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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: JohnZAH on January 30, 2012, 09:57:11 PM

Title: what pickup for my new build?
Post by: JohnZAH on January 30, 2012, 09:57:11 PM: hey guys. I'm building a Warmoth Jazzmaster. Actually, it's only jazz master shaped ha. A jazzBLASTER if you will.

Anyway, I am putting a p90 of some sort in the neck but what would be a good choice for a hum bucker in the bridge? It has an alder body, maple neck and rosewood fretboard.

I play mostly rock and hard rock
Title: Re: what pickup for my new build?
Post by: AnnunakiMassacr on January 30, 2012, 10:51:00 PM: Everyone seems to be making Warmoths these days lol. You thought about a Holy Diver?
Title: Re: what pickup for my new build?
Post by: JohnZAH on January 30, 2012, 11:24:21 PM: Yeah actually, I'm considering the diver, nailbomb and I like the idea of a rebel yell but I don't want anything overly bright
Title: Re: what pickup for my new build?
Post by: AnnunakiMassacr on January 30, 2012, 11:26:00 PM: Quote from: JohnZAH on January 30, 2012, 11:24:21 PM
Yeah actually, I'm considering the diver, nailbomb and I like the idea of a rebel yell but I don't want anything overly bright

Sounds like to Holy dive to me then :)
Title: Re: what pickup for my new build?
Post by: Telerocker on January 31, 2012, 12:21:56 AM: Depends on what character you're after, but next to the Holy Diver you could consider the Abraxas too. It's has more PAF-flavour, but good output, fat mids though balanced tonespectrum, great cleans and it will do nice in a bolt-on alder-guitar. The uberversion of that, the Crawler, excels in bolt-on guitars. It has more a bit more compression then the Abraxas. It growls really nice when driven. Solotones never get shrill.
The RY in alder is always a bit risky bec of the bright topend and it's quite heightsensitive. A Nailbomb could do too, it's more agressive then the centermid focussed, creamy HD, has more bass, a uppermid peak and more treble. My choice would HD, Abraxas or Crawler.
Title: Re: what pickup for my new build?
Post by: darkbluemurder on January 31, 2012, 09:09:18 AM: Another fan of the Abraxas bridge here. Crawler needs a bright guitar to be really happy.

Cheers Stephan
Title: Re: what pickup for my new build?
Post by: Telerocker on January 31, 2012, 09:55:45 AM: Quote from: darkbluemurder on January 31, 2012, 09:09:18 AM
Another fan of the Abraxas bridge here. Crawler needs a bright guitar to be really happy.

Cheers Stephan

I think the Crawler is the ideal bucker to tame ash and swampash.
Title: Re: what pickup for my new build?
Post by: JohnZAH on January 31, 2012, 09:56:53 AM: Yeah the crawler seems pretty cool. I've never really looked into the abraxes but I think a HD might be what the doctor ordered!
Title: Re: what pickup for my new build?
Post by: Telerocker on January 31, 2012, 10:39:55 AM: The HD will do the job, don't worry. Just fiddle with the height to find the best sound, scatterwound pickups are sensitive for (the right) height.