd like to compare these to the other Pike Pickups Lace has and the Finger Burners.
I love your Gibson RD Artist, Fluff! I used to own a 1970's Gibson RD Artist like yours but in a tobacco/vintage burst. I sure do miss that ebony fretboard.
@@kobediahmiller9141 I havent tested them through my main rig, but first impressions with my micro dark is that it seems to sound tighter and brighter then stock pick ups (But I also had my tone pot removed, so that might add to the brightness). I will follow up when I test with my Engl Ironball head this weekend.
Anyone know what the second toggle switch changes? Also, I know it's not the most important element of a pickup, but I like the look of them, very understated design.
sleep city! love your pickup reviews. you might want to start putting the DI's in the video in case the files go down like bill kellihers dissonant aggressors.
I am considering these for a project guitar devoted to C#-Badass guitar Page played an R D Artist on Misty Mountain Hop @ Knebworth-The Dragonaut pick ups sound great & have a decent Heavy Rock feel...
best lace pick ups for fuzz? am looking for bright and tight bright bridge pick up and low gnarly tone on neck pick up. I currently use a seymour duncun set...the sh 6b and the jazz neck pick up
Hey Ryan, I have a Strat Ultra with Lace Dually red/red humbucker which are nice. I'd like something similar for a LP styled guitar. Maybe just a tad tighter for more modern medium to high gain playing. Any suggestions? Cheers!
Hey Fluff, could you do a Ketztone pickup demo? I can't seem to find anything demonstrating that magnet-less pickup and i am very curious about it's capabilities! Also, that is a guitar. Keep up the good work Fluff!
Hey fluff I think im going through lace for my next pickup set but wanna know how the horsepower set (nitro hemi bridge, hemi neck) would compare to these or the dissonant agressors ive seen all your vids for them but just to get more of an idea can you give me any advice or guidance here?
The Hinds and Kelliher sets were both too weak in output for me. Great tone but I had to add more gain than normal on my rigs. They have a nice bite similar to these but I like the mid range I'm hearing here. Chunk!
Is it me or does this video never quite get crisp? Obviously during the play through it goes straight up out of focus a few times, but even "in focus" it never feels sharp.
Great videos! I have been following for a long time. I do suggest using the volume and tone knobs in your videos. Paul Reed Smith has some videos where he talks about and goes through various settings. It makes any pickup more versatile. Just a suggestion. Thank you for all the awesome info and videos.
That guitar is too beautiful to be real. Fluff you should get a V or an explorer even though I realize its probably not your cup of tea. V's are so comfortable to play though...
I may be dating myself and may trigger a few people but here I go anyway. IMO the lower riffing and chugs have a CKY ish sound and vibe to my ear. I mean that in the best way possible too. Like if that band ever reformed or retracked an album I believe their sound would greatly be improved with something like these at their disposal.
0/10
playing is too fast, plus hes wearing a shirt
No fluffs given!
+ no asscrack shown LOOOL, true though, wish he played some nasty stoner doom riffs
but his beard is naked!
Bruh listen to High on Fire... not very slow my man.
jakeybball they have playback speed options on here for a reason 😂
Drop out of life with bong in hand, follow the smoke to the riff filled land!
Fucking great to see some Pike/Sleep love on this channel. Sleep is the greatest
Dopesmoker!!! Fuck yeah🤘👊
I'm there manzzzzz..........................
Gotta put this through an amp with a little more citrus
Oh I see what you did thar.
"It tastes like shitrish.... shitrish" -Francis, 2011
Agufish you should totally demo these suckers, I would love to hear what you would do with something like the dragonauts!
I am going to do just that! I love citrus
Citrus you say? orange amp comes to mind xD
Wearing a shirt hurt the tone of the humbuckers
🤘
also not sweaty enough, the pickups get their energy from Matt's sweaty chest.
I bought a set o these. Put them in a '01 Epi LP Standard, and they sound amazing. What really surprised me is how great they sound running through my EVH 5150 on the blue channel. Gain at 2 o'clock, then boost it with a OD pedal. Its a massive wall of sound, but not mushy or muddy. Great pick-ups. Seems like C or C# standard is their sweet spot as far as tuning.
