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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: xsathras on April 06, 2011, 02:31:10 PM

Title: Need help! BK pickups for a custom Ibanez RBM Voyager...
Post by: xsathras on April 06, 2011, 02:31:10 PM

Hey everbody!

I am new to this forum, and hope to stay here for a long time... I have been reading the information available about BKP here for several months now and I think that the time has come to jump in :-D

I have recently started a project: getting my own custom 24-frettted Ibanez RBM. The differences with the original model:

• The neck is a Wizard AANJ rosewood fretboard neck from a Ibanez RG570
• It has 24 frets, so it's long scale
• The body will be custom-made, mahogany (Sapelle) body with koa top, so quite similar to the original

I mainly play heavy metal, so I want some versatile pickups to play this kind of music (heavy rock, metal and heavy metal): Iron Maiden, Hammerfall, Judas, Metallica, Koma...

I think that the best way to tell you which kind of sound I am looking for, so through this link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7yxv7osL_M (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7yxv7osL_M)) you can listen to the spanish group I mentioned before, called Koma. There are two guitars there, and I really like the tone of those guitars...

What do you think? Any help will be gratefully appreciated! I want distortion, a defined sound and offensive harmonics :-D

Cheers from Spain,
xsathras

(PS: By the way, I forgot to mention that the PUs configuration is H-H!)

Title: Re: Need help! BK pickups for a custom Ibanez RBM Voyager...
Post by: Kiichi on April 06, 2011, 06:54:46 PM

When you want rock / metal I think Nailbomb  is always recommended around here.
Maybe even a crawler, but not sure about that.
But since you want harmonics and the other things you talk about, you might want to go for a Rebell Yell. I think you can definetly get what you want with them.

Title: Re: Need help! BK pickups for a custom Ibanez RBM Voyager...
Post by: Telerocker on April 06, 2011, 07:25:11 PM

Nailbombs. The alnico-version sounds more organic, the ceramic one is tighter.

Title: Re: Need help! BK pickups for a custom Ibanez RBM Voyager...
Post by: xsathras on April 09, 2011, 12:47:29 PM

And what do you think about getting a calibrated set of Cold Sweats?

I think that the CS neck sounds incredible, but I have my doubts with the one in the bridge... How is the sound of the CS bridge comparing it, for example, with the NB and RY you mention?

Thank you beforehand! :-)

Title: Re: Need help! BK pickups for a custom Ibanez RBM Voyager...
Post by: Telerocker on April 09, 2011, 07:50:12 PM

CS is nice too, but more polished then ceramic NB, at least to my ears.

Title: Re: Need help! BK pickups for a custom Ibanez RBM Voyager...
Post by: Zaned on April 10, 2011, 11:14:17 AM

I would probably go for the ceramic nailbomb for the bridge.

One note though: being a 24 fret guitar has NOTHING to do with scale length.

-Zaned

Title: Re: Need help! BK pickups for a custom Ibanez RBM Voyager...
Post by: Slartibartfarst42 on April 10, 2011, 11:24:25 AM

I've used a calibrated set of Cold Sweats before and they can work well in a mahogany guitar. They're quite a precise pickup if that's the right word. I found them great for an Iron Maiden type sound and although I've not got my Nailbomb yet, I'd guess not as thick, organic and aggressive as the NB. The neck CS is sweet in mahogany  :D

I believe a Holydiver neck is also fantastic, though I haven't tried one myself.