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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: vinniemallet on June 30, 2011, 10:43:35 AM

Title: Help - humbucker for a esp mh
Post by: vinniemallet on June 30, 2011, 10:43:35 AM
Hello guys, I got a Esp Mh 307, it's mahogany with rosewood fretboard neck-tru 7 strings... At moment I'm using EMG 707 and 81-7. I played EMG for really several years, and I still like them but I don't know why I wanna try something different, something with more clarity and definition in sound but I still want brutality haha. I ran my guitar over a peavey 6505 with NS and od808, at home I use an axe-fx to play and record. The sound i play its like: Whitechapel, Beneath The Massacre, Veil Of Maya, After The Burial, Periphery, Volumes etc etc (Some deathmetal /deathcore/ djent).

I saw the Nailbombs, Aftermath and Painkiller but I'm not sure about any pickups, some people say Aftermath is only good for basswoods so I don't know. Can you guys help me please?

Really thanks,

Vinnie Mallet.
Title: Re: Help - humbucker for a esp mh
Post by: Telerocker on June 30, 2011, 11:55:06 AM
Not an expert on this, but a Miracle Man should provide the clarity and the grind.
Title: Re: Help - humbucker for a esp mh
Post by: vinniemallet on June 30, 2011, 06:17:53 PM
hey man thanks for the reply! I don't know if it is a good choice because miracle man don t have so much mid.. and mids are really important for me. I really like the Aftermath and Nailbomb but will be a good choice for a mahogany guitar?
Title: Re: Help - humbucker for a esp mh
Post by: BigB on June 30, 2011, 06:49:01 PM
hey man thanks for the reply! I don't know if it is a good choice because miracle man don t have so much mid.. and mids are really important for me. I really like the Aftermath and Nailbomb but will be a good choice for a mahogany guitar?

I find the ABomb bridge just great on my SG - clarity: yes, a lot, definition: idem, brutality: well, it's certainly much more abrasive and chunky than a vintage voiced / PAF-like pup and brutal enough for my own needs, but I'm not doing metal so I can't tell if it would match *your* definition of "brutality" :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Help - humbucker for a esp mh
Post by: vinniemallet on June 30, 2011, 07:16:38 PM
Yes, I understand what you mean, Abomb its a good choice, I just want something different from EMG but something in the same way, when i mean brutality it's like: a hot and warm pickup for leads (neck PU) and a very distorted sound (bridge PU) but with some clarity, sometimes I really don't think EMG has the clarity I need. I found that clarity in Aftermaths but they sound too bass for me don't know why (I just saw some clips of Misha playing with them). It's a little hard to explain what I'm looking for but it's like: I want a pickup with clarity, definition but at the same time a PU with a lot of hi gain output that i can do brutal palm mutes and listen brutal chords but with clarity. I also play in Drop A w/ a seven string guitar. The Body is mahogany.

hey man thanks for the reply! I don't know if it is a good choice because miracle man don t have so much mid.. and mids are really important for me. I really like the Aftermath and Nailbomb but will be a good choice for a mahogany guitar?

I find the ABomb bridge just great on my SG - clarity: yes, a lot, definition: idem, brutality: well, it's certainly much more abrasive and chunky than a vintage voiced / PAF-like pup and brutal enough for my own needs, but I'm not doing metal so I can't tell if it would match *your* definition of "brutality" :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Help - humbucker for a esp mh
Post by: Emperoff on June 30, 2011, 09:07:28 PM
Dude, what you want is a Painkiller.
Title: Re: Help - humbucker for a esp mh
Post by: vinniemallet on June 30, 2011, 09:57:34 PM
Thanks! I'm gotta listen some clips and investigate about Painkiller!

Also if you guys can help me what is the cover of this pickup?

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=213273385368035&set=a.154235414605166.30583.100000561252743&type=1&theater

It's aged gold?

Dude, what you want is a Painkiller.
Title: Re: Help - humbucker for a esp mh
Post by: Madsakre on June 30, 2011, 10:07:09 PM
It looks like camo covers