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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Fikealox on May 25, 2008, 03:25:45 PM

Title: which bridge pickup for HSH?
Post by: Fikealox on May 25, 2008, 03:25:45 PM

Hey guys,

I'm cobbling together an HSH strat, and currently I have a trilogy suite neck with zinc baseplate (14.7k) for the middle position and a nailbomb neck (10.2k) for the neck, but I'm not sure what to go for in the bridge.

A nailbomb bridge would be a logical choice, but as the next guitar I'm buying already has a nailbomb set, I thought I would get something a bit different, and I'm leaning toward ceramic. I'd like a bit more of a scooped, aggressive sound than the neck, but I'd still like it to match well with the other pickups and give useful notched position tones.

I'm mainly tossing up between a cold sweat and painkiller, but I'm interested to hear what suggestions you guys have.

(P.S. I've asked this in the tech section, but just in case more people read here: does anyone know which coil of BKP humbuckers are RWRP relative to BKP stock singles?)

Thanks!
-Liam

Title: which bridge pickup for HSH?
Post by: Brow on May 25, 2008, 04:17:16 PM

I'm doing a similar thing myself with an Ibanez S470 and I've more or less decided on a Trilogy neck in the middle (took it out of my Charvel) and a Miracle Man in both bridge and neck.

I'm trying to step out of my comfort zone so to speak as I primarily use Vintage/Vintage Hot humbuckers and am hoping the MM set will do that for me   :twisted:

Title: which bridge pickup for HSH?
Post by: ilÿti on May 25, 2008, 07:02:58 PM

MM would be the logical choice for a ceramic, scooped and aggressive sound. On the BKP site of recommended HSS sets it pairs the MM with the Trilogies so it should be perfect output-wise, too.

Title: which bridge pickup for HSH?
Post by: Fikealox on May 27, 2008, 12:03:29 AM

Looks like a MM is the go, then :D Thanks guys!