Will THIS Give Me the 'Iommi' Tone?! | Axe From The Grave

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  • @haldasinger6440
    @haldasinger6440 Год назад +186

    soldering on top of your finished guitar . . . the confidence! the skill! I would never

    • @JC-11111
      @JC-11111 Год назад +3

      Seriously? As long as it isn't nitro, there's almost nothin to the worry about. Hot, dripping solder is almost cool enough to solidify as soon as it hits so it won't melt anything. I've done it tons of times. Even then, all it takes is a piece of almost anything as protection over the finish. Even just a few sheets of notebook paper would work.

    • @JC-11111
      @JC-11111 Год назад +5

      Oh yea... There's also the fact that I buy my guitars to keep so I treat them accordingly. Meaning IDGAF what happens to them because I'm not trying to preserve value so I can sell later. I use my guitars for what they are. Instruments to be enjoyed. I can't do that while worrying about trying to keep them in pristine shape.

    • @florabee9283
      @florabee9283 Год назад

      The neck has been broken off, so a spot of flux splatter is no longer a concern. Plus, this man has soldering skills- blobs of solder don't just drip off once you know what you're doing. Flux does kind of spatter forth from the heat sometimes though.

    • @the-np4mr
      @the-np4mr Год назад +1

      Life's too short

    • @joesharpe7685
      @joesharpe7685 Год назад +1

      @@JC-11111 it doesn’t do much, but it can affect any finish

  • @rickyt11010
    @rickyt11010 Год назад +99

    P90s are such an underappreciated metal pickup. That thing sounds sick, now I'll be drooling over P90 SGs for months.

    • @alexcorona
      @alexcorona Год назад +11

      I swapped some P94s into my Les Paul, Also I never would have though this but telecaster pickups are super great for metal also, besides Morello I never knew of anyone else and even he only uses the neck, but the bridge one is even better.
      P90s have the same amount of windings as a humbucker so it’s not surprising.

    • @rickyt11010
      @rickyt11010 Год назад +6

      right on. I'm personally a fan of the GFS humbucker sized Mean 90's I've put them in a few guitars and loved them in every one. I dig them because supposedly they are wound one a redesigned p90 bobbin that is shaped to fit in the humbucker sized cover. I don't know if it is true but they sound good so it works for me lol.

    • @mistreated
      @mistreated Год назад +4

      It's killer! I removed the 490r 498t's from my LP Special that I've owned for 20 years. I was never really happy with the sound. Replaced with Seymour Duncan P-90 Phat Cats. It's an "all new" guitar. Great for hard rock and metal AND clean chimey blues tones.

    • @wesleywheeler7891
      @wesleywheeler7891 Год назад +2

      I was wanting to replace mine with some bare knuckle Mississippi Queens

    • @DJBuglip
      @DJBuglip Год назад +1

      I put em in my green lp, they're like buzzsaws

  • @2Wiered2Live2Rare2die
    @2Wiered2Live2Rare2die Год назад +75

    But are you prepared to loose a couple tips of your fingers?! Next video idea....Maybe? Great video as always man and sounds awesome 🤘🏻

    • @Deris87
      @Deris87 Год назад +15

      The only time I'll agree with "tone is in the fingers" is when it comes to Tony Iommi, because he's the only player I know of whose fingers aren't made of fingers.

    • @AJEDDY97
      @AJEDDY97 Год назад +6

      @Lars Norberg Tony's tone comes from his mustache.

  • @SomeNigel
    @SomeNigel Год назад +30

    You as a gear head, obviously a big win, but you as a player deserve serious props too

  • @ilikepotatoes1345
    @ilikepotatoes1345 Год назад +14

    This thing is absolutely sick, sounds and looks godly, and it being tuned to C# is just a cherry on top. I love it a lot.

  • @sawbonesquad4876
    @sawbonesquad4876 Год назад +19

    As an SG and Sabbath fan, a video like this is fascinating Colin! Such good production quality.

