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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: metal mitch on January 07, 2007, 06:06:13 PM

Title: does the Ceramic Warpig clean up well?
Post by: metal mitch on January 07, 2007, 06:06:13 PM

if you roll the volume down, does she clean up?  not jazz clean, but clean enough, say for song intro type stuff?

Title: does the Ceramic Warpig clean up well?
Post by: Crazy_Joe on January 07, 2007, 06:51:04 PM

Not really :lol:

But i don't think it was made to do that really.

Title: does the Ceramic Warpig clean up well?
Post by: BloodMountain on January 07, 2007, 07:07:16 PM

yeah, it was made for all out BRUTALITY!!!

im going to use my neck humbucker with volume down and coil split for cleans, that is, when i get my ceramic warpig...  :x

need more money!!!  :)

Title: does the Ceramic Warpig clean up well?
Post by: MDV on January 07, 2007, 10:01:20 PM

You have to back it right off for a clean sound. But when you do its pretty good, yeah. Certainly not my first choice for a clean, but its useable live, say.

Title: does the Ceramic Warpig clean up well?
Post by: Crazy_Joe on January 07, 2007, 10:14:30 PM

It also depends on what wood it is in.

Title: does the Ceramic Warpig clean up well?
Post by: BigK on January 07, 2007, 10:21:39 PM

Im Hijacking a little here but does anyone know what the ceramic warpig is like either coil-spit or in parallel?

Title: does the Ceramic Warpig clean up well?
Post by: Davey on January 07, 2007, 10:27:29 PM

parallel... i'd say it would clean up a bit...



but why would you need clean from a pickup that's brutality impersonated?

Title: does the Ceramic Warpig clean up well?
Post by: MDV on January 07, 2007, 10:35:12 PM

Mines wired for series, split and parallel.

Parallel, it opens up a little, compresses less, has good cleans, takes the edge off the gain, but is still harder hitting than most pickups in series. Really articulate shred tone. I like this one.

Series is still aggressive for a single sound. Quite full, too. Still has a little difficulty cleaning up, but is obviously the easiest.

Title: does the Ceramic Warpig clean up well?
Post by: metal mitch on January 08, 2007, 03:50:23 AM

thanks for the replies

Quote from: Davey

but why would you need clean from a pickup that's brutality impersonated?

well, I dug out a mahogany Explorer body and neck that I ordered from Warmoth about 4 years ago when I was going through a "I wanna sound like Hetfield" phase.  I forgot I had those damned things!  for some reason I ordered the body with a single humbucker route at the bridge, so I guess I was looking to get Metallicrunch and clean outta one pup?

a ceramic Warpig is definitely going in there.  if it doesn't clean up, no big deal.

Title: does the Ceramic Warpig clean up well?
Post by: gingataff on January 08, 2007, 10:31:25 AM

Quote from: metal mitch

thanks for the replies

Quote from: Davey

but why would you need clean from a pickup that's brutality impersonated?

well, I dug out a mahogany Explorer body and neck that I ordered from Warmoth about 4 years ago when I was going through a "I wanna sound like Hetfield" phase.  I forgot I had those damned things!  for some reason I ordered the body with a single humbucker route at the bridge, so I guess I was looking to get Metallicrunch and clean outta one pup?

a ceramic Warpig is definitely going in there.  if it doesn't clean up, no big deal.

If you add a 3 way switch for series/parallel/coil-split it will give you lots of choice and the split will let you get much cleaner, it'll be like a hot single coil. Stick on a bit of chorus and you're there.