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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Agon Hoxha on October 18, 2013, 02:43:46 PM

Title: What pickups for my guitar?
Post by: Agon Hoxha on October 18, 2013, 02:43:46 PM
I am in a band that mostly plays old school thrash. I mostly play rhythm, but sometimes I play lead as well. Lots of complex rhythm low register rhythms. I don't tune down, maybe sometimes I go Eb, but not lower.

My guitar is a singlecut mahogany ( no top ), ebony fretboard, maple set-in neck.

I put the pickups I had in it in another guitar, and have heard a lot of good things about BKP so might as well.
Title: Re: What pickups for my guitar?
Post by: Dave Sloven on October 18, 2013, 03:56:34 PM
Cold Sweat.

Maybe a ceramic Nailomb if you want something 'hairier' sounding in the bridge, with a Cold Sweat neck.

The Cold Sweat bridge is nice and tight, cuts through well and is well suited to both standard and low tunings.

I have a CS set and I've found it to be a big improvement on the alnico Nailbomb, which I found to be more hardcore in character, although this makes it good for Sepultura and it was nice for Possessed.

The CS I think is much more versatile.  If you want a middle ground between the A-Bomb and the CS, go for the C-Bomb, as I said above.  There is a post here in a recent thread of someone playing Slayer on a C-Bomb in a Les Paul through an Engl amp, sounds pretty great.
Title: Re: What pickups for my guitar?
Post by: JimmyMoorby on October 18, 2013, 07:38:20 PM
I am in a band that mostly plays old school thrash. I mostly play rhythm, but sometimes I play lead as well. Lots of complex rhythm low register rhythms. I don't tune down, maybe sometimes I go Eb, but not lower.

My guitar is a singlecut mahogany ( no top ), ebony fretboard, maple set-in neck.

I put the pickups I had in it in another guitar, and have heard a lot of good things about BKP so might as well.

Sounds like exactly what I want from a bridge pickup so id say the nailbomb.
Title: Re: What pickups for my guitar?
Post by: witeter on October 18, 2013, 08:22:35 PM
CBomb is GREAT for thrash
Title: Re: What pickups for my guitar?
Post by: Slartibartfarst42 on October 18, 2013, 08:23:58 PM
My first thought when you said all mahogany was an A-Bomb so I'm going to stick with that. My close second choice would be the C-Bomb because it's less middy and the maple neck will be giving you some high mids. Both are ideal for Thrash.
Title: Re: What pickups for my guitar?
Post by: Lucas on November 21, 2013, 11:39:41 PM
My first thought when you said all mahogany was an A-Bomb so I'm going to stick with that. My close second choice would be the C-Bomb because it's less middy and the maple neck will be giving you some high mids. Both are ideal for Thrash.
once maple neck will brighten the overall sound, you`ll be happy with CBomb, in all mahogany body/neck CBomb is quite dark and little bassy sounding, but not dramatically.