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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: coup__d_etat on June 20, 2005, 12:14:44 AM

Title: Epi LP Custom
Post by: coup__d_etat on June 20, 2005, 12:14:44 AM

Hey... I recently bought an Epi Lp Custom in black, and was wanting to replace the stock pickups. I play a lot of punk/metal guitar, with tones like Thrice and Avenged Sevenfold coming to mind, but I also like the crunchier At The Drive-In style tones, and clean delayed tones.

I was originally thinking of a Nailbomb in the neck, as I've heard the cleans are pretty nice too, and a Warpig in the bridge for heavy low end. Would this be suitable, or would the pickups clash tones/ be too different from one another? Any advice here would be awesome, thanks.

Title: Epi LP Custom
Post by: Tim on June 20, 2005, 07:53:02 AM

Hi, welcome to the forum.
My  gut reaction is the Warpig is going to be too saturated in the gain dept for punk-thrash fine  but punk needs that extra edge IMHO.So I think the Nailbomb would be a better bridge choice in this situation as it can handle both with ease.
For a neck pickup, the Nailbomb neck is the obvious choice as it's powerful but has a great edge to it too. Buying a calibrated pair also makes good finacial sense too as a pair is cheaper than buying two different single humbuckers.