Groltz said:
A Cort CL1000 with a Joe Barden HB Two-Tone in the neck and a Gibson Tony Iommi Signature HB in the bridge...
Speak of the devil, I saw one of these "PRS Single Cut Clone" Cort just like yours this past weekend, used and for sale at a Walmart.... I meant at a Guitar Center.
Yours does have pretty good pickups, though, and fortunately installed in the proper positions for their sonic characteristics. Your Barden *humbucker* (in the neck postion) is a fairly uncommon pickup. Joe Barden sells a hell of a lot more Telecaster replacement (micro-humbucker) pickups than his full-size humbucker. I have an set of original Bill Lawrence twin-blade humbuckers that is physically very similar to your Barden. The Iommi pickup you have in the bridge position is pretty hot, and works much better in that position.
Speaking of Tony Iommi, the pickup model Tony Iommi used throughout the 1970s in all those early classic Black Sabbath albums is -- ironically -- the pickup shown in my avatar! It's the Gibson P-90 single coil pickup (Tannin's favourite pickup, don't ask) which is a large sort-of-"dark" single coil pickup with a fairly powerful output. Tony had a Gibson SG with P-90s, I have a Les Paul with P-90s outfitted with creme covers. Other notable P-90 users have been Santana (early 70s) where he used an SG with P-90s for his scalding wah-wah solos, and Pete Townshend used an SG with P-90s (specifically "Live At Leeds") for a few years
LIKE THIS HERE which he also used to hit Abbey Hoffman with at Woodstock (!). The big mid-range punch of the P-90 is not for everybody, as Tannin can telll you, and they can be a bit noisy and hummy like other single coil pickups (unlike humbuckers).
My Les Paul Gem Topaz with P-90 pickups...
