Hallmark pickups "made-to-order" - did you know? Review

[pillof]

LOL, My bad. I thought it's flat from the angle of the pic. This pic is much better.
http://www.gearnuts.com/images/closeup/xl/1600-SHPR1sBlk_detail1.jpg

Either way, I just wrote Bob ordering a set of Fat Pig. I'm so glad I read this post today. Thank you for making this happen.
I'm hoping the Fat Pig pickups can be made as a RWRP set. It would be dream comes true to me.

hmmm. so this type of humbucker might not work, right? there's no feet to bend.

http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/electric/humbucker/medium-output/prails_shpr1/

There are feet on there.....

[Greg_L]

Cool! It'll be better sounding and looking than that hideous P-Rails thing!

Just kidding, I've actually heard very good things about those P-Rail pickups, but they're just so darn ugly.

I'm loving my "Fat Pig" pickup and I'm really glad I went to Bob about making this thing for me. If you're mostly into hard rock or punk, this pickup is just right for the 60 Custom. It gives the right blend of fatness and biting clarity. Not quite as thick as a humbucker, not as screechy as a Strat/Tele type single coil, and it retains much of the surfy goodness of the stock pickup with the amp set clean. Just right for me.

I need to make some sound clips.

[pillof]

Totally agree. P-Rail sounds way better than it looks. But I sure won't let them destroy my beautiful Custom 60.



Got the reply from Bob. I'm SO excited.

Please do make some clips! Would love to hear them first while waiting!!

Cool! It'll be better sounding and looking than that hideous P-Rails thing!

Just kidding, I've actually heard very good things about those P-Rail pickups, but they're just so darn ugly.

I'm loving my "Fat Pig" pickup and I'm really glad I went to Bob about making this thing for me. If you're mostly into hard rock or punk, this pickup is just right for the 60 Custom. It gives the right blend of fatness and biting clarity. Not quite as thick as a humbucker, not as screechy as a Strat/Tele type single coil, and it retains much of the surfy goodness of the stock pickup with the amp set clean. Just right for me.

I need to make some sound clips.

[Greg_L]

Wow, that's a beauty. I like the Gibson style speed knobs too.

[Bob Shade]

Fat Pig left the Hallmark shop today! On it's way

[pillof]

Thank you Bob!! Can't wait to hear it!!

Fat Pig left the Hallmark shop today! On it's way

[Bob Shade]

I would like to hear it too. Can you make a video demo??

[Greg_L]

Here's a snippet of an early Ramones-ish tone attempt with the "Fat Pig" in a 60 Custom through a Marshall JVM410 + 4x12 Greenback cab mic'd with a single 57 for each track.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/262 ... 20clip.mp3

[pillof]

Thanks for the clip, Greg. Sounds awesome! The high string clarity is really pronounced. Love that sudden tremolo there.
Is this on bridge pickup? Did you swap to 500k pots?

Here's a snippet of an early Ramones-ish tone attempt with the "Fat Pig" in a 60 Custom through a Marshall JVM410 + 4x12 Greenback cab mic'd with a single 57 for each track.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/262 ... 20clip.mp3

[Greg_L]

Thanks for the clip, Greg. Sounds awesome! The high string clarity is really pronounced. Love that sudden tremolo there.
Is this on bridge pickup? Did you swap to 500k pots?

Thanks a lot!

Bridge pickup only, stock pots.

The Tremolo bit is a 3rd track overdubbed in just for that part. I used the same amp settings, but ran the guitar through a Boss TR-2. I Hit the chord and rolled the "rate" knob on the pedal to get it to slow down and speed up as the guitar went into feedback..