Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Le Mouk on December 17, 2008, 03:13:44 PM
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Hi! I'm from the french-speaking part of Switzerland.
I plan to replace both pickups in my Washburn WI68 US custom shop (mahogany body and neck / maple top)
I think I'll go with the Cold Sweat in the neck for a Steve Morse / Tremonti / Michael Ammott creamy lead sound. Is it a good idea?
But I can't decide which PU will suit my needs the best, bridge-wise.
I play mainly metal, kind of "power-stoner-metal".
I'm still hesiting between the 3 mentionned in the title, and the more reviews I read, the more I'm hesiting! Tone-wise, I love the Killswitch Engage's rythm sound, or the Carcass's Heartwork kind of sound. Very punchy and percussive on the palm-mutes, midrangey, full and organic sounding. I really HATE piercing trebles or nu-metal low end.
I have a rack rig (Engl 570SE preamp + VHT 2/56/2 Black Beauty poweramp) with a VHT 2x12 P50e cab and a Marshall 1960A in a stereo configuration. I don't need a massive output to drive the amp, since the preamp has PLENTY of gain (way too much for my needs, actually, I set the gain knob at 9h on the rythm channel), well I think the Warpig could be overkill. I fear that the Painkiller would be too bright or scooped.
What do you think?
thanx by advance
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Stoner = Miracle Man.
But from your selection - Nailbomb possibly
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oh, and I love the Tool's Adam Jones rythm sound, too. 8)
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Have you listened to the sample clips of these pickups? Your judgement of them is better than any of our advice if you listen with your own ears. But saying that doesn't mean you shouldn't disregard our advice :)
Anyway, whatever, I think you'd like a miracle man. Can do tool-ish darkn-and-thick, but is tighter than that for the fast stuff.
Quoting from another topic on choosing pickups.
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I fear that the Painkiller would be too bright or scooped.
the painkiller is the middiest pickup on earth :lol:
I vote for the nailbomb or a diver
they're both punchy, percussive on the palm-mutes, midrangey, full and organic sounding
you may not like the treble spike of the miracle man
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YOU want a Nailbomb, without a doubt
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If you want "organic" midrange that sounds like it's breathing - along with a clear and defined bottom end grunt and a biting but not harsh top end - has to be NAILBOMB ! Play around with the pickup and pole peice heights to find the sweet spot though. 8)
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Thanx a lot for your answers! It's difficult to choose in the BKP range, 'cause I read tons of great reviews, and every single pickup seems to be an improvement on all the existing pickups, no matter the style. Everybody seems to say that they never sound harsh on trebles, or muddy on low end, so I think I won't go wrong with either the NB or the PK.
My past mistakes learned me to be careful with the soundclips, but I'll give'em a try.
I think I'll go for a Cold Sweat neck / Nailbomb bridge set first, and I'll try the Painkiller later. Now I have to decide what finish will suit my needs...
I checked out the prices, and I can't believe the Bare Knuckle are cheaper in Switzerland than EMG's, that's crazy, since they're handmade!?
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Uh... When I said "every single pickup", I actually meant "every single humbucker"!! :P
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Congratulations on your English - you write more eloquently than many of the "natives" on this forum..!
Nailbombs give a lovely, creamy midrange tone - they get my vote (because I have them and none of the others).
Mark.
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Thank you, I appreciate, because I'm almost self-taught, I mainly learned english trying to understand the lyrics, reading Guitar World magazine, or reviews! ;)
I feel like the Nailbomb becomes an obvious choice! Do you guys know how they match with the ColdSweat in the neck?
And do you know if the Nailbomb is available in black finish? I really like the camo finish, but my guitar is pretty "classy", flamed maple top and all, nothing of a warrior axe, so I think something more sober would be more appropriate! I'm thinking of having a black Nailbomb in the bridge, and a raw nickel ColdSweat in the neck. Oh, and it seems to me that the black cover is in plastic on the online-shop pics, is it!?
