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

[@haldasinger6440]

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

[@JC-11111]

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]

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]

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]

Life's too short

[@joesharpe7685]

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

[@rickyt11010]

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

[@alexcorona]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@DJBuglip]

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

[@2Wiered2Live2Rare2die]

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]

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]

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

[@SomeNigel]

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

[@ilikepotatoes1345]

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]

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

[@niceman8815]

Was legit just thinking this as I was watching

[@hazrod13]

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

[@nitrobw1]

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

[@domoniquebrooks816]

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

[@seanmckelvey6618]

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

[@Mr.Goldbar]

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

[@Peter-by3ox]

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

[@shitrigs6506]

Great idea

[@BMGS340]

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]

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

[@JordonBeal]

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

[@gonzalooliveraalves]

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

[@wheelchairtestdummy3059]

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.

[@fernandobertola9354]

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!

[@ScienceofLoud]

Get your own P90 SG - www.thomann.de/gb/thlpg_3ztesk9tge.html Adding nickel covered P90s will make me sound like Black Sabbath, right? I attempt to emulate Tony Iommi with these modifications to my resurrected Gibson SG. Electronics and Pickup kits - www.alegree.co.uk/ Nickel P90 Covers - www.axesrus.co.uk/ARUP90NSGib-p/p90gcoverns.htm Extinction Level Event drums - spectredigital.com/shop/drum-plugin-extinction-level-event-master-kit/?aff=CSGuitars Sharp End FX 'House of Noise' Treble Booster - www.sharpendfx.com/product-page/house-of-noise-treble-booster This video contains product provided by Alegree More details on how CSGuitars implements product promotion - www.csguitars.co.uk/disclosure #tonyiommi #blacksabbath #gibsonsg 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 More from CSGuitars: Gain access to exclusive content at: www.patreon.com/csguitars Join CSGuitars Discord - discord.gg/csguitars Buy CSGuitars Merchandise - www.csguitars.co.uk/store Website - www.csguitars.co.uk Contact - [e-mail] ____________________________________________________________________ *Description contains affiliate links. Purchasing using one of these links will generate a small commission for CSGuitars at no additional cost to you.*

[@w33blord66]

Amazing effortless playing. Such an entertaining video.

[@MrBillySpleen]

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

[@bobbyfonts3486]

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!

[@13aphomet]

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

[@alanst.4417]

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!

[@valeriotagliaferri2125]

This is a really satisfying video to see. Thanx

[@TheRomanoLV]

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

[@euronymous93]

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

[@michaelfrancis1]

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! 🤘😺🤘

[@50Something]

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

[@albertplaysguitar]

Simply amazing sounding guitar

[@pcbullets8726]

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

[@OW79]

Really like the sound of the digital backend too!

[@stefano.salari]

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.

[@ladyjulia4038]

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

[@backlom]

What a great guitar! Congratulations Colin!!

[@comajoebuck999]

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

[@JWBails]

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

[@FISHYFILMPRODUCTIONS]

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

[@ScienceofLoud]

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]

Not a good move at all really.

[@TheMerc1950]

Sounds amazing!!!

[@OnTheFritz602]

Wow, that guitar sounds glorious!

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

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

[@palukens]

Fav song right there

[@Sh1neSp4rk]

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

[@kelvinklauck]

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

[@icenic_wolf]

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.

[@MercutioUK2006]

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

[@giancarlopaolini7529]

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 🙂

[@OssianEMills]

Vast improvement! Good idea becomes a Great idea realized!

[@londog2010]

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.

[@lostingear]

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

[@DJBuglip]

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

[@bobjones8610]

Great video! Your playing never fails to amaze me. And for the Strat, I thought it would be cool if you put in some Gretsch Filtertrons.

[@2loud-official]

Great clip! And one of Black Sabbath´s best songs... - now how do I get out of the void? 😎

[@stevepatterson6297]

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. 👍

[@msbrech]

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.

