Got the Dirty Torque/Blues Engine combination in my ESP LTD EC-256 and I love the versatility that combination gives me. If I could keep a single guitar only this would be it. Can easily go from sweet bluesy tones to classic rock, hard rock, classic metal, NWOBHM - which is exactly what I listen to and aim to play. As this thing has become my favourite guitar I'm going to upgrade this thing little by little.
I'm into same still of music, liked your suggestion - have you Dirty Torque in Bridge, and Blues Engine Neck? Or wait around? Like to know please as want to get such tone. Thanks in advance 🙏
I was hoping for some clean tones!!! My daughter wants a new guitar, so we're about to start a scratch guitar build for her, and use the dirty torque pups for it. She hasn't crossed over to the "dark side" yet, but these pups might change her mind!
I've met Doug 4 different times over the years. Dude is cool as fuck. And his tone is awesome. The second time I seen him was about 3 yrs after meeting him the first time and he actually remembered me and recognized me in the first row. He gave me a pick and I asked him to sign it. He put it in his mouth and bit it. He said now you have my dental signature better than a pin signature right. And I laughed. Definitely got a thumbs up for this video. Definitely going to order a bridge for my 59 Les Paul.
I've not had the good fortune to actually meet him properly, but at the end of their concert in Newport,South Wales, in December 2011, he actually handed me his guitar (I was in the front),!! I was wondering how I'd sneak it out, when a roadie came over and gently took it back....nice experience to hold 1 of his les paul guitars though. Oh, and i managed to catch a plectrum he threw as well !! Pure luck.Hope to meet him in the future.
Totally agree that pickups need to match in appearance! Going to order a Dirty Torque for my MIJ Tokai. Seems perfect for what I need, lots of power and clarity. Thanks man.
For anyone interested I have the Dirty Torque bridge and two irongear jailhouse rails middle and neck fitted to a Fender Squire Showmaster HSS and AWESOME is the only way to describe it!! The DT cleans up nice on lower setting and really sings any growls with overdrive/gain, add the middle rail for some creaminess and chime, just the middle for bluesy chime, middle and neck for richer blues and neck for sweet chocolatey blues. The jailhouse rails ( double railed single coil sized humbuckers) look hot and can be if you wind them up but the tone they produce is sublime and without the crunchiness the blues engines seem to have even at low volume. Got myself a Super Strat with attitude. I highly recommend this combination!!
Pedro Morales Thank you very much for your reply and if my advice helped you choose the same setup, then I feel both humbled and honoured. I was truly fortunate, I was looking for a guitar to upgrade when I found the showmaster on e-bay, it had already been modded with the dirty torque and jailhouse rails. Dave's video helped me appreciate the DT and as I had never heard of Irongear I also found one video on UA-cam of the JHR in the neck and thought it sounded rich and creamy. I also looked at the blues engine but although I loved the tone it just seemed so crunchy, Honestly I couldn't be happier, both pickups complement each other so well and the tone is simply incredible. Let me know how you get on with your partscaster. Kind regards...Michael...
Thanks Michael. Indeed Dave made me know about the Irongear pickups, and I think that the choice you made is exactly what I want. Out from home for Christmas now, but I will try to finish the project in January. I think is going to be great. Your positive comments makes me be more confident about my choice, as I did not see anyone on youtube with that combination, that was the one I had in mind. Best regards.
the Dirty Torque and Blues Engine get a lot of high praise around various forums. It says one Irongears website that is similar to the Hot Slag. I'm looking to up the stock pups on my Epiphone explorer goth so the question is what the difference between them, I see the Dirty Torque is marketed as a premium pickup whatever that means. GJ on review!
I have both sets of pickups and to my mind the Hot slag has less bottom end to it so is more defined pickup, The Torque just blew me away, it has everything in abundance and a little more compression.
Hi Dave, I know I'm late to the party 🎉. But I Am astonished and amazed by how fantastic your playing is😅 I'm surprised that you are not famous. There are a lot of Top 🎩 guitar players in Britain , Sophie Burel , Dave Simpson and Chris Buck to name a few. I just got a bridge Iron gear for my Guitar 🎸 and I'm gonna install it. Thanks for the tip. You have incredible talent. Best regards. Rock on. John
dave i’m planing to buy this for new strat project hss or hsh, i have the pig iron and texas logo in my strat, seriously they sound far more better than sd ssl6 which i will be selling quite soon. thanks for the videos
Hey Dave, that's my kind of playing!! The pups sound just superb, since I saw your previous video about Iron Gear I'm like a child in a sweet shop, cant make my mind up, but I think this video has done it for me, love those harmonics and sustain. Can you tell me what amp your using cos that sounds brill. I'd love to see your band I bet its a blast, those licks take me back, none of that pinky diddling wollop, just good old grit. Love It!!