You should be reviewing these. Post a video showcasing the sound. :)
Do you find these pickups to be quite noisy on their own? I mean I installed them but I hear lot of hum....
I'd love you to get your hands on the new/coming soon magnet-less pickups from the french company Keyztone. I just want someone to review them, they say it's 100% analog, no buzz, and can emulate any kind of pickups (some kind of Impulse Response but for Pickup). There's almost no videos... the only ones I saw are in French.
damn, thumbs up this comment people!!
I'd actually be super interested in this
Everyone knows about tonematching amps and stuff, but very few people seem to match DIs which I think is a shame. Being able to emulate pickups is the next logical step imo in tone recreation.
I wanna put these in a sg. play a bunch of stoner doom. and have a or100 from orange with rigs of doom cabs full blast. and play dopesmoker on repeat
ThatMetalBassist and smell as bad as possible
change that or100 for a Sunn model T or Matamp and you're golden.
dopesmoker amps were re-badged OR100's
nah old sleep is orange and laney AOR, but jerusalem/dopesmoker is recorded mostly with matamps 'green' gt120's. They blew all their recording budget on those boutique amps, and weed ofcourse. They were very similar to or100's but not just rebadges ones. Here are the words of Billy Anderson, their producer: "That was a long time ago, but..its still really clear in my
mind what was used because that album was such a struggle and
achievement...Anyhow, for basic tracking (I'm pretty sure this
track was used throughout the mixing process as a center track,
except for the "scratch" solos..) we used a Green Matamp with a
Green 4x12 cab, mic'd with an Sm57 and a Beyer M88. For the
main guitars, we used two full stacks, one stack driven by a
Green Matamp and the other driven by a Green Matamp Combo amp
(I think it had 2x12" speakers) on the front end and a Slave
Unit power amp on the back end...Each stack was mic'd close
with SM7 and M88 with a room mic (probably a large diaphragm
Neumann U67) and all mics summed to one track on tape. This
setup was used to double the main guitar. So at that point we
had the original live track and two performances of the setup
with 2 stacks, equalling three tracks total.
THEN--on certain parts of the song, for texture and dimension,
we did an additional rhythm track using a fucking Pignose amp,
open halfway with an AKG 414 in figure 8 pattern inserted into
the open amp...Fucked up, right?
After that, solos were done with the 2-full stack setup or the
Pignose depending on which solo...Clean guitars were done with
the Matamp combo at low volume with a ribbon mic close up and a
room mic..."
my sunn model T reference has nothing to do with Sleep btw, just a fucking epic doom amp
Pretty sure everything Matt Pike does reminds me of a huge elephant stomping everything
I believe in the signs of the reptile masters
Love that tune at the beginning. Really appropriate for the sound of the Pickups and Amp you're playing through as well imo
Fluffster, how would you compare these to the Dirty Heshers?
I would say very flat dynamic and smooth attack, that is not a bad thing for Punk - Rock - Stoner kinda distortion, and it's good for arpeggios even in metal.
On the other hand, a very bad choice for Metal, Thrash, Djent and all the stiles that require a tight attack.
ChristianIce CRISTIANAIRTECK GUAI ATTÈ
ChristianIce the pickups were made for doom, so very mid range and bass heavy with no treble, unlike faster metal which relies on less bass and tons of treble, so these pickups are really made for doom and basically nothing else
Ummm no shit lol
That's why Matt's other set of signature Lace pickups, the "Dirty Heshers" exist.
they can rock/riff? that's it? try turning up the gain, using a fuzz pedal, or stacking pedals. i see how it sounds clean, and i understand you showing them "in the mix", but this video doesn't differentiate them from any other pickups, and with Matt's name on them, they should be shown through similar gear/instances of higher gain, louder amps. the pickups on Lace's site are considered "hot", but you hardly drove these things.
Elijah Herrera fluff also has the treble way too high on his settings, its reducing the power the pickup have when it comes to crushing tone
Yeah it sucks this is basically the only review of these on UA-cam, and he doesn't do anything with them that the majority of us that would buy them would do with them.
