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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: alistairblackhallmusic on March 23, 2013, 07:24:19 PM

Title: Best Pickup for ESP LTD Phoenix
Post by: alistairblackhallmusic on March 23, 2013, 07:24:19 PM

Ive bought one one theses guitars and I'm looking to swap the pickup out, obviously I'm looking at BKP but I'm not sure which ones to get.

the body is Basswood with a maple neck Thur, I use a peavey 6505 and a tubscreamer in the front for leads. I like the midrange on my amp so wouldn't need a pickup to be too exaggerated in that area.

I play mainly Killswitch, Devildriver style stuff and record allot in my studio.

the pickups need to have a good tight bass response and good smooth highs that sound more fluid than harsh. I need good string definition for complex chords.

what would you guys suggest.

I'm mainly looking for a bridge pickup but would say that if the neck pickup had fluid highs and the bridge had bite then i could work with that

cheers

Title: Re: Best Pickup for ESP LTD Phoenix
Post by: EffigyForgotten on March 24, 2013, 02:30:39 AM

Miracle for more modern/tighter, Holy Diver for smoother/more organic.

Title: Re: Best Pickup for ESP LTD Phoenix
Post by: Telerocker on March 24, 2013, 02:55:18 AM

I think Holy Diver-bridge/Cold Sweat-neck.

Title: Re: Best Pickup for ESP LTD Phoenix
Post by: ericsabbath on March 24, 2013, 03:19:14 AM

miracle man

but the holy diver sounds great with a ts9 in front of a 6505 as well

Title: Re: Best Pickup for ESP LTD Phoenix
Post by: alistairblackhallmusic on March 24, 2013, 08:24:50 AM

Ive been listening to the sound clips on here and my favorite sound is the nailbomb ceramic how do you think that will sound in my guitar

Title: Re: Best Pickup for ESP LTD Phoenix
Post by: darkbluemurder on March 25, 2013, 09:43:54 AM

I would have said Miracle Man or Cold Sweat for the bridge. No experience with the Ceramic Nailbomb but that should work well, too.

Cheers Stephan

Title: Re: Best Pickup for ESP LTD Phoenix
Post by: Alex on March 25, 2013, 07:58:12 PM

Miracle Man or a similar pickup with a strong treble response and tight bass (cold sweat, RiffRaff).

Are you sure it has a basswood body? I thought they used mahogany on them.

Title: Re: Best Pickup for ESP LTD Phoenix
Post by: alistairblackhallmusic on March 25, 2013, 08:29:13 PM

The cheaper model is basswood