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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: EPV5150 on December 13, 2011, 06:47:21 PM

Title: Suggestion for my N4
Post by: EPV5150 on December 13, 2011, 06:47:21 PM

Hello guys, I want to replace my Seymour Duncan ´59 of my Washburn N4 (ash body) and I want a BKP (I have a pair in my Peavey Wolfgang EVH and also in my Gibson LP).

I want a pickup a little hotter than ´59, aproximately 9k.

What do you suggest?

Cold Sweat - 8.3k - Alnico V
Emerald - 9.6k - Alnico IV
Nailbomb - 9.8k - Alnico V

Other options?

Remembering that my bridge pickup is the Bill Lawrence L500.

Thanks!!!  :D

Title: Re: Suggestion for my N4
Post by: darkbluemurder on December 14, 2011, 09:10:39 AM

I would go for an Aftermath or Painkiller neck as a partner to the very hot L-500 (Nuno used to play the XL variant). The Painkiller neck with the ceramic magnet should also be bright enough to balance with the quite bright L-500. But since you said "a little hotter" I would choose the Nailbomb neck. The Cold Sweat neck will be overpowered by the L-500 but I guess so was the 59, too. I guess Nuno used this pickup only for clean tones - all his leads seem to be played on the bridge pickup.

Cheers Stephan

Title: Re: Suggestion for my N4
Post by: ericsabbath on December 15, 2011, 01:55:44 AM

cold sweat calibrated set
you'll never miss the bill lawrence or the '59
seriously
(had both sets)