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Diurno

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Re: Hi to everybody! Any suggestion for bridge PU in my custom?
« Reply #15 on: March 23, 2009, 12:38:49 PM »
I like the MM through my 5150-II, although from what you've said, the Cold Sweat might just be more the ticket, as MDV pointed out.
Incidentally, are 10-60 really considered heavy gauge strings???

Welcome to the forum!

Roo

I also have an ESP Eclipse with 10-66....but that iceman will have the 10-60.

Anyway, considering the genres i have written...the choice will be between MM and CS.
The fact is that in my iceman there is a lot of maple....and i want a pickup who can balance the "maple trebles"...


Roobubba

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Re: Hi to everybody! Any suggestion for bridge PU in my custom?
« Reply #16 on: March 23, 2009, 05:56:56 PM »
I've not used the cold sweat myself, but the miracle man can, in some guitars at least, accentuate the highs and lows on certain strings: in my MM-loaded ibby, the highs were prominent on the high strings, and the low strings had really phat bass (I don't know if I'm explaining this well enough!)...

Roo

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Re: Hi to everybody! Any suggestion for bridge PU in my custom?
« Reply #17 on: March 23, 2009, 11:19:46 PM »
for some odd reason, the miracle man is known for working pretty well on all maple, basswood + maple, mahogany + maple, mahogany + imbuya, all mahogany...

it also has this strange bipolar characteristic of enhancing the higher strings treble response and the lower strings bass response, like it was 2 different pickups in one

but it definitely fits perfectly the bands you mentioned

I personally like the cold sweat better, cause it can get close to both miracle man and painkiller without going extreme on output (I had the PK and MM in the same guitars too)
less bass and highs than the miracle man, less mids than the painkiller, better clean than both, a hair warmer picking, but still very tight and articulated, and a VERY hot, but not extreme output

but I'll keep the miracle man advice for that sound, unless you really want something more versatile
I have a similar rig to yours, by the way (a modded Framus Cobra + Cobra cab, Peavey Rockmaster preamp)
« Last Edit: March 23, 2009, 11:21:51 PM by Eric Hellstyle »
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Diurno

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Re: Hi to everybody! Any suggestion for bridge PU in my custom?
« Reply #18 on: March 24, 2009, 12:09:48 PM »
Thank you so much!

I really think about MM....but its difference with Nailbomb? The NB has less output and it is Alnico....does it sounds warmer? My custom is monohumb, and i want something who isn't to hars and "hard" in the solos!