Sounds great and I love to buy a set but my concerns are. the bridge is not potted and I play on high volume high gain live so normally you get some microphonics sqeals whiich I do not like and want,is this a problem with this ? and does it clean up fairly withou getting compressed ? In youre opinion, even with high gain ,is de sounf still open in the room or rather compressed. UA-cam compresses everything so its hard to say on the clip
I've got entwistle HV58s in my tanglewood les paul. they truly are fantastic pickups! only shame is the wires for it are very thin, which doesn't bode well for longevity!
I actually have the original prototype of the Tanglewood Les Paul guitar, it came with a Entwistle HV58 in the neck and a HVX in the bridge. great pickups, wires look normal to me.
Well in the video I tell you :) I was just using an ID core practice amp 20 watt, its a bit compressed but at low levels sounds quite good, they sound pretty bad if you crank them though as speakers are crap. These pickups sound great with any saturated amp.
Super Dave glad you like Entwistle, Alan Entwistle is imho genius , i put His work above 90+% of boutique and big brands companies any time ☺...His pickups are imho arguably one of the best pickups up to 100e ( i would say above that to lol but people might think i'm crazy) ..There are HV58 Plus is hotter then the one you have one around 12k but with same vintage sound...HV 58 you have is imho great for dirty old school sound, better pickups then other who tray to achieve that Gibi sound. Did recommend to my friend Dark star Neodymium and for last year or so He puts them in every guitar...For people who like to bend strings a lot Nemesis AFG is super due to its combinations alnico+ceramic and above all blade aka rail pole on 1 half..pickups with that ''blade'' don't loose power during string bending like usual ones do, anyhow that is already engineering stuff ...Thx for all videos Dave, like them a lot, great informations...and of course i do share them often ☺...cheers.
Dave Barlow why would you suggest a blues engine if i don’t have a maple cap ? I have a ltd ec-256 and would like to find pickups that allow me to get slash and zakk wylde tones (if that ever is possible ! )
3 years later..... Ha play some BMR WOOOOOO UR Alabama fan!! Tired of hearing election crap here in the states, so I'm rewatching your catalog!!! ROCK MERICA WOOO...... yeah...
That tone is absolutely incredible
they sound awesome
Thanks Dave. You helped confirm my decision to go with a "non well known" brand set of pickups and they sound outstanding.
Dave your reviews are great, keep at it man. Entertaining, interesting and useful
That pickup sounds great, man. I was going to go for a Seymour Duncan JB, but not after hearing this. You just saved me some money - nice work!
Can't go wrong with Irongear pickups. Awesome tones.
Got the Dirty Torque/Blues Engine combination in my ESP LTD EC-256 and I love the versatility that combination gives me. If I could keep a single guitar only this would be it. Can easily go from sweet bluesy tones to classic rock, hard rock, classic metal, NWOBHM - which is exactly what I listen to and aim to play. As this thing has become my favourite guitar I'm going to upgrade this thing little by little.
I'm into same still of music, liked your suggestion - have you Dirty Torque in Bridge, and Blues Engine Neck? Or wait around? Like to know please as want to get such tone.
Thanks in advance 🙏
great tone DAVE love it sounds like Doug for sure great , DEMO AND PLAYING , YOU KNOW YOUR GEAR MAN , CHEERS MATE
I was hoping for some clean tones!!! My daughter wants a new guitar, so we're about to start a scratch guitar build for her, and use the dirty torque pups for it. She hasn't crossed over to the "dark side" yet, but these pups might change her mind!
That goldtop is beautiful. Sounds good as well !
Awesome pick ups! thanks Dave! will workshop these on my project guitar. keep well mate.
I've met Doug 4 different times over the years. Dude is cool as fuck. And his tone is awesome. The second time I seen him was about 3 yrs after meeting him the first time and he actually remembered me and recognized me in the first row. He gave me a pick and I asked him to sign it. He put it in his mouth and bit it. He said now you have my dental signature better than a pin signature right. And I laughed. Definitely got a thumbs up for this video. Definitely going to order a bridge for my 59 Les Paul.
I've not had the good fortune to actually meet him properly, but at the end of their concert in Newport,South Wales, in December 2011, he actually handed me his guitar (I was in the front),!! I was wondering how I'd sneak it out, when a roadie came over and gently took it back....nice experience to hold 1 of his les paul guitars though. Oh, and i managed to catch a plectrum he threw as well !! Pure luck.Hope to meet him in the future.
I use a Seymour Duncan SH14 Custom 5 in my main gigging guitar, it's a beast-it's kind of a PAF with an Alnico 5, seems similar to the Dirty Torque.