I'm glad I'm not the only one in this boat. I asked Lace about these pickups, and they actually sent me a link to this video. ZERO reviews showing how these sound for Doomy tones. Maybe I can get them to send me a pair, and give them a proper review. I'd like to compare these to the other Pike Pickups Lace has and the Finger Burners.
I was really surprised by how well those handled brutal riffs and then quickly performed some beautiful clean tones!
How many times have you changed pick ups on that poor rd? That thing has had more plastic surgery than a Hollywood actress
Ryan Bruce Are you gonna keep those around? Thinking about giving them a shot since I bought some others that you seemed to like.. EMG 57/66
Bahaha
unfunny
Have you done a comparison against the Lace Dirty Heshers Matt Pike did before? That would be a very interesting comparison.
I would also like to see this.
I love your Gibson RD Artist, Fluff! I used to own a 1970's Gibson RD Artist like yours but in a tobacco/vintage burst. I sure do miss that ebony fretboard.
I just ordered these pick ups for my Gibson Gothic V. Should be a nice upgrade from stock pick ups.
Wayne Alderman how do you like them? I’ve been considering them for my GGV too!
@@kobediahmiller9141 I havent tested them through my main rig, but first impressions with my micro dark is that it seems to sound tighter and brighter then stock pick ups (But I also had my tone pot removed, so that might add to the brightness). I will follow up when I test with my Engl Ironball head this weekend.
Dude! You didn't play Dragonaut though! Re-take!
I have a set of his dirty hesher pickups and they are pretty cool. Definitely interested in trying these out
Nice to see the RD back in action
I'm stuck between these, and the dirty heshers. What do you think? Currently running a 3 pickup SG and a CR120.
Been waiting for this since they were announced.
Fluff that part at 2:35! Dang!!!! That would be a sick intro for a rest!
these with your setup sound like they'd be great for mastodon riffs
please do a review of the Lace Pickups Downstroyer (Max Cavalera) Pickup Set
Was that fluff playing lead? Wut?
Anyone know what the second toggle switch changes? Also, I know it's not the most important element of a pickup, but I like the look of them, very understated design.
sleep city! love your pickup reviews. you might want to start putting the DI's in the video in case the files go down like bill kellihers dissonant aggressors.
I am considering these for a project guitar devoted to C#-Badass guitar Page played an R D Artist on Misty Mountain Hop @ Knebworth-The Dragonaut pick ups sound great & have a decent Heavy Rock feel...
What’s the difference between these and the dirty heshers? The website doesn’t really give an answer but both are pike pickups
best lace pick ups for fuzz? am looking for bright and tight bright bridge pick up and low gnarly tone on neck pick up. I currently use a seymour duncun set...the sh 6b and the jazz neck pick up
No more DI tracks ?! It was a great idea to have DI tracks ! I hope DI tracks will be back in this video and on your Channel ! Great demo by the way !
Oh ! And great shirt !
The Hyperion is sick man, prety strange aswel.... binding all over the headstock but not in the body or the neck....no maple cap also... still dope
Tried to replace pickups in guitar. Dropped out of life with bong in hand.
Hey Ryan, I have a Strat Ultra with Lace Dually red/red humbucker which are nice. I'd like something similar for a LP styled guitar. Maybe just a tad tighter for more modern medium to high gain playing. Any suggestions? Cheers!
Hey Fluff, could you do a Ketztone pickup demo? I can't seem to find anything demonstrating that magnet-less pickup and i am very curious about it's capabilities!
Also, that is a guitar. Keep up the good work Fluff!
A solo from Fluff? I dig it
Absolutely love the guitar!!
This dude plays the strings effortlessly like smooth can't even see
Fluff, what about a demonstration of Lacs's Hot Gold pickup? they are the most popular in their store!
Fluff leads make me feel feelings.
love it when fluff moves his left leg like that
sorry for the offtopic, have you heard of IRON GEAR pickups? would be realy nice to hear your opinion off them. Be well/Hannes
You should check out some Zombie Dust stuff
Maybe the Doomster, LSD or Neon Knights pickups
Hey fluff I think im going through lace for my next pickup set but wanna know how the horsepower set (nitro hemi bridge, hemi neck) would compare to these or the dissonant agressors ive seen all your vids for them but just to get more of an idea can you give me any advice or guidance here?
great sounding pickups in a awesome guitar.
