Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: tomm on February 01, 2010, 04:56:27 PM
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hi everybody...
Can u suggest me a good bridge p.u?i play: Tool.Queen of the stone age,white stripes,nirvana and melvins..my guitar is a les paul...
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crawler
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are the crawler too vintage? any other suggestion?
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are the crawler too vintage? any other suggestion?
I don't think so
it's bluesy voiced, but medium hot
some of the vintage hot models may work too
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are the crawler too vintage?
Depends on how you define "too vintage". The crawlers are rather hot and can do much more than just blues and classic rock, but they're indeed more on the "pafs on steroids" side - not "modern-metal".
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i don't want a modern metal tone...but i still want a hot pick up...like a seymour duncan jb...but with more lower mids/ bass and more organic tone
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Nailbomb then
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with a mahogany-body guitar too?c bomb or a bomb?
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If it's only mahagony (body and neck) then no, if mahagony body with a maple neck and/or maple cap then yes...
The Nailbomb gives me a very convincing Tool sound in my Les Paul Standard
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the nailbomb sounds much hotter than a JB, imo
the diver sounds better for tool
I still think the Crawler would be a better choice
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what are the major differences between the jb,the diver and the bomb?why the diver is better for tool?
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the best pickup for tool is the JB... since thats what adam jones uses...
I had an NB in an SG and it did the job nicely, although id try a diver if i was doing that again.
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what are the major differences between the jb,the diver and the bomb?why the diver is better for tool?
jb = very middy, almost in the edge of muddiness, can be overly bright in some guitars, dark in others
diver = tighter, fatter, a bit less middy, very open, clear, fluid, smooth top, FAT and easy pinch harmonics
bomb = even tighter, louder, more aggressive, a lot less middy, dense, focused, sharp top
I like all of them, but the Diver was definitely one of my favorite pickups for les pauls, specially for Tool and Alice In Chains
now my main les paul ('73 custom) has a motor city afwayu, which is the pickup Jerry Cantrell is using now, and reminds of the nailbomb I had before in the same guitar, but with HUGE amount of mids, like the JB, while the nailbomb had flat, almost scooped mids
I still liked the Holy Diver better for that, as it's smoother, more organic and more open than all of them
I even find strange why Tim always recommends the Nailbomb over the Diver
I liked it better than the bomb for almost everything, except for palm muted metal rhythms
the best pickup for tool is the JB... since thats what adam jones uses...
I had an NB in an SG and it did the job nicely, although id try a diver if i was doing that again.
the holy diver does not work well in SGs
in fact, it sounded GREAT for leads in my SG, but sounded muffled for rhythms
no near as good as in my les pauls