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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Rüszmeteg on October 29, 2008, 07:35:43 AM

Title: Bridge pickup for Meshuggah type sound?
Post by: Rüszmeteg on October 29, 2008, 07:35:43 AM

Hi guys!
I'm looking for a bridge pickup in my handmade guitar.
Guitar specifications:6string,ash body with walnut top,set on walnut neck,ebony fingerboard,Schaller floyd rose system.
I love  the tone of Meshuggah but i also like Sikth,Protest the hero,Nevermore...
My first thought was a Lundgren m6 set,but i'm interrested in BKPs too,so maybe you could tell me witch would be the perfect for me.

Title: Re: Bridge pickup for Meshuggah type sound?
Post by: Roobubba on October 29, 2008, 07:53:14 AM

What tuning to you use, and what gauge strings?

Cheers

Roo

Title: Re: Bridge pickup for Meshuggah type sound?
Post by: Rüszmeteg on October 29, 2008, 07:58:35 AM

Drop Bb tuning,with 12strings

Title: Re: Bridge pickup for Meshuggah type sound?
Post by: Roobubba on October 29, 2008, 08:14:39 AM

The Painkiller springs to mind, but other options include Miracle Man or Ceramic Warpig. There are probably others that would also do (nailbomb, for example), and I'm sure someone will come in very soon and correct my suggestions :)

Best bet is to contact Tim to ask his advice. He is wise in the ways of pickups!

Roo

Title: Re: Bridge pickup for Meshuggah type sound?
Post by: ericsabbath on October 29, 2008, 08:15:12 AM

ceramic warpig

but a painkiller or miracle man will do it beautifully too

Title: Re: Bridge pickup for Meshuggah type sound?
Post by: MDV on October 29, 2008, 08:15:39 AM

Painkiller

Disclaimer: meshuggahs sound is heavily influenced by the 30" scale guitars, POD and post processing they use.

Title: Re: Bridge pickup for Meshuggah type sound?
Post by: Rüszmeteg on October 29, 2008, 08:24:59 AM

I know that,i also have a long scale guitar cause the downtuning.

Title: Re: Bridge pickup for Meshuggah type sound?
Post by: Philosoful on October 29, 2008, 01:10:16 PM

Quote from: Rüszmeteg on October 29, 2008, 07:58:35 AM

Drop Bb tuning,with 12strings

12 strings in b flat? Hahaha :lol:I'd like to hear that.

Title: Re: Bridge pickup for Meshuggah type sound?
Post by: Ben_W on October 29, 2008, 01:24:26 PM

I use gauge 12 for drop C, and i'm tempted to get thicker. Although I have always been a fan of thicker strings.

Title: Re: Bridge pickup for Meshuggah type sound?
Post by: Fearhk213 on October 29, 2008, 02:03:47 PM

There may be another pickup that can do it just as well or better, but I dialed in a serious Meshuggah tone the other day with my C-Pig.  Mira w/C-Pig --> Bad Monkey --> Uberschall.  Bloody insane!

Title: Re: Bridge pickup for Meshuggah type sound?
Post by: Nolly on October 29, 2008, 02:30:58 PM

If it's Meshuggah, then Painkiller without a doubt. The thing djents like nothing else.