Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Phildinho on July 22, 2006, 12:49:52 AM
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Hello everyone, I'm new to the forums and the idea of hand made pickups so i was hoping for a little advice on my first purchase.
I'm rather in love with my guitar but have just recently noticed that when it comes to pinch harmonics and sustain the pickups seem to be struggling to really push through the mix when playing in my band. With this in my mind, I've narrowed it down to the warpig for which I read a review in a guitar magazine, which absolutely raved about it. A little pricey I suppose, but I have the money and the willing to get a set, or a combination of the pig and another pickup, if anyone had any ideas or recommendations they would be most appreciated.
I'm into playing a lot of generes, mainly classic rock and metal, but I also like a lot of blues and well, lets just say i dabble in a lot of genres, so versatilty is a factor. A more specific question as a side note; do the pigs have all that sizzling tone in their high notes? or is it sinply a rythm players pickup?
Cheers guys, sorry for the long post!
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Welcome Phildinho!
I've got an open-coil warpig in an Ibanez RG570 and the pinch-harmonics jump out easily and with very little effort.
As the RG570 is a Floyd Rose equiped guitar I wanted more bass.
There will be many replies to come that will suggest other BKPs that are more specialised "lead" pickups eg: Cold Sweat or Holydiver. Both these have tight bass and great highs - excellent pickups that might be closer to your needs than the warpig.
I'm just posting to state that although the common response on the board is that the Warpig excels at rhythm - it is also great lead pickup that cleans up wonderfully for blues... even jazz!
Good luck.
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If your struggling to cut through in the mix, maybe a Nailbomb would be a good choice for you. Also, its got a bit less output and has a slightly m ore vintage feel than the pig. This quality would maybe be better for classic rock and stuff (aswell as the metal and blues). The nailbomb is realy veratile as well.
That said....all BKP's are versitile enough to excell in a range of styles...
Rory,