    • @niceman8815
      @niceman8815 Год назад

      Was legit just thinking this as I was watching

  • @nitrobw1
    @nitrobw1 Год назад +12

    My suggestion for that partscaster: Firebirds! An underappreciated and incredibly versatile pickup that doesn't get nearly the love it should.

    • @domoniquebrooks816
      @domoniquebrooks816 Год назад +2

      I second this and an accompanying video on mini humbuckers would be in order as well.

    • @seanmckelvey6618
      @seanmckelvey6618 Год назад

      Yes! awesome pickups that deserve much more attention than they get.

  • @hazrod13
    @hazrod13 Год назад +17

    I'm once again impressed by the quality of video production. The lighting, the framing, the traveling, it's all so well done. oh yeah guitar's a banger as well

  • @Peter-by3ox
    @Peter-by3ox Год назад +10

    You should do a Glenn Tipton Tribute guitar with the parts caster 2 dimarzio SD HB and a metal scratch plate. The influence that guitar sound had is as important as big Toni's in it's own way - excellent vid and playing that tone you got was legendary

  • @Mr.Goldbar
    @Mr.Goldbar Год назад +11

    I have two suggestions for the Alegree Strat.
    1. 3 incredibly hot single coils that are tappable. You can use that for a video about what tapping actually is and if we can get a vintage sound if we tap a hot pickup.
    2. Jazzmaster pickups, for the querkiness of it and for comparing them to the P90s

  • @BMGS340
    @BMGS340 Год назад +6

    I gotta say my Scottish brother Into The Void cover was like a sacrament it sounded so good, you really should do more stuff like that, graveyard guitar tone chasing! "Ne Obliet"

  • @andydinesguitar
    @andydinesguitar Год назад +5

    Sounds absolutely righteous Colin, great cover of Into The Void too!🤘

  • @TheRomanoLV
    @TheRomanoLV Год назад

    Mate the fact that 37% of your viewers are subscribed is amazing, other channels usually get less than 10%

  • @MrBillySpleen
    @MrBillySpleen Год назад

    Every time I hear you talk about subs, I think about how I've been subbed since your Invaders review Keep 'em comin'!

  • @JordonBeal
    @JordonBeal Год назад +1

    Dude! Thank you for rocking Extinction Level Event for the drums! Honored!
    -Jordon Beal

  • @wheelchairtestdummy3059
    @wheelchairtestdummy3059 Год назад +2

    You did such a great job rehabbing that SG and your playing did some justice for it also.
    Great job. Thanks for great content as always.

  • @Jefffafa334
    @Jefffafa334 Год назад

    I did this same setup to a friend of mines 90’s It was a fun sabbath filled night

  • @gonzalooliveraalves
    @gonzalooliveraalves Год назад +6

    Really love how powerful the tone is now with those P90 pickups! In regards of the P90 Strat, my suggestion is either make a 3 mini humbucker strat or put filtertrons instead

  • @alexcorona
    @alexcorona Год назад

    P90s are the only pickups where I prefer the neck over the bridge. It just sounds magical.

  • @w33blord66
    @w33blord66 3 месяца назад

    Amazing effortless playing. Such an entertaining video.

  • @euronymous93
    @euronymous93 Год назад +1

    into the void is my fav sabbath tune by far, especially fun to play

  • @bobbyfonts3486
    @bobbyfonts3486 Год назад

    Really enjoyed the vids on this repair. Really nice work. I own a Fender Lead II (looks like a baby Strat) that I did some modifying to, including adding a third center pick-up and putting in a set of *Texas Specials* and a slick 5 way switch which allowed me to reverse the polarity on the the three inner positions to get a hum bucking effect. Would love to have an SG someday. Keep up the great work. Will keep watching!

  • @mycorrhizae86
    @mycorrhizae86 Год назад +1

    I would love to see a Sustaniac in the Partscaster!

