
Matt Pike, guitarist/frontman of Sleep and High on Fire, collaborates with Lace Music on unique humbucker pickups available as a set, neck only, and bridge only.
The third collaboration between Lace and Pike has developed yet another set of distinct metal-tone humbuckers. For the first time, in the Signature Pike humbucker lineup, there is a fourth option of a middle humbucking pickup to join forces with the Firespitters bridge and neck set. Metal guitarists can now blaze away with guitars outfitted with three humbuckers as a Matt Pike optional tone addition.
Firespitters feature the famous Lace patented pickup design featuring barium ferrite magnets. A fine copper gauge wire wound on the Micro Matrix Comb bobbins. Matt Pike specifically designed each of the humbucker size pickups, for the three different positions now available. This new Pike model is only available in chrome and burnt chrome with the Lace method of distressing the finish. A Pike-designed skull with a lyre design is laser etched into the heavy brass pickup covers.
Matt Pike Firespitters pricing starts at $ 142.99 US. For more information, please visit lacemusic.com.
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PGāsJohn Bohlinger caught up with Moak at his Nashville studio known affectionately as the Smoakstack.
Grammy-nominated session guitarist, producer, mixer, and engineer Paul Moak stays busy on multiple fronts. Over the years heās written, played, produced and more for TV sessions (Pretty Little Liars, One Tree Hill) and artists including Third Day, Leeland, and the Blind Boys of Alabama. But most recently heās worked with Heart and Ann Wilson and Tripsitter.
Time Traveler
Moak is most loyal to a 1963 Stratocaster body thatās mated to a 1980s-vintage, 3-bolt, maple, bullet-truss-rod, 1969-style Fender Japan neck. The bridge has been swapped as many as four times and the bridge and neck pickups are Lindy Fralins.
Cool Cat
If thereās one guitar Moak would grab in a fire, itās the Jaguar heās had since age 20 and used in his band DC Talk. When Moak bought the guitar at Music Go Round in Minneapolis, the olympic white finish was almost perfect. He remains impressed with the breadth of tones. He likes the low-output single-coils for use with more expansive reverb effects.
Mystery Message Les Paul
Moakās 1970 L.P. Custom has a number of 1969 parts. It was traded to Moak by the band Feel. Interestingly, the back is carved with the words ācheatā and āliar,ā telling a tale we can only speculate about.
Dad Rocker
Almost equally near and dear to Moakās heart is this 1968 Vox Folk Twelve that belonged to his father. It has the original magnetic pickup at the neck as well as a piezo installed by Moak.
Flexi Plexis
This rare and precious trio of plexis can be routed in mix-and-match fashion to any of Moakās extensive selection of cabsāall of which are miked and ready to roll.
Vintage Voices
Moakās amps skew British, but ā60s Fender tone is here in plentitude courtesy of a blonde-and-oxblood Bassman and 1965 Bandmaster as well as a 2x6L6 Slivertone 1484 Twin Twelve.
Guess What?
The H-Zog, which is the second version of Canadian amp builder Garnetās Herzog tube-driven overdrive, can work as an overdrive or an amp head, but itās probably most famous for Randy Bachmanās fuzzy-as-heck āAmerican Womanā tone.
Stomp Staff
While the Eventide H90 that helps anchor Moakās pedalboard can handle the job of many pedals, he may have more amp heads on hand than stompboxes. But essentials include a JHS Pulp āNā Peel compressor/preamp, a DigiTech Whammy II, DigiTech FreqOut natural feedback generator, a Pete Cornish SS-3 drive, Klon Centaur, and Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man.
Brickhouse Toneworks BH-90 pickups offer the legendary tone of a classic P-90 in a humbucker-sized package, with zero hum.
Brickhouse Toneworks, a new manufacturer of high-quality and innovative guitar pickups, has announced the release of the BH-90 pickup. This hum-canceling design offers the legendary tone and responsiveness of a classic P-90 in a humbucker-sized package -- with absolutely zero hum.
The BH-90 captures the true personality of the beloved single coil P-90 tone ā its grit, sparkle, and touch sensitivity to playing dynamics ā while eliminating the notorious hum that often limits their use.
Available individually or as matched sets, these pickups effortlessly respond to your playing touch, delivering delicate cleans to aggressive distortion. Youāll get P-90 soul in a humbucker size: the BH-90 seamlessly replaces existing humbuckers with no modifications required. They drop right in where your existing humbuckers live.
