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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: doug7410 on April 19, 2011, 04:33:12 AM

Title: Pig 90 for metal?
Post by: doug7410 on April 19, 2011, 04:33:12 AM

Hi,

I have a Les Paul studio 60's tribute with 2 p90's. Here's a link.

http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Les-Paul/Gibson-USA/Les-Paul-Studio-60s-Tribute.aspx

I play metal and the stock p90 in the bridge isn't cutting it. The Pig 90 seems like the way to go. In you're opinion, do you think the Pig 90 would give me a good metal tone? I'm wanting to sound like Mastodon, Between the Buried and Me, Lamb of God, Strapping Young Lad, Pantera.....Basically HEAVY 8)

Thanks for the input,

Doug

Title: Re: Pig 90 for metal?
Post by: Kiichi on April 19, 2011, 09:37:58 AM

Yes, it can. It´s basecally a Warpic Humbucker in P90 form and that thing is pure metal. Most metal P90 I know of.

Title: Re: Pig 90 for metal?
Post by: Madsakre on April 19, 2011, 11:27:10 PM

i use a ceramic pig90 in my grindcore band. Its the most agressive and nasty pickup i own.. And i have ALOT of pickups

Title: Re: Pig 90 for metal?
Post by: Telerocker on April 19, 2011, 11:33:00 PM

What I know from this forum is that the Pig is the ubermetal-p90.

Title: Re: Pig 90 for metal?
Post by: nfe on April 20, 2011, 09:14:43 AM

Quote from: doug7410 on April 19, 2011, 04:33:12 AM

Hi,

I have a Les Paul studio 60's tribute with 2 p90's. Here's a link.

http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Les-Paul/Gibson-USA/Les-Paul-Studio-60s-Tribute.aspx

I play metal and the stock p90 in the bridge isn't cutting it. The Pig 90 seems like the way to go. In you're opinion, do you think the Pig 90 would give me a good metal tone? I'm wanting to sound like Mastodon, Between the Buried and Me, Lamb of God, Strapping Young Lad, Pantera.....Basically HEAVY 8)

Thanks for the input,

Doug

It can be very metal, but it's not going to give you BTBAM, LOG, SYL or Pantera sounds, really. It'll do your Mastodon tunes brilliant but there's quite a lot of breadth between all those bands and their tones.

Title: Re: Pig 90 for metal?
Post by: Loomer on April 20, 2011, 12:39:29 PM

Well, for what it's worth, the Ceramic pig 90 sounds like this:

http://soundcloud.com/doktorlummer/para-bellum-test

However, it will probably not nail Pantera or Lamb Of God. You will have to accept sounding a whole arseload better than that.

The Mastodon sound however, will be nailed head-on I think. Especially if we're talking that fantastic tone on "Remission".

Title: Re: Pig 90 for metal?
Post by: doug7410 on April 21, 2011, 06:06:16 PM

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Especially if we're talking that fantastic tone on "Remission".

Now that's what I'm talking about!!

Should I special order it with a ceramic magnet though? I think they're making them with the Alnico V

Title: Re: Pig 90 for metal?
Post by: Madsakre on April 21, 2011, 08:21:39 PM

Well ceramic if you want to go to the extremes. Mine is noisy, nasty and not very easy to tame.

Title: Re: Pig 90 for metal?
Post by: xtomix on May 07, 2011, 11:02:11 PM

I'm just thinking of buying this very same guita

Title: Re: Pig 90 for metal?
Post by: xtomix on May 07, 2011, 11:05:56 PM

I'm just thinking of buying this very same guitar (les paul studio tribute) but was worried about metal tones. I had also the idea of installing those PIG90 to cover my high gain needs (ACDC, Maiden to more extreme genre).

Did you have them being installed in your guitar ? Could you share a bit of your experiences if you have ?