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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: daveirl1 on September 19, 2006, 06:17:03 PM

Title: mettalic tone but brill cleans?
Post by: daveirl1 on September 19, 2006, 06:17:03 PM: My friend has an epi explorer (mahogony) which he wants bkps in after hearing mine in my tele, he wants a mettalica (early) kind of tone but he really wants good cleans, anyone know which pickups would suit this best?

Sorry for the grammer my heads in bits.
Title: mettalic tone but brill cleans?
Post by: Dakine on September 19, 2006, 06:21:50 PM: Custom Warpig

Thread over :) :twisted:
Title: mettalic tone but brill cleans?
Post by: Sifu Ben on September 19, 2006, 06:50:47 PM: Does the custom warpig set have an alnico neck? It's very hard to get truly good cleans from a super hot ceramic pickup (although the advantage is it doesn't sound weedy when split, which could be another option), so you may want to have a very hot bridge and then switch to the neck for cleans
HOWEVER, if your wanting to play Metallica then chances are you never play truly clean anyway, a little chorus and delay will take off those brittle edges nicely.
Title: mettalic tone but brill cleans?
Post by: genocidal tendencies on September 19, 2006, 07:19:41 PM: Weedy when split? You've never used a warpig, have you?

I doubt the neck is ceramic, tim doesn't usually wind ceramic neck pups as far as I know.
Title: mettalic tone but brill cleans?
Post by: MDV on September 19, 2006, 07:24:18 PM: Painkiller necks ceramic.
Title: mettalic tone but brill cleans?
Post by: Sifu Ben on September 19, 2006, 07:45:19 PM: Genocidal Tendencies, learn to read!!!!!!!!
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(although the advantage is it DOESN'T sound weedy when split, which could be another option)
Title: mettalic tone but brill cleans?
Post by: genocidal tendencies on September 19, 2006, 08:08:38 PM: Sifu Ben, learn to quote in context!!!!!!! You were saying the advantage of a ceramic pickup is it doesn't sound weedy when split, and basic warpigs aren't ceramic and they sure as hell don't sound weedy when split.
Title: mettalic tone but brill cleans?
Post by: Dakine on September 19, 2006, 09:55:09 PM: WOAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thought had logged into the wrong forum for min. then.

Cannot see ANYWHERE that Ben qoutes Standard Warpig?

For ORIGINAL poster asking a question;
I have both sets of Warpigs, Standard and Custom.
The Custom has a Ceramic Bridge only. I have this in a Gibson Explorer and it slays old skool Metallica (James should join the Cornish Army and stop paying for batteries :)). Indeed the neck pickup (in calibrated set) is not ceramic. I find (in this Custom set) I can clean it up qoute nicely.

In the Standard set (again I have a calibrated set) the Warpig is more of a beast to tame. There is more of EQ (read leash/Bullwhip) needed to tame em and IMO they are not the thing for sparkly cleans. But then why would you want a Warpig for that and also Metallica don't exactly go hand in hand with sparkly cleans. Remember they have beacoup cash and gear to play with also and sound engineers yadda yadda.

I said to Tim 'Tim, I have just bought a Gibson Explorer so Metallica came to mind, what do you think?', Tim say's 'Custom Warpig will slay it'. Nuff said.
Title: mettalic tone but brill cleans?
Post by: Sifu Ben on September 19, 2006, 10:13:46 PM: indeed, a typical average 8-10 Kohm humbucker sounds weedy split, being my point :roll:
Title: mettalic tone but brill cleans?
Post by: daveirl1 on September 20, 2006, 05:02:56 PM: thanks lads, just told him about this now, one more question though can you get the warpig with the traditional crome covered pups?
Title: mettalic tone but brill cleans?
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on September 20, 2006, 11:27:04 PM: Yes you can , but you may want the double screwhead polepiece option so that it has the proper sound without looking industrial