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the black cover has a satin finish, but it's metal too
it's not "black chrome" like some duncan and gibson pickups (mustaine and iommi signature)
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Satin black. Should be nice! I'm wondering if the NB is available with the same finish than the Warpig, with regular screws instead of the allen bolts, of course. The one with the "irregular" (not flat, as if it has been hammered) surface?
I use the bridge PU for the dirt, so it could be nice to have a "dirty looking" PU. And, in contrast, the neck PU would be good looking, very clean...
And is it better to use 250 or 500K pot?
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For humbuckers, go with a 500k pot. I reckon the Nailbomb bridge, for the sound you're after, is going to be as good as it gets.
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Thank you!
For the NB finish options, I'd like to get the same than pictured on the BKP website (homepage > products > Nailbomb)
http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/ZH-nailbomb.html (http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/ZH-nailbomb.html)
What is this finish? Is it a special order? on the online-shop, I can't find the same...
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Thank you!
For the NB finish options, I'd like to get the same than pictured on the BKP website (homepage > products > Nailbomb)
http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/ZH-nailbomb.html (http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/ZH-nailbomb.html)
What is this finish? Is it a special order? on the online-shop, I can't find the same...
That's the Custom Camo cover.
Bear in mind that they're hand distressed so no two look exactly the same...
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Yes, I have no doubt about it, it's just like flamed tops. :lol:
But I found this :http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=584.0 (http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=584.0)
I plan to send Tim a few pictures from this link, ranked to my tastes, and I think he'll figure out what he could do to fit my wishes... What do you think?
Oh, and what about the NB / CS match, can somebody comment?
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Oh, and what about the NB / CS match, can somebody comment?
Oh yeah, I meant to answer that before but forgot :oops:
Cold Sweat neck is a great match for any of the high gain bridge models. It has a nice clean sound but enough punch & low end for noodly high gain lead work (sweeps etc) & works well with the Nailbomb (in fact that combination is quite popular on the board).
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Camo finish, no special order but it's + £10...
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Yes, but most camo finishes I saw don't look that beaten.
On another hand, I prefer 10 times the "splatter", "oil" and "rust" camo finishes rather than the others. I don't like the camo finish on the BKP website with the engraved "NAILBOMB" letters at all, so I don't want to get that kind of "camo" if I just order a "camo" finish, even without the engravement.
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Aye, just leave a comment on ordering that you rather have 'splatter' rather than long scratches. Just be specific. Whatever you want he can do, to an extent, otherwise it'll cost more. But when it comes to camo finishes anything you want WITH a camo finish (i.e. splatter, distressed, $%&#ed up beyond sense, battered up war-torn, etc.) he can do. And obviously point out you don't want the engraving.
If they don't look that beat, tell Tim to put a hammer to it. Figuratively. Not literally.
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Thanx :D
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Link him the picture, saying: "I want it to look like this".. might help :D
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I already mailed him a pic of the guitar I want to upgrade, and two pictures of different finishes (found on this forum) I like.
When I ask him what would be the best pickup for me (I gave him about the same description as I did here), he first suggested the Nailbomb, and after my first reply, he said than the Painkiller could fit the bill, too, maybe even better. But reading the reviews and taking care of your advices, I tend to go Nailbomb... :? I know Tim has first hand advices, but it just made things more complicated than they already are!! :)
Painkiller vs. Nailbomb... How do they compare? (output / bass / mid / treble / which one is the best for : chords clarity / palm-mutes / pinch harmonics / single-note riffing / staccato / clean stuff / etc.)
Thanx! ;)
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Humm good, but I think sending it in the box for commentaries when you make the order won't get your hand cut and will be 100% safe of showing what you want :lol:
Remember he get hundreds of emails everyday... will be hard to track yours, IMHO...
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Stoner = Miracle Man.
Whaaaaaaat? :?
That's the LEAST suitable pickup BKP make imo.
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Painkiller vs. Nailbomb... How do they compare? (output / bass / mid / treble / which one is the best for : chords clarity / palm-mutes / pinch harmonics / single-note riffing / staccato / clean stuff / etc.)
