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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Antag on February 28, 2008, 11:50:16 AM

Title: Hey piggy piggy...
Post by: Antag on February 28, 2008, 11:50:16 AM
Went to Feline to get a PK & CS fitted to my new King-V.  While I was there I noticed that he had an open-poled Warpig in stock.  "Hmmm" I thought, "I can find a home for that" so I bought it & stuck it in my Gibson Gothic V.

It's VERY powerful.  The sound is so heavy & fluid, yet clear.  Drop-tuned riffage is absolutely monstrous & my high gain channel sounds even more saturated now :twisted:  However, you can get a surprisingly useable clean sound out of a Warpig without needing to roll off the volume - the amp sounds like it is being driven hard, but it's not in any way harsh.

Comparisons with my other guitars are pointless as I keep this guitar tuned to C/drop-Bb with 13-62 gauge strings fitted (everything else is in Eb with 10s or 10-52s).  It's a beast - if I'm going to keep this tuning/string gauge, then I need to get a new nut fitted & a decent setup as the action is painfully high :lol:  but freed of its microphonic Gibson vileness, it sounds really good & is fun to play :twisted:  Warpig is the perfect pickup for an "over the top" guitar... :twisted:

Yes, there will be clips.  I just need to work with the local constabulary to set up a safe exclusion zone around my house first... :)

BTW, the Gothic V is listed in Seconds Out (http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11578) but if anyone wants it, the price is now £450 (on account of the £99 pickup I've installed in it since).  Actually, I'm not convinced that I'd sell it anymore....
Title: Hey piggy piggy...
Post by: MDV on February 28, 2008, 12:10:58 PM
Welcome to the worlds heaviest club :)

Fun in here, aint it?
Title: Hey piggy piggy...
Post by: Ratrod on February 28, 2008, 06:03:33 PM
Glad you like your piggy.
Title: Hey piggy piggy...
Post by: Davey on February 28, 2008, 06:14:27 PM
:twisted:



nuff said
Title: Hey piggy piggy...
Post by: opprobrium_9 on February 28, 2008, 08:21:33 PM
I been wondering what the cleans on the pig are for quite some time.  After hearing leper's clip "warpig jazz" i had a whole new outlook on the pup.
Title: Hey piggy piggy...
Post by: Davey on February 28, 2008, 08:29:13 PM
put it in parallel and the cleans are even nicer :D


ermm.. i mean..

DAMN IT'S BR00TAL!!!  :lol:
Title: Hey piggy piggy...
Post by: MrBump on February 28, 2008, 10:08:20 PM
Quote from: opprobrium_9
I been wondering what the cleans on the pig are for quite some time.  After hearing leper's clip "warpig jazz" i had a whole new outlook on the pup.


On the strength of that post I went back and listened to that clip.

Clean Warpigs sound really great!