Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: RgwAruuabf on December 17, 2011, 12:48:31 AM
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Hi, I was looking for some advice from people who know what the hell they are talking about. So here we go I am in the process of finding pickups for my guitar.
(The guitar is an LTD MH-1000 NT here are the specs if you are unfamiliar with the guitar)
Specs:
- Set-Thru Neck
- Mahogany Body
- Quilted Maple Top
- Rose Wood Fingerboard
- Maple Neck
- Seymour Duncan JB in the Bridge and a Seymour Duncan 59 in the neck
The Sound I am really looking for is really tight,clear even with large chords and a punchy low end.
For some examples of what I'm trying to say the tones that Misha Mansoor from Periphery has are great and I also love the tones Adam D. has from Killswitch Engage and Michael Kenne's tone from The Faceless.
Im not very savy when it comes to this kind of thing so sorry if this comes off as an unintelligent way of describing the tone of a pickup but im trying to make this as easy as possible for people to understand.
Anyhow I have been looking at the CrunchLabs from DiMarzio and the BareKnuckle Aftermaths if anyone has any suggestions or opinions on the subject it would be greatly appreciated.
Edit: Does anyone know how the Aftermaths sound as a warm sounding neck pickup for soloing or what would be better recommended?
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Hi and welcome to the forum.
I do own both the Crunchlab (in a mahahony body, bolt on maple neck 7 string) and the Aftermath (in a 6 string maple neck through, mahahony body tuned to drop Bb) and both are great pickups.
For what you are looking for I would go with the Aftermath.
The CL is a little less tight (still very tight, but the AM is beyond tight), little less clear (though great string seperation), has more bass and has a more rock-esque midrange I would say. Not that it cannot do what you seek, but compared to the AM it is more of pickup for modern rock.
The CL does scream Petrucci, but his sound is very rock influenced, with a different grit, which is set more in the lower mids than the AM. That grit (and the dimarzio top end fizz) are the main things that set these two appart.
They voicing is just a hint too classic for what you want Iīd recon.
The AM on the other hand I feel is very, very modern metal (but can also be suprisingly versatile).
If I had to use just two words to describe the AM it would be "surgical" and "alive".
The bass and lower mids deliver punch and chug without overly big boom. It is very clear and precise and really in your face without being overwhelming. It will hit you in the face out of nowhere and be gone again before you know what happened.
The mids are very pronounced and will give you a nice cut with a higher mid focus. Again very clear and precise, donīt dare scoop them.
The highs are cutting yet rounded, giving you very good clarity and presence without being piercing.
Overall you get a sound that is clear as a single coil with the punch and cleanlyness under gain of a humbucker. If anything is out of controll here it is your fault alone, cause this thing does not $%&# around.
The voicing is beatiful. It is a middy sound while being modern metal. This is hard to describe as a lot of modern metal bands scoop the mids out, but this thing has the same clean distortion voicing but letīs you think: Why donīt they all sound like this?
The mids allow you to get an amazing guitar sound and cut, but with this voicing donīt get you the sort of grit you would find in classic rock or heavy metal if you donīt wanne get them. I think most modern metal players scoop the mids out to avoit this kind of grit.
But here the mids are...I guess I would say so clean that they fit the modern metal feel perfectly. Best of both worlds.
Also Misha does use Aftermaths^^
Cheers
Kiichi
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Man I'm gonna tell you the truth, I really thought for a bit no one would reply to my message but hey quality over quantity your reply offered the best possible descriptions on both pickups and you have solidified my idea that I should buy the Aftermaths I feel like no amount of text on a forum can truly show you how appreciative I am of your input.
Thank you so much man
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You are welcome, thatīs what we try to do around here.
Not always those walls, but sometimes.^^
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Hi and welcome, I saw your post, but I don't have any experience with the Aftermath and other contemporary models, just some basic knowledge what I read here on the forum. I hope other forummembers chime in for some recommendations.
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Telerocker do you happened to have any experience with what would be a great neck pickup from BareKnuckle?
I honestly love warm and again clear tones from a neck pickup.
If you have any input on this subject that would be greatly appreciated.
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miracle man
bigger and punchier than the aftermath and still pretty tight
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Telerocker do you happened to have any experience with what would be a great neck pickup from BareKnuckle?
I honestly love warm and again clear tones from a neck pickup.
If you have any input on this subject that would be greatly appreciated.
Maybe a Holy Diver or a Crawler-neck.