Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: karim.blach on January 08, 2025, 10:08:02 AM
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Hi everyone,
TLDR; I want a pickup with as much output and clarity as possible.
I'm looking for a guitar pickup upgrade on my Schecter E-1 FR S.
I'll be pretty much exclusively playing powermetal / metalcore on it. So its either full gain sounds or clean, nothing in between.
I want some defined lows, the less muddy the better. No scooped mids and lots of clarity in the high end.
I either play with an OD-1 through a mesa boogie dual rectifier or 5150 through a Celestion V30 speaker.
Ocasionally I'm playing clean aswell.
So far I think the Polymath is the best fit for me, but I don't want to miss out on other good options.
Which pickup do you think is a good fit for me?
Thanks in advance for any tips!
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Although the Polymath can certainly handle those genres of music, it's by no means in the higher output portion of our humbucker range, sitting definitely in the medium output arena, as well as having a deliberately round and mellow low end feel which I don't think falls in line with the tight clear lows that you're describing. In fact, it sounds like a ceramic pickup will be a much better option for what you're asking for. Something like the Ragnarok would do a better job of giving you a stronger output, full, roaring mids and a tight response in the lows to keep those faster riffs clear and accurate. If you want a similar feel but a little more brightness in the highs and upper mids, the Unity would also be a great option.
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Thanks for the response, I didn't have the Ragnaroks on my radar at all. I went with those now!