Thanx! ;)
They're totally different pickups, but both excel at the stuff you've listed there. The Nailbomb is a pretty fat, crunchy-sounding pickup, with lots of output, but still retaining a bit of PAFish clarity. The Painkiller is thinner-sounding, with stacks of upper mids and treble, harmonics galore, and top end that's a bit harsher. The Nailbomb is a lot looser than the Painkiller, but not muddy, while the Painkiller is basically the pickup Rusty Cooley needs (that is, the tightest, most articulate pickup around).
Personally, I prefer the Nailbomb because i found the Painkiller a bit harsh and thin for my purposes (more ballady instrumentals), but it might fit your bill.
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And Nailbomb vs Cold Sweat?
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Stoner = Miracle Man.
Whaaaaaaat? :?
That's the LEAST suitable pickup BKP make imo.
not really
http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=14597.0
:D
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I haven't used Cold Sweats, so I can't give my opinion, sorry Fernando :(
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Stoner = Miracle Man.
Whaaaaaaat? :?
That's the LEAST suitable pickup BKP make imo.
not really
http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=14597.0
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Uhuh. And I still think pretty much every other pickup (outwih singlecoils, and even some of them...) will do a better dirty stoner tone than the MM. Where's the crunchy goodness! Fuck that scooped nonsense, we want mids in our gritty, dirty rock and roll!
Maybe we think of different music when we say stoner. Certainly what's been played in that clip isn;t what I think of if someone says stoner. It is the most maligned catch all term n the world for a reason :lol:
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thanx a lot for your replies, guys!
the Painkiller is basically the pickup Rusty Cooley needs
Well, my playing is pretty/dramatically different from Rusty's! I've got huge respect for him, he's one of the fastest players on earth, but speed isn't really my thing! Oh, and I'm in a hate-relationship with the 7-8 strings guitars! ;) Since I'm self-taught at guitar, I'm not into musical theory, scales, jazz chords and technical stuff. I'm definitely more about the riffs and songs, and I play a few leads here and there, but nothing flashy. When it comes to lead playing, I prefer something memorable, solos you can almost sing along. Slash, Michael Ammott (with the Spiritual Beggars, his lead playing is so tasteful!) Steve Morse, Dave Murray, that kind of things... And if I understood well, the Cold Sweat neck will help me to memorably sing!? :lol: Burning for the sake of burning doesn't make sense to me. But I appreciate more technically proficient players too, of course, but it's just not me!
Where's the crunchy goodness! $%&# that scooped nonsense, we want mids in our gritty, dirty rock and roll!
+1000000000000!!! I love, almost worship, Dimebag, but his rythm sound sucks big time!!! The Carcass's "Heartwork" rythm sound is what I'm after... Or modern metal bands in general (Trivium, KSE, LOG, BFMV, etc.) even if they lacks inspiration and all sound the same, their sound is pretty amazing! And it seems that the Nailbomb will delivers the Good...
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Uhuh. And I still think pretty much every other pickup (outwih singlecoils, and even some of them...) will do a better dirty stoner tone than the MM. Where's the crunchy goodness! Fuck that scooped nonsense, we want mids in our gritty, dirty rock and roll!
funny how a lot of stoner bands use vintage PAF's, gibson 57's and duncan 59's :?
those pickups are WAY more scooped than the miracle man and have like 1/3 of the output, which makes the midrange completely disappear and those big mahogany slabs sound like hollow classical guitars
the riff raff, for example, has that beautiful bright attack, but it's still an scooped paf type pickup
so we can't play stoner with a riff raff? come on...
Where's the crunchy goodness! $%&# that scooped nonsense, we want mids in our gritty, dirty rock and roll!
