Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Aleks with a K on April 11, 2017, 05:14:22 AM
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Looking to experiment with a holydiver neck in an Ibanes RG652 (basswood body, maple / walnut neck, rosewood board). Set-up will be in Drop C.
I hear amazing things about the holydiver neck, but was hoping to find something that was tighter for the bridge pup. The guitar will probably be metal-focused, but I do hope to give it universal application, too.
Am I mistaken, and is the holydiver bridge what I am truly looking for? If not, is there a tighter bridge pup that will play nice with it?
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well, that depends on the amp and pedals
it does sound tight with tight sounding amps and works great with overdrives
if you want a tighter voiced pickup without compromising versatility, there's the rebel yell
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Besides the Holy Diver you could take a closer look at the Miracle Man for the bridge
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The BKP I liked best in combination with the Holydiver neck was the Cold Sweat bridge so I would recommend that if you want a similar high end from both pickups. I also had Rebel Yell bridge/HD neck in a different guitar but put back the RY neck since the midrange of both pickups combined better compared with the HD neck.
With the HD set you get a warm powerful bridge and a clear bright neck.
Cheers Stephan
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I just finished trying out a variety of pickups in a similar guitar to yours (RG570), also set up for drop C / metal. The set I have in there now that will most likely stay is the alnico Nailbomb bridge and VHII neck. Do you already have the Holy Diver neck? I personally hated that pickup (way too much pick attack for a neck pickup imo) & found the bridge version not tight enough. Though, if I were to try the HD bridge again I would pair it with an Emerald neck, which is sort of between the VHII and Diver.