Totally agree that pickups need to match in appearance! Going to order a Dirty Torque for my MIJ Tokai. Seems perfect for what I need, lots of power and clarity. Thanks man.
mate, that sounds fucking explosive
I was thinking about getting one of these. Cheers Dave!
For anyone interested I have the Dirty Torque bridge and two irongear jailhouse rails middle and neck fitted to a Fender Squire Showmaster HSS and AWESOME is the only way to describe it!! The DT cleans up nice on lower setting and really sings any growls with overdrive/gain, add the middle rail for some creaminess and chime, just the middle for bluesy chime, middle and neck for richer blues and neck for sweet chocolatey blues. The jailhouse rails ( double railed single coil sized humbuckers) look hot and can be if you wind them up but the tone they produce is sublime and without the crunchiness the blues engines seem to have even at low volume. Got myself a Super Strat with attitude. I highly recommend this combination!!
This is exactly how I am going to set my partscaster.
Pedro Morales Thank you very much for your reply and if my advice helped you choose the same setup, then I feel both humbled and honoured. I was truly fortunate, I was looking for a guitar to upgrade when I found the showmaster on e-bay, it had already been modded with the dirty torque and jailhouse rails. Dave's video helped me appreciate the DT and as I had never heard of Irongear I also found one video on UA-cam of the JHR in the neck and thought it sounded rich and creamy. I also looked at the blues engine but although I loved the tone it just seemed so crunchy, Honestly I couldn't be happier, both pickups complement each other so well and the tone is simply incredible. Let me know how you get on with your partscaster. Kind regards...Michael...
Thanks Michael. Indeed Dave made me know about the Irongear pickups, and I think that the choice you made is exactly what I want. Out from home for Christmas now, but I will try to finish the project in January. I think is going to be great. Your positive comments makes me be more confident about my choice, as I did not see anyone on youtube with that combination, that was the one I had in mind. Best regards.
Pedro Morales You're welcome, have a wonderfull Christmas and an even better New Year thanks to Irongear.
I can vouch for the rolling mill, hot slag and pig iron pickups. I absolutely love the Hot Slag in my Schecter.
My credit card is ready. Ill get that and the Blues engine.
Thx for the video!
Great video and same goes for your playing, that's one angry pickup! :D Keep it up!
the Dirty Torque and Blues Engine get a lot of high praise around various forums. It says one Irongears website that is similar to the Hot Slag. I'm looking to up the stock pups on my Epiphone explorer goth so the question is what the difference between them, I see the Dirty Torque is marketed as a premium pickup whatever that means. GJ on review!
I have both sets of pickups and to my mind the Hot slag has less bottom end to it so is more defined pickup, The Torque just blew me away, it has everything in abundance and a little more compression.
Hi Dave, I know I'm late to the party 🎉. But I Am astonished and amazed by how fantastic your playing is😅 I'm surprised that you are not famous. There are a lot of Top 🎩 guitar players in Britain , Sophie Burel , Dave Simpson and Chris Buck to name a few. I just got a bridge Iron gear for my Guitar 🎸 and I'm gonna install it. Thanks for the tip. You have incredible talent. Best regards. Rock on. John
Wow, thank you! But I'm just your average guitar player, nothing special about my playing lol
Awesome tone
Great video I have been looking for some great pickups for my Earphone Les Paul I like the dirty torque in the bridge sounds nasty.
dave i’m planing to buy this for new strat project hss or hsh, i have the pig iron and texas logo in my strat, seriously they sound far more better than sd ssl6 which i will be selling quite soon. thanks for the videos
Sounds awesome dude
Hey Dave, that's my kind of playing!! The pups sound just superb, since I saw your previous video about Iron Gear I'm like a child in a sweet shop, cant make my mind up, but I think this video has done it for me, love those harmonics and sustain. Can you tell me what amp your using cos that sounds brill. I'd love to see your band I bet its a blast, those licks take me back, none of that pinky diddling wollop, just good old grit. Love It!!
amp is a Blackstar ID core 20
@@ransomrocks9389 Cheers
Sounds great and I love to buy a set but my concerns are. the bridge is not potted and I play on high volume high gain live so normally you get some microphonics sqeals whiich I do not like and want,is this a problem with this ? and does it clean up fairly withou getting compressed ? In youre opinion, even with high gain ,is de sounf still open in the room or rather compressed. UA-cam compresses everything so its hard to say on the clip
All Irongear pickups are wax potted.
Doug Aldrich has a Black Pickguard on the newest one he just bought!! Lol Nice Guitar BRA!!
Mine sounds like that but not as fast.
Excellent video Dave great stuff =) Any chance of doing a similar thing about Adrian Smith?.. now that I'd like to see.