Love the Gibson rd!
Are they active or passive?
What gibson model is that, i love ots shape its almost similar in shape to a bc rich mockingbird shape but not exactly and not as pointy as an explore
Explorer
Admittedly I expected a slightly crackle sound from these pick-ups, I'm glad I was wrong, might have to drop these into my les paul
Would you please upload DI Files again?
Whoa, auto focusing camera caught me off guard. Anyway, damn, those pickups sound pretty awesome.
cant wait for the new rest repose record
Anyway to repost the DI files? Pretty please????
I love your riffs !
The set is slightly less expensive than my guitar. So won't be getting them any time soon. Too bad, they sound great and I think I'd love them.
Does fluff's beard djent?
Does it djent...pshh...it IS djent.
so i keep coming back to this video, i ended up ordering BKP Warpigs over this. and im wondering if i should have got these =/
Like the new format
First time I see Fluff playing a solo :)
LOVE THAT FREAKIN GUITAR! !
trying to choose between these and the Hinds set.
The Hinds and Kelliher sets were both too weak in output for me. Great tone but I had to add more gain than normal on my rigs. They have a nice bite similar to these but I like the mid range I'm hearing here. Chunk!
does anybody know what guitar he's using?
Charlie Rumbellow expensive Gibson RD Artist
thx
Gibson RD, looks like an artist one
Fender Petrucci signature
It's a late 70s Gibson RD Artist.
Is it me or does this video never quite get crisp? Obviously during the play through it goes straight up out of focus a few times, but even "in focus" it never feels sharp.
That rd is beautiful. Is it your main recording guitar for RR
a Fluff Solo?!?!?!? Keep em coming bro!
What kind of magnets are Lace Pickups made of ?
Great videos! I have been following for a long time. I do suggest using the volume and tone knobs in your videos. Paul Reed Smith has some videos where he talks about and goes through various settings. It makes any pickup more versatile. Just a suggestion. Thank you for all the awesome info and videos.
love the shirt🤘😅😅 just AWESOME
Somewhere between an SG and a Les Paul? Must be a dream for fuzz.
Fuck the pickups that fucking RD is bangin!
I kinda want to put one of these in my P bass...
That guitar is too beautiful to be real. Fluff you should get a V or an explorer even though I realize its probably not your cup of tea. V's are so comfortable to play though...
that guitar is sick. me wanty
FLUFF!!!!!!These or the Divinators?
I deff NEED a set 3:)
Hey anybody know what's going on with rest repose? I'd love to see them but I'm all the way in Texas
Julia Speer I'm pretty sure they split up
They have their debut full length album coming out on May 19
I may be dating myself and may trigger a few people but here I go anyway. IMO the lower riffing and chugs have a CKY ish sound and vibe to my ear. I mean that in the best way possible too. Like if that band ever reformed or retracked an album I believe their sound would greatly be improved with something like these at their disposal.
is the intro an actual song or just that intro riff?
what kind of guitar is that?
did you remove the moog circuitry from you're rd artist?
What model is that Gibson? God damnit!
Thank you Mr Fluffy
dang the DI files are missing :/
Do MAX CAVALERA LACE DOWNSTROYERS!
DC resistance IS NOT OUPUT! Why people keep mixing that up?? smh
Pickups are voodoo science. Most guitarist do not have much understanding of electronics.
What model of guitar is that
Would buy
How much??
DI files in the description? LIES!!
love the shirt
uhh, Fluff? might wanna change your security settings...
But are they active or passive?
damn son, is that mesa triple crown your new main amp?
good choice. that thing is so sick. i do kind of hope they come out with maybe a 30 watt 2 channel version of it.
can you do sweep picking?
What guitar model is that
where can I buy that Guitar ??!
It's a gibson RD; extremely expensive. Check out his sig guitar the Balager Hyperion :p
thanks!!
Nice shirt
That shirt! lol I'm dying.
where those DI files tho?