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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Crazy_Joe on July 30, 2006, 10:28:01 PM

Title: Warpig and Woods
Post by: Crazy_Joe on July 30, 2006, 10:28:01 PM: What wood would you say compliments the Warpig best?

Or is it Warpig complimenting the wood, i don't know!

But you know what i mean, i'm just curious, how well do you think it will fair with a basswood body?
Title: Warpig and Woods
Post by: Peter Antal on July 30, 2006, 10:57:33 PM: I think someone has a Warpig set in an RG here, so basswood should be a nice choice. 8)
Title: Warpig and Woods
Post by: Philly Q on July 31, 2006, 11:49:06 AM: I think basswood guitars work best with higher output pickups. Since the natural tone of basswood is quite "lightweight" and neutral it can handle a pickup with lots of power, bass and mids. For example - without getting into a DiMarzio slanging match - lots of people use Tone Zones in Ibanez RGs with (apparently) good results, but I put one in my SG and it seemed to accentuate the guitar's natural middy tone into a huge, horrible boomy mush.

I'm now thinking of putting a Warpig in my SG. I'm a bit worried about the high output, but I guess it should work, since we all know what kind of guitar Tony Iommi plays!
Title: Warpig and Woods
Post by: Johnny Mac on July 31, 2006, 08:10:46 PM: Mahogany!
Title: Warpig and Woods
Post by: Tim on August 01, 2006, 07:29:38 PM: Basswood for the afore mentioned reasons and also maple-having played Dracs awesome axes at LGS!!
Title: Warpig and Woods
Post by: Ratrod on August 02, 2006, 05:59:16 PM: I have a Warpig in a basswood guitar (maple neck). It's friggin brutal! PDT_045
Title: Warpig and Woods
Post by: PhilKing on August 02, 2006, 06:01:45 PM: I have a Warpig in a mahognay Explorer (with an MQ neck), and it sounds great there.
Title: Warpig and Woods
Post by: Afghan Dave on August 02, 2006, 06:02:13 PM: I've got a Warpig in an Ibanez RG570 (Basswood) - Perfect IMHO.
Title: Warpig and Woods
Post by: MDV on August 05, 2006, 12:54:19 PM: I have a pig in a basswood/maple jackson, and the sound is quite comparable in EQ ballance to my 81 in a mahogany (pretty dark sounding piece of it) yamaha SG. Great combination, I'd say.

I'm getting a ceramic pig in 5pc mah/map/walnut/map/mah, 'dense' swamp ash body (near mahogany weight) Legra soon. I'll no doubt have something to say about that when I get it...
Title: Warpig and Woods
Post by: Johnny Mac on August 07, 2006, 10:53:32 PM: Quote from: MDV
I have a pig in a basswood/maple jackson, and the sound is quite comparable in EQ ballance to my 81 in a mahogany (pretty dark sounding piece of it) yamaha SG. Great combination, I'd say.

I'm getting a ceramic pig in 5pc mah/map/walnut/map/mah, 'dense' swamp ash body (near mahogany weight) Legra soon. I'll no doubt have something to say about that when I get it...

Sounds cool! :D
Title: Warpig and Woods
Post by: Crazy_Joe on August 16, 2006, 12:21:05 PM: What about the Nailbomb and Miracle Man?

Nailbomb works best in Basswood i think, though i could be wrong.

What about Miracle Man.
Title: Warpig and Woods
Post by: downrodeo on August 17, 2006, 12:55:35 PM: Miracle Man and Nailbombs are great in mahogany too! Judging by the reviews though, I think that the best wood for high output pickups is basswood. There's a friggin' load of players on the forum with basswood guitars loaded with BK's.