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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Transcend on November 06, 2007, 11:26:09 AM

Title: something less tight than miracle man .. maybe nailbomb?
Post by: Transcend on November 06, 2007, 11:26:09 AM
i still want the aggression and punchiness of the  miracle man but a bit darker and a bit less tight.

would the nailbomb fit the bill
?

its going to be going into a basswood / maple superstrat.
Title: something less tight than miracle man .. maybe nailbomb?
Post by: ericsabbath on November 06, 2007, 01:47:54 PM
a miracle man with alnico 5 magnet  :idea:
Title: something less tight than miracle man .. maybe nailbomb?
Post by: Transcend on November 06, 2007, 05:11:07 PM
Quote from: Eric Hellstyle
a miracle man with alnico 5 magnet  :idea:


would tim be able to do that?
Title: something less tight than miracle man .. maybe nailbomb?
Post by: Will on November 06, 2007, 05:25:47 PM
someone around the forum has one! so yeah, Tim can.

everything has its price  :roll:
Title: something less tight than miracle man .. maybe nailbomb?
Post by: indysmith on November 06, 2007, 05:27:59 PM
yeah but i don't know if he'd want to.
Warpig sounds like what you're looking for.
Title: something less tight than miracle man .. maybe nailbomb?
Post by: ericsabbath on November 06, 2007, 05:33:57 PM
but the warpig is soooooo different from the miracle man
i think alnico 8 on miracle man would breed a great pickup too
Title: something less tight than miracle man .. maybe nailbomb?
Post by: wintersun on November 06, 2007, 06:41:48 PM
Quote from: Eric Hellstyle
but the warpig is soooooo different from the miracle man
i think alnico 8 on miracle man would breed a great pickup too


I agree....  :twisted:

Btw I'm curious... what would it sound like if The Nailbomb was ceramic? Which BKP would sound the closest?
Title: something less tight than miracle man .. maybe nailbomb?
Post by: HTH AMPS on November 06, 2007, 08:00:05 PM
Quote from: hate_growth
Quote from: Eric Hellstyle
a miracle man with alnico 5 magnet  :idea:


would tim be able to do that?


you can do it yourself if you already have a Miracle Man - just buy an A5 magnet from Tim, they're £7.50 last time I got one.

if you don't think you're up to the job, send it to Tim - I doubt he'd charge much, it's not a hard job.

 :twisted:
Title: something less tight than miracle man .. maybe nailbomb?
Post by: Transcend on November 06, 2007, 08:05:14 PM
Quote from: HEAVIER THAN HELL
Quote from: hate_growth
Quote from: Eric Hellstyle
a miracle man with alnico 5 magnet  :idea:


would tim be able to do that?


you can do it yourself if you already have a Miracle Man - just buy an A5 magnet from Tim, they're £7.50 last time I got one.

if you don't think you're up to the job, send it to Tim - I doubt he'd charge much, it's not a hard job.

 :twisted:


thing is i want to keep the miracle man in my les paul

how would an alnico 8 magnet make the miralc man sound
Title: something less tight than miracle man .. maybe nailbomb?
Post by: Nolly on November 06, 2007, 11:50:46 PM
Quote from: wintersun
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Btw I'm curious... what would it sound like if The Nailbomb was ceramic? Which BKP would sound the closest?


Pin from SikTh uses a ceramic Nailbomb in the bridge. I've got a set of Nailbombs with a ceramic bridge in the post at the moment (damn Royal Mail and their postal strikes-my pickups are caught in the month-long backlog :(). When they arrive I'll let you guys know how they sound.
Title: something less tight than miracle man .. maybe nailbomb?
Post by: ericsabbath on November 07, 2007, 03:42:05 AM
Quote from: HEAVIER THAN HELL
Quote from: hate_growth
Quote from: Eric Hellstyle
a miracle man with alnico 5 magnet  :idea:


would tim be able to do that?


you can do it yourself if you already have a Miracle Man - just buy an A5 magnet from Tim, they're £7.50 last time I got one.

if you don't think you're up to the job, send it to Tim - I doubt he'd charge much, it's not a hard job.

 :twisted:


i think he would lose the garantee
and there's a little problem about it
he would need to make thinner side spacers cause the ceramic magnet that tim uses is thicker than the usual
Title: something less tight than miracle man .. maybe nailbomb?
Post by: ericsabbath on November 07, 2007, 03:48:03 AM
Quote from: hate_growth
thing is i want to keep the miracle man in my les paul

how would an alnico 8 magnet make the miralc man sound


well... i tried it in a duncan custom
the ceramic duncan custom has a similar kind of EQ voicing (strong bass, few mids, lot of highs), but with less output than the miracle man
the alnico 8 took a bit of brightness, added a some nice low mids and made the highs smoother
in PAF type humbuckers like the ibanez super 70 it fills that PAF mid hollow with modern a low midrange and tighter bass
the added mids usually make it sound brighter than alnico 5, but darker than a ceramic
it still doesn't sound as powerful than a ceramic, especially if the ceramic magnet was oversized, but you'll lose less power than with alnico 5
Title: something less tight than miracle man .. maybe nailbomb?
Post by: Transcend on November 07, 2007, 10:26:49 AM
Quote from: Eric Hellstyle
Quote from: hate_growth
thing is i want to keep the miracle man in my les paul

how would an alnico 8 magnet make the miralc man sound


well... i tried it in a duncan custom
the ceramic duncan custom has a similar kind of EQ voicing (strong bass, few mids, lot of highs), but with less output than the miracle man
the alnico 8 took a bit of brightness, added a some nice low mids and made the highs smoother
in PAF type humbuckers like the ibanez super 70 it fills that PAF mid hollow with modern a low midrange and tighter bass
the added mids usually make it sound brighter than alnico 5, but darker than a ceramic
it still doesn't sound as powerful than a ceramic, especially if the ceramic magnet was oversized, but you'll less power than with alnico 5


intersting im seriously considering asking tim to do this for me