āKey Features of the BH-90
- Cast Alnico 5 Magnets; 500k Pots & .022uf Cap recommended.
- Ultra quiet: Hum-canceling design, and lightly potted to minimize squeal.
- Classic design: vintage external braided lead wire, with output comparable to vintage '50s P-90
- Bridge: 19.5k (Average), Neck 17.5k (Average). Note: the BH-90ās DCR reading is much higher than normal single coil P-90s due to the nature of their hum-canceling design. This is a case where DCR should not be considered as a measurement of output because these are equivalent in output to a vintage P-90 that ranged in DCR readings between 7-9k.
- Made in the USA with premium quality materials.
The BH-90 street price starts at $170 each and starts at $340 per set.
For more information, please visit brickhousetone.com.
The BH90 by Brickhouse Toneworks | Pickup Demo - YouTube
The final installment with Santa Cruz Guitar Company founder Richard Hoover details the remaining steps that takes a collection of wood and wire into an impeccable instrument. Hoover explains how the company's craftsman delicately sand and finish the acoustics with a light touch to keeps them shiny and singing. He describes the pragmatic reasoning behind finishing the body and neck separately before marrying the two. He describes the balance between mechanical precision with the Plek machine and luthier artistry for the individualistic, hands-on set ups and intonation. Finally, Richard outlines why the company is now designing strings specific to their guitars.
Neil Young announces the love earth world tour, kicking off this summer.
Starting on June 18 in RƤttvik, Sweden, the first leg of the tour travels through the EU and UK. The North American leg begins in Charlotte on August 8 before concluding in Los Angeles on September 15.
Tickets are available beginning tomorrow, February 25 via an exclusive, 48-hour presale for Neil Young Archives members. General on-sale begins Friday, February 28. Click HERE for tickets and see the full list of dates below. More dates will be added shortly.
With his band, the chrome heartsāSpooner Oldham (Farfisa organ), Micah Nelson (guitar and vocal), Corey McCormick (bass and vocal), Anthony LoGerfo (drums)āNeil Young (guitar and vocal) is bringing his music and songs, new and old, to you. Their recent single ābig changeā is the first introduction of whatās to come on the love earth tour.
Neil Young is proud to partner with Farm Aid (co-founded by Neil Young in 1985) to bring HOMEGROWN Concessions to this tour, leading the way to change the live music food system. HOMEGROWN Concessions brings family farm food ā produced sustainably with a fair price paid to the farmer and served on compostable serviceware ā to music venues.
love earth world tour dates:
Jun 18 ā RƤttvik, Sweden ā Dalhalla
Jun 20 ā Bergen, Norway ā Bergenhus Fortress
Jun 22 ā Copenhagen, Denmark ā TiĆøren
Jun 26 ā Dublin, Ireland ā Malahide Castle
Jun 30 ā Brussels, Belgium ā Brussels Palace Open Air, Palace Square
Jul 01 ā Groningen, Netherlands ā Drafbaan Stedpark
Jul 03 ā Berlin, Germany ā Waldbühne
Jul 04 ā Mƶnchengladbach, Germany ā Sparkassenpark
Jul 08 ā Stuttgart, Germany ā Cannstatter Wasen
Aug 8 ā Charlotte, NC ā PNC Music Pavilion
Aug 10 ā Richmond, VA ā Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront
Aug 13 ā Detroit, MI ā Pine Knob Music Theatre
Aug 15 ā Cleveland, OH ā Blossom Music Center
Aug 17 ā Toronto, ON ā Budweiser Stage
Aug 21 ā Gilford, NH ā BankNH Pavilion
Aug 23 ā New York, NY ā Jones Beach
Aug 24 ā Bethel, NY ā Bethel Woods
Aug 27 ā Chicago, IL ā Northerly Island
Sep 01 ā Denver, CO ā Fiddlerās Green Amphitheatre
Sep 05 ā George, WA ā The Gorge
Sep 06 ā Vancouver, BC ā Deer Lake Park
Sep 10 ā Bend, OR ā Hayden Homes Amphitheater
Sep 12 ā Mountain View, CA ā Shoreline Amphitheater
Sep 15 ā Los Angeles, CA ā Hollywood Bowl