  • @13aphomet
    @13aphomet Год назад +1

    Hell yea!! Tony would be proud. Beautiful guitar. 🤘🏼

  • @ScienceofLoud
    @ScienceofLoud  Год назад +1

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    Adding nickel covered P90s will make me sound like Black Sabbath, right?
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    Timecodes -
    00:00 - Introduction
    00:18 - Humbucker Sounds
    00:33 - Iommi Concept
    01:17 - Winding the P90s
    02:39 - Soldering New Potentiometers
    03:51 - P90 Sounds
    04:22 - Black Sabbath - Into The Void full mix
    08:26 - Conclusion and Next Project
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  • @HighEnergyPessimism
    @HighEnergyPessimism Год назад

    I agree with the comments requesting mini humbuckers/firebird pickups!

  • @kelvinklauck
    @kelvinklauck Год назад

    This is the only channel i comme running to whenever i see a notification

  • @palukens
    @palukens Год назад

    Fav song right there

  • @comajoebuck999
    @comajoebuck999 Год назад

    Was just watching Sabbath at Cal Jam/War Pigs….. and bingo, here we are! Excellent.

  • @fernandobertola9354
    @fernandobertola9354 Год назад +1

    Greetings Colin! Been expecting something great out of that SG. Beautiful job. A note: one of the things that make most of the Iommi sound is the string gauge. I believe he uses something like 8-38's in C#, which is incredibly wobbly for most of us. I tend to play in C with a 9-46's mixed set on an SG with a humbucker sized P90 and it gets really close on almost any amp setup, as it's the way loosier strings resonate that contribute the most to the final sound. I used to go for 9-42's before but I'm not such a careful and precise player like he is, so my bass notes would get all out of tune. You might want to give a chance to a lighter gauge on this guitar, you'll love it! In any case, amazing job. Thank you for your videos. Salutations from Spain!

  • @lostingear
    @lostingear Год назад

    I came across some of your older videos. Clicked on your channel to check it out, and was like "who the hell is that short haired dude!?" Great channel, thanks for all the tips

  • @valeriotagliaferri2125
    @valeriotagliaferri2125 Год назад

    This is a really satisfying video to see. Thanx

  • @OssianEMills
    @OssianEMills Год назад

    Vast improvement!
    Good idea becomes a Great idea realized!

  • @Safetysealed
    @Safetysealed Год назад

    IMO the partscaster would be badass with a Jazzmaster pickup in the bridge, and a Charlie Christian in the neck.
    Truly the spanish inquisition of Strat pickup choices.

  • @alanst.4417
    @alanst.4417 Год назад

    Oh yeah, these were some serious Iommi tones for sure, I'm really impressed with your precision and the sound of your custom wound P90s, Colin! Looking forward to more Sabbath!

  • @stefano.salari
    @stefano.salari Год назад +1

    These P90 are gorgeous! Talking about the future of PartsCaster, personally I'd be interested in seeing some work involving humbuckers and electronics. How to play with phasing, for example, but also how to best reach a single coil sound with them. Just splitting a Humbucker drops too much their output but for example the Guthrie Govan Charvel has lots of different sound options even if it keeps the volume quite consistent. I'd be curious to know more about this.

  • @tomflynn2912
    @tomflynn2912 Год назад

    Im subscribed! Thats why i can say nackel covered p90 peekups!

  • @frankbennett3075
    @frankbennett3075 Год назад

    That SG turned out super sweet (leaf).

  • @MinimGuitars
    @MinimGuitars Год назад

    I wired my Epiphone SG so you can switch the humbuckers between series and parallel, which is effectively like having the humbucker or two single-coils sat right next to each other. It's in the ballpark of a P90 sound but you still get the hum cancelling effect from the two coils.

  • @keithhampton9700
    @keithhampton9700 5 месяцев назад

    I just started a project with a really cheap SG copy. 108$ US. Got some generic humbucker sized P90 Ceramic pickups. Got a group of electronics for a Epiphone SG 400.Added locking tuners.Orange drop caps. Wish me luck.🤘🤠🤘

  • @albertplaysguitar
    @albertplaysguitar Год назад

    Simply amazing sounding guitar

  • @ziggylayneable
    @ziggylayneable Год назад

    You were killing it sounded like Tony iomi through my headphones but then all the sudden you turned into Zakk instead of Tony when the solo came... nice but not who I was expecting

  • @ladyjulia4038
    @ladyjulia4038 Год назад

    Colin I want to see you play bass again. You're so cute when you play bass. As always keep killing it!

