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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: silence2-38554 on February 05, 2014, 07:43:02 AM

Title: When alnico Black Hawks are too bright, you replace them with…..??
Post by: silence2-38554 on February 05, 2014, 07:43:02 AM: So, I have a set of alnico Black Hawks installed in my Ibanez RGA121. You'd think these to be a match made in heaven, but the maple cap on this guitar is so thick that I'm finding that it's STILL too bright & lacks quite a bit of low end. I'm strongly considering switching to a c-Pig in the bridge & a VHII in the neck. I play mostly progressive metal (Intervals / After the Burial / Modern Day Babylon) in either standard or drop C. Let me know your thoughts!
Title: Re: When alnico Black Hawks are too bright, you replace them with…..??
Post by: Shotgun on February 05, 2014, 08:17:07 AM: I think c-pig will have too much lows. Juggernaut? It has nice lows and low mids and sweeter highs.
Title: Re: When alnico Black Hawks are too bright, you replace them with…..??
Post by: Arthurus on February 05, 2014, 08:19:50 AM: Yup, I strongly recommend the Juggernaut, or even the Holydiver. I don't know the C-Pig, so I can't say anything about it, sorry.
Title: Re: When alnico Black Hawks are too bright, you replace them with…..??
Post by: Contrition.Josh on February 05, 2014, 12:11:29 PM: The Juggernaut neck pickup should also be voiced quite close to the VHII neck, so a Juggernaut set would probably be the best way to go! :)
Title: Re: When alnico Black Hawks are too bright, you replace them with…..??
Post by: jesperbc on February 21, 2014, 09:03:40 PM: Or you could swap them out for my alnico Black Hawks... Mine have insane amounts of bass in my all-mahogany LTD MH-1000. Currently I'm wondering if I made a mistake buying Black Hawks. All the videos/clips I saw/hears sounded great, but in my setup they really just drop da bass... Even adjusted to 9 mm from the strings, they are quite bassy.
Title: Re: When alnico Black Hawks are too bright, you replace them with…..??
Post by: silence2-38554 on February 22, 2014, 09:09:29 AM: Thanks for the replies everyone. I think I'm just going to keep an eye out for a set of Holy Divers for now, possibly a HD bridge & Emerald neck.