[@jameslewis2635]

Well done, Colin. That rendition of 'Into the void' sounded spot on. I now have to wonder if the 'Bass Butler' pedal that flashed on screen was aimed at replicating the sounds of a certain Geezer that Black Sabbath and Ozzy fans might be aware of... As for the parts caster, maybe an HSS pickup combination would be a good change from all the P90's. Otherwise (since I can see an all single coil S type on the wall) you might want to experiment with either a pair of mini humbuckers or something like the Seymour Duncan Hotrails system. Since you have that pickup winder have you ever considered experimenting with adding a 'dummy coil' to P90's in order to give them a humbucking mode without changing the sound? I remember there was a Gibson signature that did this a few years ago but I have never heard of anyone else replicating it. That would be handy as the thing that puts me off about P90's is how sensitive they are to electrical interference. The keyboard player in my last band also played guitar but picking up the electrical radiation on his P90 loaded Epiphone made it unusable until he replaced the P90 with a humbucker.

[@graemejones218]

I subscribed ages ago, I like the science, personally I always like to learn as it keeps the mind active. I'm 56 years young & your channel is fascinating, especially when you consider I was 13 when I began playing. Oh, I'm from B'ham, very close to Aston just like the original Black Sabbath. And I think you did a remarkable job emulating Tony's sound. The Partscaster idea's, how about a Fast Eddie Clarke recreation. He was the man who got me to pick up a guitar. And I was lucky enough to see the original line up 9 times, plus when Brian replaced Eddie for Another perfect day. What I would like to ask you is unrelated to this video, I'm about to buy either a Boss Katana Artist 2 or a H&K Black Spirit combo. In your personal opinion, do you favour one above the other? Or even a similar alternative? Sadly I cannot afford a Grandmeister Deluxe 40 head & cab which would be my choice if money allowed. But a back to back comparism of both H&K amps showed the Black Spirit ran the GM 40 very close for sound. I do hope you see my message, I consider you to be a wealth of knowledge & therefore the best person to ask my questions to. Thank you Colin.

[@halmycroft194]

Loving the dig at Pork Markets

[@Jefffafa334]

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

[@chunkuswumpus3515]

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]

That full mix of Into the Void sounds very tasty!

[@mycorrhizae86]

I would love to see a Sustaniac in the Partscaster!

[@karamero1626]

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]

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

[@ScienceofLoud]

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.

[@DigiRokkuKang]

Excellent showcase Colin 🤘🏻 For your partscaster, maybe leave the p90 in the neck and have a dual rail in the bridge (your choice of brand and output) ?

[@keithhampton9700]

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.🤘🤠🤘

[@projiepaul]

Great tone!!🤘😀🤘

[@geoffdillon6013]

Great change. P90’s sound good in every guitar don’t they! Especially Gibson P90’s which you have replicated. Like you said in your video, they basically have the same output as a humbucker, but, they are so much brighter though. Great vid, love your work and your channel.

[@fullclipaudio]

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.

[@HighEnergyPessimism]

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

[@robcerasuolo9207]

Hi, Colin! I'd like to suggest something different: taking your Partscaster, or another similar guitar, and doing a switch from P90s to minibuckers using one of those adapter sets, and all that this would entail. I'd also like to see your take on usable out-of-phase tones. Perhaps you can even combine these into one project? I don't want to ask too much, especially cuz I plan to do this for a non-metal genre, and yours is primarily a metal channel. But, heavy is heavy, no matter what emotional sets we are expressing, and I'd like to learn how to get the best of such a setup. You're the guy to do it, and do it well, in my opinion. 🧈👈😂 Thanks for all that you do!

[@darthslater6077]

Good to see you my friend always information loaded hey, can you go into why the 1962 fender telecaster pickups are so much better than most others?

[@Tommieboy_666]

amazing video!

[@ziggylayneable]

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

[@aquilarossa5191]

Playing was spot on. Nice one. Tone was similar but not quite there. Not the big knackers of the original, but the character of the overdrive was all there. Probably because you are using an amp that has a fairly high passed input. To get that big Sabbath tone the treble booster needs to be hitting a quite dark sounding but overdriven amp, i.e., the normal channel rather than the treble one (old school normal mind you). P.S. I am 52 now and can count the number of times on one hand that I have bothered to string 11s and tune down to C# so i can play that era Black Sabbath. Kind of need to always have a guitar handy that's already setup for it. BTW. I wonder how many folks heard Iommi uses 8s and tried tuning down to C# with them only to discover they almost flap in the breeze because there is not enough tension? Not even 9s have enough really. 10s maybe, but 11s seem to be the way to go. I think Iommi must have used 8s for standard tuning (9s for Eb on Heaven And Hell apparently -- and modded Marshall amps).

