Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: bryan_casselman on December 31, 2011, 06:15:17 PM
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Hey, I'm planning on having a custom 7 string with an alder body and maple neck and I was hoping you guys could suggest me some pickups for it. I love playing Periphery, Born of Osiris, etc and would like some pickups that could play djentish stuff while still being able to sound good playing different types of metal and modern rock. I would rather have a pickup that sounds pretty good playing djent, but is versatile than a pickup that sounded amazing playing djent, but nothing else.
Thanks for the help!
Bryan Casselman
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The Aftermath is very djenty. A ceramic Nailbomb is maybe a bit more versatile and could do the trick too. Just based on what I read about here on the forum. Don't own them. I guess some users will soon chime in to share their experiences.
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The Aftermath is very djenty. A ceramic Nailbomb is maybe a bit more versatile and could do the trick too. Just based on what I read about here on the forum. Don't own them. I guess some users will soon chime in to share their experiences.
I was thinking about the ceramic nailbomb as well, does anyone have any experiences with it?
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In my personal experience (with a Mahogany bodied, bolt on 7 string guitar) the Aftermath can be a pretty versatile pickup (as versatile as a metal-oriented pickup can be, though). I'm playing in an alternative rock band, and I'm actually enjoying my aftermath even for low gain tones - but here personal taste come into play. I like my sound to be crystal clear and pretty tight (for a non-metal kind of style). The c-bomb is another great choice, but considering it has to go in an alder body, you might also like the alnico version.
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In my personal experience (with a Mahogany bodied, bolt on 7 string guitar) the Aftermath can be a pretty versatile pickup (as versatile as a metal-oriented pickup can be, though). I'm playing in an alternative rock band, and I'm actually enjoying my aftermath even for low gain tones - but here personal taste come into play. I like my sound to be crystal clear and pretty tight (for a non-metal kind of style). The c-bomb is another great choice, but considering it has to go in an alder body, you might also like the alnico version.
Hmm...aftermath sounds good, does anyone know if the aftermath sound good in alder/maple guitars as well as mahogany?
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In my personal experience (with a Mahogany bodied, bolt on 7 string guitar) the Aftermath can be a pretty versatile pickup (as versatile as a metal-oriented pickup can be, though). I'm playing in an alternative rock band, and I'm actually enjoying my aftermath even for low gain tones - but here personal taste come into play. I like my sound to be crystal clear and pretty tight (for a non-metal kind of style). The c-bomb is another great choice, but considering it has to go in an alder body, you might also like the alnico version.
I think I'm either gonna go with the alnico or the ceramic nailbomb. Does anyone know which one would sound better for djent in an alder/maple guitar?
Thanks!
Bryan
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The alnico is more organic and already pretty tight, but not as tight as the ceramic.
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Yeah, and the alnico version has better cleans, if that matters.
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The alnico is more organic and already pretty tight, but not as tight as the ceramic.
I think I'm going to go with ceramic nailbombs. Thanks for the help!
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The alnico is more organic and already pretty tight, but not as tight as the ceramic.
I think I'm going to go with ceramic nailbombs. Thanks for the help!
I would ask the BKP-team for a final opinion.
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no more painkiller love? :(
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no more painkiller love? :(
Would a painkiller work? I always thought it only sounded good in mahogany
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The alnico is more organic and already pretty tight, but not as tight as the ceramic.
I think I'm going to go with ceramic nailbombs. Thanks for the help!
The C-Bomb is the sheeeit, man! Should work out great for you.
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no more painkiller love? :(
I was gonna say the Painkiller is the go to "djent" humbucker. I even think better than the Aftermath, if you are aiming for that metallic "djent" 4 note power chord. The Painkiller can sound pretty bright in basswood, and other similar stuff but alder is not extremely bright. It's supposed to be a balanced wood so it will take to either bright or dark sounding pickups. Meshuggah sounds more like Meshuggah with a Painkiller then the Aftermath, but I mean this is a close difference.
I have C-bombs and would say that's a great pick. You are clearly looking for a ceramic magnet sound. I use a C-bomb in a JEM77FP to mimic a Vai 'ish tone; to have outstanding leads, powerful tight rythym, and solid note definition. It saturates well and has good compression without loosing an organic voicing that is naturally dark. It's an amazing pickup for progressive metal, lead based playing, and lower tunings. Of course it sounds great in standard as well.
Tim suggested a Painkiller to replace the DiMarzio EVOs, and after some back and forth we settled on a C-Bomb and eventually a Painkiller neck. This combo is $%&#ing tits. Very hot, powerful sound with a lot of soul and snarl out of both pickups. I place the C-Bomb pretty high to the strings and turned the bolts up a tad, and it is metal as hell. I can back the screw heads down a bit to lesson the output a little and it cleans up really well that way too.
So my clear pick is the C-Bomb for the bridge, but the Painkiller may be a great second option too. Neither will sound poorly or far from what you want tone wise in that wood.