  • @OW79
    @OW79 Год назад

    Really like the sound of the digital backend too!

  • @JWBails
    @JWBails Год назад

    Awesome to see you using Extinction Level Event! Something tells me you and Glenn would get along rather well.

  • @TheMerc1950
    @TheMerc1950 Год назад +1

    Sounds amazing!!!

  • @TomTobin67
    @TomTobin67 9 месяцев назад +1

    Hey Colin. There is a Dimarzio pickup called "Humbucker from Hell" that looks like a PAF but sounds like a P90. Check it out.

  • @OnTheFritz602
    @OnTheFritz602 Год назад

    Wow, that guitar sounds glorious!

  • @garethniles6152
    @garethniles6152 Год назад

    I remember seeing a video of winding a pickup with a drill and tachometer

  • @pcbullets8726
    @pcbullets8726 Год назад +1

    Wow, that guitar sounds great! Also, nice playing!

  • @chrisdaviesguitar
    @chrisdaviesguitar Год назад

    Fair play, you did a cracking job on that. I wouldn't have known where to start.

  • @50Something
    @50Something Год назад

    Way to go lad, you knock it out of the park with the quality of your videos!

  • @DJBuglip
    @DJBuglip Год назад

    One of my favorite Sabbath songs, man, nice choice. \m/

  • @thesickhorseranch
    @thesickhorseranch Год назад +1

    I regret that I have but one subscription to give!

  • @icenic_wolf
    @icenic_wolf Год назад +1

    If you wanted to go crazy (which I fully support), you could go HSH and then add a Free-Way-5 Switch, which will give you 10 total options for what pickups you'd like to have selected and how. It'd give you a chance to really flex on showing how you can wire it up to be flexible but still super useful.

  • @michaelfrancis1
    @michaelfrancis1 Год назад

    Dannnng!! Sounds amazing!
    The difference is more obvious in the song. You can hear the sustain and separate string articulation. Great song choice. Totally matches! Way to go above and beyond for a great guitar that had a bad day ☺️
    Cheers from Texas!
    🤘😺🤘

  • @MercutioUK2006
    @MercutioUK2006 Год назад

    Sounds killer. I had reservations but man, you nailed it.

  • @halmycroft194
    @halmycroft194 Год назад

    Loving the dig at Pork Markets

  • @backlom
    @backlom Год назад

    What a great guitar! Congratulations Colin!!

  • @jameshatch5722
    @jameshatch5722 Год назад

    Dig the whole set up, I'd swap the bridge for a roller style . P90s and Meastros on any Gibson are bad ass 🤠

  • @karamero1626
    @karamero1626 Год назад +1

    I´ve expected the P90s to have a brighter tone than the humbuckers, but they actually have more "meat" and gnarl to them than the stock pickups. Excellent Iommi emulation BTW!

    • @GogaBolz
      @GogaBolz Год назад

      Don't forget that the pots have been changed :)

    • @ScienceofLoud
      @ScienceofLoud  Год назад +1

      Humbuckers being a combination of two thinner coils will stay brighter than one huge fat coil in P90s. More turns on a single coil increases the inductance, bringing down the resonant peak - pushing P90s more into the midrange with a nicely rolled off top end (even with the 500K pots removing less highs).
      These P90s also have weaker magnets than would be in the stock humbucker which is probably contributing something to the less peaky highs.
      The advantage is in the way they snarl and bite with distortion, but will still roll back with the volume control to a more detailed clean.

  • @BlackSnack
    @BlackSnack Год назад

    Humbucker Humbucker Single Strat! (Serious head nod and rockers solute)

  • @stevepatterson6297
    @stevepatterson6297 Год назад

    That Gibbo SG sounds and looks absolutely killer.. Be great to see P-Rail pickups with coil splitting on the Alegree strat. P-90, 'bucker, single coil and all the combos of them all in one guitar. 👍

  • @StratoBlaster
    @StratoBlaster Год назад

    Into the Void… my man!