+1000000000000!!! I love, almost worship, Dimebag, but his rythm sound sucks big time!!! The Carcass's "Heartwork" rythm sound is what I'm after... Or modern metal bands in general (Trivium, KSE, LOG, BFMV, etc.) even if they lacks inspiration and all sound the same, their sound is pretty amazing! And it seems that the Nailbomb will delivers the Good...
true mids come from the amp and speakers
doesn't matter if you have the middiest pickup on earth (the painkiller :lol:), you can still sound scooped if you use cr@ppy settings or scooped speakers (read celestion g12t75)
funny you mention Carcass, cause Heartwork always sounded to me like they had mids on zero :lol:
Dimebag sounded scooped because of his settings and solid state amps
his pickups were scooped, but he used a monster amount of mid boosting before the amps
I usually prefer middy pickups, but you can't judge the whole final tone from the amount of mids of a pickup
the miracle man has a ton of crunch on the low mids
only lacks high mids
it ain't no bill lawrence or something
the cold sweat is not a middy pickup either and it has even more crunch on the mids than the painkiller (the middiessst pickup on eaaarth! did I mention that before? :lol:)
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Uhuh. And I still think pretty much every other pickup (outwih singlecoils, and even some of them...) will do a better dirty stoner tone than the MM. Where's the crunchy goodness! Fuck that scooped nonsense, we want mids in our gritty, dirty rock and roll!
funny how a lot of stoner bands use vintage PAF's, gibson 57's and duncan 59's :?
those pickups are WAY more scooped than the miracle man and have like 1/3 of the output, which makes the midrange completely disappear and those big mahogany slabs sound like hollow classical guitars
the riff raff, for example, has that beautiful bright attack, but it's still an scooped paf type pickup
so we can't play stoner with a riff raff? come on...
None of those pickups sound scopped in the way the MM does to my ears, regardless of what a chart might say. I guess maybe I'm meaning the top end and low end peaks coupled with the output rather than the mids actually being particularly cut.
Regardless, all I was saying is that every other humbucker BK make and several of the single coils dothe Orange Goblin, Clutch, Sleep, Weedeater, Witchcraft, Electric Wizard etc etc etc thing better than the more geared towards aggressive metal MM. In My Opinion.
Basically no one that I think of as stoner rock/metal uses tones remotely like what you had in that clip and I think that clip typifies the MM. I'm obviously not saying there's anything wrong with that tone and certainly not the pickup, but I know the sound I associate with the word "stoner" and that's not it. :)
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Uhuh. And I still think pretty much every other pickup (outwih singlecoils, and even some of them...) will do a better dirty stoner tone than the MM. Where's the crunchy goodness! Fuck that scooped nonsense, we want mids in our gritty, dirty rock and roll!
funny how a lot of stoner bands use vintage PAF's, gibson 57's and duncan 59's :?
those pickups are WAY more scooped than the miracle man and have like 1/3 of the output, which makes the midrange completely disappear and those big mahogany slabs sound like hollow classical guitars
the riff raff, for example, has that beautiful bright attack, but it's still an scooped paf type pickup
so we can't play stoner with a riff raff? come on...
None of those pickups sound scopped in the way the MM does to my ears, regardless of what a chart might say. I guess maybe I'm meaning the top end and low end peaks coupled with the output rather than the mids actually being particularly cut.
Regardless, all I was saying is that every other humbucker BK make and several of the single coils dothe Orange Goblin, Clutch, Sleep, Weedeater, Witchcraft, Electric Wizard etc etc etc thing better than the more geared towards aggressive metal MM. In My Opinion.
Basically no one that I think of as stoner rock/metal uses tones remotely like what you had in that clip and I think that clip typifies the MM. I'm obviously not saying there's anything wrong with that tone and certainly not the pickup, but I know the sound I associate with the word "stoner" and that's not it. :)
come on
duncan 59 not scooped?
I had one and that thing was soooooo scooped that all the time a played a chord I wanted to puke/poop like it was sucking the shite out of my body into a midscoop blackhole vortex :lol: :lol: :lol:
the only pickup I've heard that was about as much scooped as it was the bill lawrence l500xl
lot of the bands you mentioned are in ONE vein of stoner where pickups voicing don't even matter too much with the amount of fuzz that some of them use
of course the clips I posted weren't the best presentation of its capabilities, as they were recorded with a ENGL preamp clone straight to the soundboard
just give me a JCM 800 and a microphone, and I (me and my greenbacks) will prove you're wrong :D
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lot of the bands you mentioned are in ONE vein of stoner where pickups voicing don't even matter too much with the amount of fuzz that some of them use
:lol:
The whole point of mentioning those particular bands is that - other than arguably Sleep and Weedeater and at a PUSH Leccy Wizard - none of them sound remotely alike! :lol: I was trying to cover the spread of the genre.
