Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: alendon on November 08, 2009, 10:45:00 PM
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Can anyone suggest a neck pickup that would go with my MM bridge?
I want something less full on than the miracle man neck....just a nice clear sound for cleans and a smooth overdrive that will keep up with the MM's output??
any suggestions folks ??
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Cold sweat.
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Err what's wrong with getting a miracle man neck..... (well someone had to say it) :?
If you hear it you will fall in love..
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+1 on the Cold Sweat neck.
The MM neck is great though - and should also be tried as a BRIDGE pickup - works really great
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Cold Sweat neck with a Miracle Man bridge is possibly one of the most popular combinations on the forum & the CS neck certainly matches the description "nice clear sound for cleans and a smooth overdrive that will keep up with the MM's output".
However the Miracle Man neck has IMHO one of the best neck lead sounds out there. It's powerful, full & clear with that great "ooooo" vowel sound under drive. The clean sound is very fulll & powerful, yet clear. Because my favourite neck clean sound is the Holy Diver neck, a guitar with the MM neck is a bit much with the same amp settings.
Another good alternative is the VHII neck. It is similar power to the CS, but has a slightly more "PAF"/vintagey vibe to the sound. It has more of a "chime" to its clean sound & has almost a single-coil feel (albeit a very powerful one!) under gain.
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Am I right in thinking the mm neck sounds like an emg 85???
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The MM neck sounds similiar to the 85, only much thicker, clearer and a little deeper. It is also pretty hot!
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Am I right in thinking the mm neck sounds like an emg 85???
It doesn't so much sound like the 85, as it balances with the MM bridge in a similar way that an 85 neck balances with an 81 bridge, if that makes sense....
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yeah that makes perfect sense. Think it could be narrowed down to the mm or cs....but most likely the mm......: )
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FWIW, I made some clips a while back:
Clean (http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=11927.0) shootout
CS (http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=11952.0) & MM (http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=12572.0) in a Clean+Lead shootout
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Cheers for that .I'll give em a listen.
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Well it's a close call but I think its going to be the MM neck for me.sounds a lot fuller and less hollow than the CS to my ears anyway...
Thanks everyone for your advice and knowledge.
Adrian :P