Luvn the channel Dave
Killer tone!
I've got entwistle HV58s in my tanglewood les paul. they truly are fantastic pickups! only shame is the wires for it are very thin, which doesn't bode well for longevity!
I actually have the original prototype of the Tanglewood Les Paul guitar, it came with a Entwistle HV58 in the neck and a HVX in the bridge. great pickups, wires look normal to me.
Dave, how would you compare the HVX to the Dirty Torque? Thanks in advance.
I love the Entwistle hv58's
Me too, good for blues n light rock, they are not potted so some feedback issues can occur.
It would have been good if you had demoed the HV58!
sorry
Hi Dave
Do you set the humbucker pole piece high when you install them?
no I screw them down flush usualy
Looking in to iron gears right now, good tone. seems like a good chibson swap :)
Very good pups :)
Great sound and playing!
How would you compare this PU and the bridge PU in your Wolfgang Special?
I did a review on the Wolfgang some time back, go check out the video :)
I know, but no direct comparison between the two (?)
Hi Dave just came across this video, can you tell me how you managed to get this tone besides the pickup: IE what you are running through
Well in the video I tell you :) I was just using an ID core practice amp 20 watt, its a bit compressed but at low levels sounds quite good, they sound pretty bad if you crank them though as speakers are crap. These pickups sound great with any saturated amp.
I’m looking for some really dirty sounding humbuckers (especially on the neck) with high output, any suggestions? I have no idea where to start.
www.irongear.co.uk/irongear_pickups_034.htm
Super Dave glad you like Entwistle, Alan Entwistle is imho genius , i put His work above 90+% of boutique and big brands companies any time ☺...His pickups are imho arguably one of the best pickups up to 100e ( i would say above that to lol but people might think i'm crazy) ..There are HV58 Plus is hotter then the one you have one around 12k but with same vintage sound...HV 58 you have is imho great for dirty old school sound, better pickups then other who tray to achieve that Gibi sound. Did recommend to my friend Dark star Neodymium and for last year or so He puts them in every guitar...For people who like to bend strings a lot Nemesis AFG is super due to its combinations alnico+ceramic and above all blade aka rail pole on 1 half..pickups with that ''blade'' don't loose power during string bending like usual ones do, anyhow that is already engineering stuff ...Thx for all videos Dave, like them a lot, great informations...and of course i do share them often ☺...cheers.
how/where do i get a p90 bridge alnico 3 wire guage at 43 pickup at 7.5k to 7.6k at about $80 to $100??
For those interested, he yacks on an on for 6 minutes before paying the guitar.
Important background info.
@@DaveBarlowGuitar im here for the Yacking!!!
Yack on Brother!!!
Wooo
Will we get a chance of seeing you testing out Metal Machines?
No dude, these are too scary for me.
Do you think that a dirty torque in the bridge position and a blue engine in the neck position would be a good idea?
No I prefer The Dirty Torque Bridge with Tesla shark in the neck in a les paul, if your guitar has no maple cap use the Blues engine in the neck.
Dave Barlow OK thanks! I just asked because that's a combination that Iron Gear recommends on their site.
Dave Barlow why would you suggest a blues engine if i don’t have a maple cap ? I have a ltd ec-256 and would like to find pickups that allow me to get slash and zakk wylde tones (if that ever is possible ! )
Great shirt and video...
Funny I have a les paul with a dirty torque bridge and a tesla shark in the neck!
yes I like this combo
3 years later.....
Ha play some BMR WOOOOOO
UR Alabama fan!!
Tired of hearing election crap here in the states, so I'm rewatching your catalog!!! ROCK MERICA WOOO......
yeah...
Where you on speed when you made this?
Na mate, just high on life :)
The neck pickup is the juice in an amplifier. Slash played
Have you seen a pick-up company called guitar madness, are they any good? Super "affordable".
have no idea dude, sorry.
If you want a headbanger tone, then why not just use a ceramic pickup?
yes but again down to taste.
Whoa dude
7:03 xD
Its the Barlow LOOK
well gonna spend my lolly on the bridge version....all your fault.....lol
You look like Luke Morley.
Holy fuck 7:20
its a great modern pickup but with a classic sound.
This Doug Aldridge thing you keep referencing to is really the Ted Nugent tone. Now you know where Aldridge got his stuff from.
Interesting comment Tom, its true we steal a bit here and there and some is our own, I love guitars and Rock music :)
5 minutes in and your still talking! Just play the damb thing! Sheesh
background my dear fellow, if you want just sounds put on a f-in cd LOL
Jesus Christ, 6 minutes of talking before he plays the first tone. It's not only about information it's about look how great I am. :-(
yeah apparently Jesus was like that, suggest you try a different religion :)