ANYWAY. This chap wants a Nailbomb :D
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I wouldnt call my Mules scooped and they're basically a paf arent they..
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ANYWAY. This chap wants a Nailbomb :D
huh... don't know anymore
I recommended the nailbomb or holy diver before , but he keeps talking about Carcass and Killswitch Engage, and the miracle man is definitely more suitable for that
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I wouldnt call my Mules scooped and they're basically a paf arent they..
I wouldn't call a mule comparable to any other brand paf type pup
most of them are heavily mid scooped
I've been through gibsons, duncans, 70's gotoh and most of them have a serious lack of mids
lot of people love that, they're just ashamed of saying "I like mid scooped pickups" cause they relate that to high gainers, when it actually has nothing to do with the final distorted sound :lol:
ps: don't get me wrong
I'm all about mids :lol:
I have two middy guitars with bright middy pickups, a mid booster, a middy amp with middy tubes modded for more mids through middy speakers
and I use my mids on 8!
:lol:
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Eric, the Riff Raff isn't PAF, its the patent sticker / T top type sound - theoretically
Either way I wouldn't call a Miracle Man scooped; by BKP standards, yes, but it just has smoother mids and general. The bottom end is tight (doesn't seem that big though) and the highs are crisp.
And I also can't agree with it being ideal for stoner. Stoner = sludgy sound to me, that is NO WAY the MM.
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Eric, the Riff Raff isn't PAF, its the patent sticker / T top type sound - theoretically
yeah I know
but it's a similar type
and scooped, in a good way
and the fact that it's scooped won't make a gibson sg + jmp 1987 through greenbacks sound scooped
Either way I wouldn't call a Miracle Man scooped; by BKP standards, yes, but it just has smoother mids and general. The bottom end is tight (doesn't seem that big though) and the highs are crisp.
And I also can't agree with it being ideal for stoner. Stoner = sludgy sound to me, that is NO WAY the MM.
the impression of scoopness of the miracle man actually comes from the strong high end in the high strings and the bass bump in the low strings
the bottom end is HUGE
I've made direct replacement comparisons in two guitars
one of them had over 14 pickups, including the MM, holy diver, cold sweat, while the other had two miracle men, a holy diver, a bill lawrence and a painkiller
of all pickups I had, the miracle man and the emg 85 had the biggest amount of bass of all
but the emg 85 also has a huge amount of mids, and the miracle man doesn't
next to the bill lawrence, the miracle man has like 3x times the amount of mids of the l500xl, no near as much mids as the holy diver or painkiller (both middy as hell), but a fair amount of low mids anyway
I never said it was it was the ideal pickup for stoner, but saying it's the LEAST pickup for that is pointless, specially considering that most BKP models are articulated and tight as f*** and that some bands use even EMG for that
the painkiller has a ridiculous amount of midrange, but the bass is even more clinical and "djenty" than the miracle man, and the mids are totally clear/less grindy, which makes it less useful for those styles (and it's still perfectly capable of doing that)
the miracle man has a lot of grind on the low mids and that's awesome for sludgy downtuned stuff
I miss mine
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ANYWAY. This chap wants a Nailbomb :D
huh... don't know anymore
I recommended the nailbomb or holy diver before , but he keeps talking about Carcass and Killswitch Engage, and the miracle man is definitely more suitable for that
Probably, but you wouldn't think of a black dog for the same styles, but that's what I have (okay, I'm slightly cheating here), but the point is that it's easier to go up in gain with pedals/amp, but harder to get the clean, sparkly stuff from a MM. I also have a MM, by the way.
I'd say a Nailbomb or Holy Diver would be spot on.
Wow, for once I'm actually trying to bring a thread back on topic. WTF?!
Roo
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Waow... Well, PK/NB/HD/MM/XKZ/WG/VDAKCJ/FHQEUIOJHFGUH/FJQIOJF
Thanx, guys, but what's the hell I'm gonna choose now!?
