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Title: Pairing nailbomb or Emerald Neck with Tremonti Treble pickup, which is better?
Post by: hussamj on February 24, 2017, 08:38:57 PM

Greetings Forum,

I have a PRS Custom 24 and I'm swapping the stock bridge pickup with a tremonti treble pup which is high-output. I mainly play high gain stuff, metal, modern hard rock/nu metal etc....I have nailbomb and Emerald neck pickups laying around and was wondering which would match better with the tremonti treble, in terms of out-put and being "balanced"? Should this even be a concern?

Thanks..
J

Title: Re: Pairing nailbomb or Emerald Neck with Tremonti Treble pickup, which is better?
Post by: Yellowjacket on February 25, 2017, 12:41:49 AM

Why not an A-bomb bridge?    ;)
If you get a BKP neck pickup, you're only going to be using the neck pickup  :grin: 
Try the A-Bomb neck and see what you think.   You can always swap in the Emerald neck if you dislike it.

Title: Re: Pairing nailbomb or Emerald Neck with Tremonti Treble pickup, which is better?
Post by: ericsabbath on February 25, 2017, 03:42:00 AM

they are somewhat similar, but the neck nailbomb is a bit hotter, more trebly and scooped, while the emerald is warmer and a bit more balanced
both should work fine, but they won't match the bridge tremonti output
the tremonti full set isn't evenly matched tone or output-wise at all, anyway, so you shouldn't worry

Title: Re: Pairing nailbomb or Emerald Neck with Tremonti Treble pickup, which is better?
Post by: Slartibartfarst42 on February 25, 2017, 07:21:49 PM

I'd go with the Emerald neck because it's just incredible and once it's in there, I imagine the Tremonti pickup will start to look very ordinary.

Title: Re: Pairing nailbomb or Emerald Neck with Tremonti Treble pickup, which is better?
Post by: hussamj on February 25, 2017, 11:19:43 PM

Thanks all for the feedback! I do have the nailbomb bridge as well...but Im going for more of a scooped rhythm sound which the tremonti bridge should be. I'm gonna go for the emeralds first and see how that sounds. I guess I'll just have to experiment and see what sounds best. Thanks again!

Title: Re: Pairing nailbomb or Emerald Neck with Tremonti Treble pickup, which is better?
Post by: ericsabbath on February 26, 2017, 01:17:23 PM

the tremonti is very middy, more than an alnico nailbomb
it reminds me of the painkiller, but more compressed, like the ceramic nailbomb
my bandmate replaced the tremonti with a miracle man and his PRS sounds way way better with that
the tremonti is not bad, though

Title: Re: Pairing nailbomb or Emerald Neck with Tremonti Treble pickup, which is better?
Post by: Slartibartfarst42 on February 27, 2017, 12:36:46 AM

The scooped reference made me think Miracle Man too.