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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Jkouf on September 23, 2015, 01:55:42 AM

Title: Bridge pickup recommendation
Post by: Jkouf on September 23, 2015, 01:55:42 AM

Ok so I am looking for a bridge to pair with a VHII.

I want thick boomy palm mutes. I want sustain! Not too middy more classic voiced. Music mostly 80's metal and thrash.

This is going in a Mayones Duvell Elite. Mahogoney body, flame maple top, Wenge-bubbinga neck and Ebony fretboard.

Thanks

Title: Re: Bridge pickup recommendation
Post by: Dave Sloven on September 23, 2015, 04:23:10 AM

Cold Sweat or Miracle Man. Probably the latter.

Title: Re: Bridge pickup recommendation
Post by: darrenw5094 on September 23, 2015, 03:28:09 PM

The Alnico Nailbomb is another option

Title: Re: Bridge pickup recommendation
Post by: Dave Sloven on September 23, 2015, 04:32:30 PM

Quote from: darrenw5094 on September 23, 2015, 03:28:09 PM

The Alnico Nailbomb is another option

That will be 'middy' though.  A ceramic NB would be a less middy alternative, although it has more mids than a CS or MM.

Title: Re: Bridge pickup recommendation
Post by: darrenw5094 on September 23, 2015, 04:59:56 PM

The Nailbomb is not too middy though. The HD, Painkiller are all in a different league in that department

Title: Re: Bridge pickup recommendation
Post by: Alfi27 on September 23, 2015, 08:12:15 PM

The Cold Sweat bridge is very nice with the VHII neck. Very tight and nice pickup, but not «huge» bass response. The Miracle Man will probably produce more bass, but remember that the amount of bass drastically affects the tightness of the sound.

Title: Re: Bridge pickup recommendation
Post by: Dave Sloven on September 24, 2015, 02:48:56 AM

I get a decent amount of bass with the CS in my Gibson SG.  Not huge, but definitely more than say a Rebel Yell, Emerald, or Riff Raff.  I had an A-Bomb in the same guitar and it didn't have any more bass that I could notice, it just had a lot more by way of raspy mids and more output overall.  In terms of thrash tones, in the SG the only thrash sort of tones I got from the A-Bomb were Sepultura and Possessed.  It wasn't good for any of the more scooped tones.  In many ways I'd say that the A-Bomb is more of a hardcore pickup, whereas the CS is more of a metal pickup.  I see the MM as a more extreme version of the CS.  I imagine its cleans are not as good even if it has more bottom end.  I find I have enough bottom end for '80s thrash stuff, and you have to remember that an SG doesn't provide much bass acoustically, being a very mid-focused guitar, so in a more bassy guitar the guitar will provide some itself.