What attracts me to the Nailbomb the most is that it seems to be great at almost every style, so I think I won't go wrong with it. And since it would be my first approach to BKP, I'd like to be impressed, almost shocked by these pickups! And it seems that the Nailbomb will provide the "Oomph Factor" I'm looking for!?
Yeah, I refer a lot to Carcass and KSE, cause that's THE KIND of sound I'm after, but not only! I like to roll back the vol/tone pots here and there, I'm not into "balls out distortion" all the time! I think the two aforementioned bands have a really tasty rythm sound, but I know what it takes (besides the pickups) to get such a sound recorded! I love the rythm sound of the 'tallica's Death Magnetic too, for example. You know, that "BOooing!" sound on the low strings, if this makes sense?
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Waow... Well, PK/NB/HD/MM/XKZ/WG/VDAKCJ/FHQEUIOJHFGUH/FJQIOJF
Thanx, guys, but what's the hell I'm gonna choose now!?
What attracts me to the Nailbomb the most is that it seems to be great at almost every style, so I think I won't go wrong with it. And since it would be my first approach to BKP, I'd like to be impressed, almost shocked by these pickups! And it seems that the Nailbomb will provide the "Oomph Factor" I'm looking for!?
Yeah, I refer a lot to Carcass and KSE, cause that's THE KIND of sound I'm after, but not only! I like to roll back the vol/tone pots here and there, I'm not into "balls out distortion" all the time! I think the two aforementioned bands have a really tasty rythm sound, but I know what it takes (besides the pickups) to get such a sound recorded! I love the rythm sound of the 'tallica's Death Magnetic too, for example. You know, that "BOooing!" sound on the low strings, if this makes sense?
lol you're so confused that you're confusing us
a holy diver will give more oomph than the bomb
I have a framus cobra and one of my bands play some kse and machine head stuff and I had the holy diver, miracle man, emg's and all kind of pickups in the same guitar
I can assure you the miracle man was better for that sound
not my favorite pickup, but it fitted those modern metal tones way better than the others, imo
but I prefer the Pantera and early Dio crunchy tones, so I like the Cold Sweat bridge better for metal (I know the Holy Diver was supposed to have the early Dio tone, but it sounds more like today's Doug Aldrich, while the Cold Sweat sounds more like early 80's Vivian Campbell)
for more organic/open distorted stuff, the Holy Diver is really hard to beat if you want thick tones
but now you talk about Metallica (EMG 81) and Death Magnetic (damn, I hate those guitar tones)... :? :? :? :?
maybe you should buy 3 bridge pickups, try each one for a week and pick your favorite :lol: :lol: :lol:
by the way, can you post pics of your guitar?
those USA Idols look awesome
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Metallica (EMG 81) and Death Magnetic (damn, I hate those guitar tones).
:P really!? You're because the first to tell me that! On "the end of the line" for example, I think it sounds pretty good. I think it's not mainly the EMG81, it's more about the Diezel VH4, the vintage Marshall's and Mesa's, the new KH Randall. Sorry, but I like it way better than the Metallica's early days tone, and feel no shame about that, period!!! I never feel some shame music-wise, even when ... no... nothing, forget about it... :lol:
I can assure you the miracle man was better for that sound
not my favorite pickup, but it fitted those modern metal tones way better than the others, imo
I've read that the MM's midrange wasn't as strong than, said, the NB or the Painkillaaaah (you know, the middiest pickup...) :lol:
maybe you should buy 3 bridge pickups, try each one for a week and pick your favorite
I fear I will... Seriously I'm already thinking 'bout it! I think it's the price to pay, once addicted to BKP!?
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I just ordered a Nailbomb bridge (distressed black with silver allen bolts / BKP engraved) and a Cold Sweat neck (chrome with black allen bolts / BKP engraved).
If everything fills my expectations, I'll order a Painkiller bridge/Mule neck set, or a MM/HD set. But I feel that I first have to go for the Bomb... can't wait!! :lol:
Here is my baby: (sorry, I tried to put the pics, but it doesn't work)
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I'll post new pics as soon as I'll change the pickups. And I'll sure let you know what I think about'em...