  • @JackGladstoneHolroyde
    @JackGladstoneHolroyde Год назад

    I saw your Liz Truss joke and I appreciated it like a Tory appreciates a nice warm pork market

  • @chunkuswumpus3515
    @chunkuswumpus3515 Год назад +1

    Would be cool to see you use some modern pickups on the partscaster. You tend to focus on vintage pickups when you buy and wind your own pickups

  • @irrsinnrainer
    @irrsinnrainer Год назад

    That full mix of Into the Void sounds very tasty!

  • @fullclipaudio
    @fullclipaudio Год назад

    I have a 2006 stop tail SG Classic with P90's. It is by far my favorite SG (I have a '61 reissue, Tribute, & Modern). It just Dooms.

  • @jimmiller2270
    @jimmiller2270 Год назад +1

    That sounded really nasty in the best ways possible. As for the strat, think you need to make a P90 humbucker.

  • @FISHYFILMPRODUCTIONS
    @FISHYFILMPRODUCTIONS Год назад

    Bold move soldering on top of the guitar, nice work!

    • @ScienceofLoud
      @ScienceofLoud  Год назад

      It's not a problem if you are good at soldering, but I might have been more careful if it was a new guitar that hadn't previously been broken in half.

    • @mattrogers1946
      @mattrogers1946 Год назад

      Not a good move at all really.

  • @JohnDoe9764
    @JohnDoe9764 Год назад

    You could try Filtertrons or Mini Humbuckers/Firebird Pickups in your Partscaster. Or Railhammer Nuevo 90s.
    I would love to see and hear that!

  • @rockmovieswithtyler1989
    @rockmovieswithtyler1989 Год назад

    Thinking the parts caster should PRails but that's up to you dude!🤷🏼‍♂️🤘🏻😎

  • @msbrech
    @msbrech Год назад

    Fantastic video, as always!
    As far as the Alegree Partscaster goes, I hate to see it change! I love the way it looks and sounds! But if it must change, maybe as a counterpoint to the more flamboyant builds we've seen (Muppet Jazzmaster) or thrash and metal guitars, go back to a simple, vintage single coil arrangement and show people with your mad playing skills why Stratocasters have been kicking @$$ for almost 70 years!
    Maybe even as a history lesson demonstrate using a three way switch how players got to positions 2 and 4 before Fender finally started building them with 5 way switches.

  • @AutismRocksOfficial
    @AutismRocksOfficial Год назад

    Sweet Axe 🤘🤘

  • @VanjaSpirin
    @VanjaSpirin Год назад

    Love metal/stoner with p90. I use humbucker sized p90's.

  • @londog2010
    @londog2010 Год назад +1

    Great show and fantastic tone on your wind P90’s. Maybe a swap out for Filtertrons or at least an Episode on what makes up a Filtertron unique.

  • @emmarossignol4445
    @emmarossignol4445 Год назад

    Lipstick pickups always sound good in strats!

  • @matthewajello1299
    @matthewajello1299 Год назад

    i would love to see your attempt at winding a John Birch Magnum set like iommis late 70s tone, epoxy potted, 24k wind, the works

  • @markmcgibbon2101
    @markmcgibbon2101 Год назад

    Iommitastic 🤘🏼🤘🏼

  • @stuie382
    @stuie382 Год назад

    For the partscaster - Firebird pickups

  • @giancarlopaolini7529
    @giancarlopaolini7529 Год назад

    Nice job, nice tone and nice playing. The P90 ? Supergreat ...I had them on my SG with trem back in 1972 going through a Marshall full stack cranked up to 100 watt...no pedal needed 🙂

  • @JustPlayItLoud
    @JustPlayItLoud Год назад

    Just swap the P90s for mini humbuckers in the Strat. Wildly underrated pickups that totally rip

  • @thehoppo
    @thehoppo Год назад +1

    Man I love Into the Void, if you would have used much lighter gauge strings it would have sounded even closer (but been harder to keep in tune)

  • @Sh1neSp4rk
    @Sh1neSp4rk Год назад

    I suppose I don't have number in front of me but based on all the other youtubers that show the numbers of subs and non-subs I think 37% is well above average, I'm used to seeing channels with numbers in the mid-high 20s if not lower. Not to say that you shouldn't have even more as this is likely the best guitar centric channel on the internet, it's mostly to say good job on a better ratio that most :D

  • @dragoonphotography5847
    @dragoonphotography5847 Год назад

    I normally don’t like batwing SG’s but good golly that combination of traits looks A+.

