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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: tomm on May 10, 2010, 01:06:58 PM

Title: help for this sound please
Post by: tomm on May 10, 2010, 01:06:58 PM
i want to buy a bridge holy diver...i just wondering..is it good for a big fuzz tone ala white stripes and for  chunking rithmics ala tom morello?
i have a bright voiced mahogany les paul copy,with split coil runs trought an orange
Title: Re: help for this sound please
Post by: tomm on May 10, 2010, 08:28:26 PM
anybody? TT
Title: Re: help for this sound please
Post by: tomm on May 11, 2010, 01:13:45 PM
up...nobady can help me?for this sound is better a nailbomb?
Title: Re: help for this sound please
Post by: ShotgunInnocence on May 11, 2010, 02:10:03 PM
I'm no expert, but neither of those bands strike me as using a higher gain tone.   My first thought would have been something more like a Blackdog or perhaps an Emerald.  Hopefully someone who REALLY knows what they're talking about on this subject will chime in.  If not, refer back to rule #1........."OH TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMMMMMMM........."
Title: Re: help for this sound please
Post by: tomm on May 11, 2010, 03:22:20 PM
tim suggest me a nailbomb...but before buy it i wanna hear other suggestions...(it should be good for the chunky rage and tool sound).but i don't know if a nailbomb work well with a big muff.i don't want a muffled tone..but a huge and raw fuzz tone
Title: Re: help for this sound please
Post by: ericsabbath on May 11, 2010, 06:26:33 PM
the nailbomb seems to be tim's favorite model, and he recommends them for most stuff
I find the nailbomb to be way too aggressive for that
the holy diver will work, but still too modern sounding
I'd pick a crawler
Title: Re: help for this sound please
Post by: MDV on May 11, 2010, 06:29:56 PM
For fuzz tones?

I doubt crawlers have the top end for the fuzzy effecty stuff to work with.

I'd get the nailbombs.
Title: Re: help for this sound please
Post by: Mr. Air on May 11, 2010, 07:28:52 PM
I got a nailbomb in my LP clone and it can get quite Morello (maybe a bit too modern sounding), but I'm not really sure that a fuzz pedal would be the right choice for the Morello sound. His sound isn't fuzzy in my opinion. I also think that the nailbomb is too modern sounding for White Stripes. I got a semi hollow with Mississippi Queens and it can sound very White Stripe-ish when played through the Orange amp in amplitube 3. But the MQ's might not cut it for Morello... ?  :?

Hopefully my answer is useful.
Title: Re: help for this sound please
Post by: tomm on May 12, 2010, 08:27:48 AM
now i'm really confused...i don't want replicate the tom morello tone with a fuzz..but i want be able to have a cut distortion like him and at the same time a pick up that works well wit a big muff ( because i love that trashy big sound of jack white)..i have found a second hand holy diver...buti don't know if it's too modern,or too dark...and i don't know if nailbomb work well with a fuzz...what can i do?
Title: Re: help for this sound please
Post by: Mr. Air on May 12, 2010, 09:22:07 AM
My best advice is: Try out the holy diver. If it doesn't suit you I'm pretty sure you'll be able to sell it to someone else quite easily
Title: Re: help for this sound please
Post by: tomm on May 12, 2010, 01:59:12 PM
but do u think that a hd covers my style pretty well?
Title: Re: help for this sound please
Post by: tomm on May 12, 2010, 08:47:43 PM
for example...works a holy diver well with fuzz(a big punk fuzz tone)?can i get a raw sound that is not a full metal distortion?have it enough bottom end to make that cut distortion alla tom morello?
Title: Re: help for this sound please
Post by: tomm on May 13, 2010, 06:56:42 PM
anybody?  :(
Title: Re: help for this sound please
Post by: Mr. Air on May 13, 2010, 07:56:39 PM
I can't really comment on the Holy Diver as I have never tried the pickup. Sorry mate. I hope someone else will chip in soon
Title: Re: help for this sound please
Post by: tomm on May 13, 2010, 07:57:57 PM
thank you dude
Title: Re: help for this sound please
Post by: tomm on May 14, 2010, 07:11:11 PM
up
Title: Re: help for this sound please
Post by: Itchy on May 16, 2010, 01:02:28 AM
I'm no expert, but neither of those bands strike me as using a higher gain tone.   My first thought would have been something more like a Blackdog or perhaps an Emerald.  Hopefully someone who REALLY knows what they're talking about on this subject will chime in.  If not, refer back to rule #1........."OH TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMMMMMMM........."

I'd just like to point out that you have an EXCELLENT taste in music sir. I'm actually listening to Wake of Magellan as I type this.
Title: Re: help for this sound please
Post by: Nolly on May 16, 2010, 01:12:32 AM
I think the Nailbomb would be a great choice - it's very open and dynamic for a high-output pickup, so it's really quite versatile.
That said, it's not your only choice. You could also consider pretty much anything from the vintage-hot range, and even the Mules too.
I wouldn't suggest the Holy Diver though.