[@maxf2417]

Colin, this was one of my favorite videos of yours. Maybe you can tackle recreating EVH's frankenstrat next?

[@ScienceofLoud]

Problem with the Frankenstrat is: 1 - everyone else has already done it 2 - people get really anal about the tiniest details, which just bores me 3 - I never much liked EVH, so it wouldn't really be of interest But with the SG: I've always been a huge Sabbath fan and I've been dreaming of owning a Gibson SG of this spec for the last 15 years. There's much more motivation to spend the time and the money to make it happen AND I don't see anyone else with one like it.

[@IsabellaCatherine19XX]

It sounds killer!

[@tomflynn2912]

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

[@Dark_LoreVT]

Very cool SG! On the partscaster ( may be late to the party) but how about Fender Jazz Master style pickups? I mounted a Guitar Fetish Supply hot JM bridge pickup in a cheapy Epi Special II. And it sounds pretty great. Way more chimey than the dark sounding humbuckers it came with.

[@colinmacdonald3931]

Nice one Col!🤘

[@jimmiller2270]

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

[@MinimGuitars]

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.

[@alexcorona]

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

[@frankperricone2065]

Sounds like Tony Iommi to me, nice playing. I was pretty close to grabbing my bass and playing along. I have a bass that I have tuned to C# just for Sabbath.

[@rockmovieswithtyler1989]

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

[@nathanmclauchlan5148]

Sounds awesome with your new pickups. Can you please explain the difference between a standard humbucker and a humbucker with blades rather than the bobbins and does it have to be a ceramic pickup if using the blades?

[@jameshatch5722]

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

[@Kabayoth]

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.

[@Magic_Man916]

Awesome video

[@JohnDoe9764]

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

[@MusicOfDreamweaver]

Love the vids. Could you do a Double humbucker on the strat? With some coiltap/split shenanigans?

[@thehoppo]

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)

[@mikeystaats]

Dude for that partscaster do something real different like triple Firebird pickups. I like them a little better than regular minihumbers because they're like real fat hot rails, since they have a big metal bar instead of individual pole pieces. Anyway wonderful video, sweet SG!

[@ChrisFranklyn]

I think a strat copy with Charlie Christian "Jetson" pickups would looks awesome. Would be another pickup type for you to go in depth about too :)

[@Leonlonglegs]

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!

[@TomTobin67]

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

[@AutismRocksOfficial]

Sweet Axe 🤘🤘

[@marcherwig8060]

That partscaster would be really cool with some filtertron style pickups! I just built one myself with a single bridge Seymour Duncan Psyclone and it rips!

[@Kylora2112]

Put a humbucker in the bridge, P-rail in the mid, and a P90 in the neck. Mini toggles for on/off and coil splits for the humbucker and P-rail. I know you like versatile guitars =D You could even do an angled "double single coil" in the bridge to get some Nile Rodgers chord chuckin' funk with one coil engaged and some METAAAAAAAAAAAAL!!! with both.

[@funkyfender1]

I loved that ❤

[@graemejones218]

Hello Colin. May I ask you if you had 3 amplifiers to choose from, which would appeal to you the most? In no particular order they are the H&K Black Spirit, the H&K Grandmeister 40 deluxe, & finally the Boss Katana Artist 2. I had a tax rebate this week & I can now afford the Grandmeister Deluxe 40 head & a TM cab. Many thanks Colin, regards Graeme.

[@2013musicman]

Maybe…you should try your hand at winding a pair of mini humbuckers or some firebird pickups for that partscaster you got; the former could be a good drop in replacement with only a little body drilling for the mounting screws. Heck maybe you could do a TATA for the firebird pickup as I think many people (myself included) haven't really seen the inside of said pickups.

[@emmarossignol4445]

Lipstick pickups always sound good in strats!