    • @ScienceofLoud
      @ScienceofLoud  Год назад +2

      I've got an eye for guitar fashion - I like them to look good.

    • @Tehstroyer
      @Tehstroyer Год назад +1

      Same. Batwing alone is OKish, but it really gets great with the vibrola.

  • @colinmacdonald3931
    @colinmacdonald3931 Год назад

    Nice one Col!🤘

  • @projiepaul
    @projiepaul Год назад

    Great tone!!🤘😀🤘

  • @funkyfender1
    @funkyfender1 Год назад

    I loved that ❤

  • @needsLITHIUM
    @needsLITHIUM Год назад

    I love P90's, and I actually want more guitars with them installed. I have an Epiphone Les Paul Special with a GFS Dream 180 bridge and Dream 90 Neck set and a Seymour Duncan Active Blackouts Preamp, which I also retrofitted with a microtuner stop tail. In a perfect world, I'd love another identical guitar, or close to it (I'd settle for a chibson or cheap imitation if the balance and fretting quality is there, and I'd also be fine with an SG shaped axe), but this time without the active wiring. I love buying $200 sleeper guitars and turning them into modded monsters.

  • @Lordbaccus
    @Lordbaccus Год назад

    Badass!

  • @vanshankguitars
    @vanshankguitars Год назад

    I have the same pickup winder!

  • @RFDQE
    @RFDQE Год назад

    HSH for the partscaster and make a bridge pickup like the super distortion 😉

  • @IsabellaCatherine19XX
    @IsabellaCatherine19XX Год назад

    It sounds killer!

  • @amd3011
    @amd3011 Год назад

    Tone for days!

  • @Leonlonglegs
    @Leonlonglegs Год назад

    Well how about a hybrid pickup layout for the partscaster? Keep a P90 in the neck and put a humbucker in the bridge. Gives you a more cutting neck sound that fits in the mix while a full bodied bridge pickup tone. Keeping the best of both worlds!

  • @darthslater6077
    @darthslater6077 Год назад

    If I could make a request? Please do an instructional on how to program that drum machine you use step by step that would make for a great episode I think!

  • @Kabayoth
    @Kabayoth Год назад

    The Partscaster is a great opportunity for mini-humbuckers.
    Alternatively there are multivoiced pickups that are out there, but need perfecting. The Seymour Duncan P-Rails and the Bareknuckle Polymath come to mind. They go about it differently, but I'm curious how you might approach this. SD has two completely different coil winds and a common magnet. Bareknuckle has two different wire gauges and a common magnet.
    I'm curious to see if there are other ways around this sort of thing. SD Quarter Pounder magnets and coils matched to a hot-rails magnet and coils. A staple P90 matched to a parallel axis Strat coil.
    The rout for the P90s gives you many unconventional options for a multivoiced humbucker. Wind a P90 to the width of a P90, but go deep to make room for another coil next to it. Or try to make the old Lace P900 Holy Grail geometry.

  • @Tommieboy_666
    @Tommieboy_666 Год назад

    amazing video!

  • @j.thorgard
    @j.thorgard Год назад

    Parts-caster should maximise the difference between pickups. Take the woofer + tweeter concept to the extreme. Neck: low-Q boosted hum-bucker. Bridge: high-Q boosted higher output single-coil. No tone pot just two volumes and a three way switch.

  • @T.K.Omastar
    @T.K.Omastar Год назад

    Something off the wall for the partscaster. Jazzmaster pickups in neck/bridge with a mini humbucker in the middle would be pretty cool.