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Looks good dude :D
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Thanx! ;)
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Here you are. I still can't post the pics, bullshitee!
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You put the link between these little things (http://)
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No, it doesn't work.
Nothing appears on my screen if I put (img)http://.... (/img) but with the correct ponctuation : ] instead of )
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Oops, I didn't think far enough ahead to edit them a bit
I tried with your image too, doesn't seem to work :? just try uploading straight to BKP
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I just got a ms queen p90 on the neck and a Nailbomb on the bridge of my les paul, but I haven't been able to try it out b/c my amp is in the shop! :( :(
All this talk about nailbomb and I can't try mine out, bummer.
I can't wait :D
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I just got a ms queen p90 on the neck and a Nailbomb on the bridge of my les paul, but I haven't been able to try it out b/c my amp is in the shop! :( :(
All this talk about nailbomb and I can't try mine out, bummer.
I can't wait :D
At least you can ogle them and whisper sweet nothings in their ears. I've been waiting almost a month for a set of Painkillers to arrive! :shock:
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almost off-topic. almost.
misissippi queens are great for stoner, i think... so damn fuzzy, dirty and ill-sounding with heavy gain...
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Wow I got my amp back from the shop yesterday. And I finaly got to try out the new bk pick ups.
AMAZING
I am a happy girl :D
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Did I REALLY just see the MM recommended for stoner?
OK, maybe it can do it, but its the least ideal choice.
Warpig or holydiver, depending on what level of gain you want. Nailbomb as an outsider - its got grind, but its got a lot of high mids that arent very stonery.
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you're too late, jedi :twisted:
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oops.
Hope he likes whatever he got.
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I installed my first BKP set in my Washburn Idol US, Nailbomb bridge (as replacement for a SD Custom) and Cold Sweat neck (as replacement for a SD '59). The Washburn came stock with the single coil split on both pickups, but I forgot to mention that when I placed my order. But since I split only the neck pickup here and there, I decided to install the pickups anyway. And I'm glad I did!!
The NB sounds EXACTLY as I expected, and I think it's the first time it happens to me gear-wise! I can get the Death Magnetic kind of sound I wanted, but with more bite (sorry Eric Hellstyle! :wink:) I can get the ultra tight LOG midrangey kinda rythm sound, the NWOAHM amazingly punchy palmutes, the Zakk Wylde-style screaming pinch harmonics. The NB delivers on every promise, I'm more than happy. The bass are ultra-percussive (through my VHT 2x12 it's awesome) the midrange have that punch-in-the-guts attack and nicely sits in the mix, and the treble are very cutting. Harmonics spread out everywhere on the fretboard. The cleans are not bad, but I never use the bridge pickup for that purpose.
That's what the Cold Sweat is made for. I can't understand the "cold", it's the hottest neck pickup I've played! I will never think of splitting it, really! I always had a dilemna about my lead sound: I always find the bridge pickups too aggressive, but on another hand, I always had troubles to make screaming pinch harmonics using the neck pickups, and I often prefer how the bridge units interact with the Wah pedals.
Well, now I still have a dilemna : the NB can produce really smooth lead sounds rolling back the tone pot a bit, and pinch harmonics literally jump out of the CS neck, so I'm still hesiting between the neck/bridge, but for totally different reasons!
I don't know if Tim is a genius or not, but he understood perfectly my needs, and with the help of only a few e-mails, he read in my thoughts!
I'm really happy with my BKP, I can't wait to load my LP Custom copy with a Cold Sweat/Painkiller set!!! 8)
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Death Magnetic
nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :lol: :lol: :lol:
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I'm really happy with my BKP, I can't wait to load my LP Custom copy with a Cold Sweat/Painkiller set!!! 8)
glad you like it! (even for death magnetoilet! :lol:)
are you looking for a cs bridge/pk neck or a pk brige/cs neck set?
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I don't really like Death Magnetic, but I love that "boiiiiing" thing in the guitar sound, and I now nail it easily!
I plan to order a Cold Sweat neck and a PK bridge