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Hybrid_Child

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What pickup to get this sound? (+ ordering question)
« on: July 12, 2009, 10:10:06 AM »
What bridge pickup would you recommend to put in a mahogany guitar to get the sound from the album Nihility by Decapitated.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LSXYtu37X0
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Re: What pickup to get this sound?
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2009, 03:56:20 PM »
those guys have some serious tone

I think they use EMG's
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Re: What pickup to get this sound?
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2009, 04:52:39 PM »
So a Miracle Man if it had to be a Bareknuckle?

Yeah Vogg has a badass tone. Think I heard somewhere, that he used a Retifier on this album. So I'm planning on building a clone of the Rectifier 3rd channel preamp.
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Re: What pickup to get this sound?
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2009, 05:19:58 PM »
Obviously the amp/speakers and engineering will have a bigger influence than the pickups but I reckon a Miracle Man would be a step in the right direction.
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Re: What pickup to get this sound?
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2009, 06:28:00 PM »
Quote from: Hybrid_Child on July 12, 2009, 04:52:39 PM
So a Miracle Man if it had to be a Bareknuckle?

Yeah Vogg has a badass tone. Think I heard somewhere, that he used a Retifier on this album. So I'm planning on building a clone of the Rectifier 3rd channel preamp.

yeah
but that depends on the wood
wouldn't put it in alder, for example
will be fine for mahogany

and I definitely wouldn't recommend a Recto channel for that
I've seen them using a Crate Blue Voodoo BV150H and a Peavey Triple XXX
but I guess a Krank Rev1 or a Peavey 5150 (I've read they used this one for recording too) would be fine
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Re: What pickup to get this sound?
« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2009, 03:10:11 AM »
miracle man or C-Pig
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Re: What pickup to get this sound?
« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2009, 05:12:55 AM »
How would those two handle downtuning to B? The Guitar is an ESP Horizon btw...
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Re: What pickup to get this sound?
« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2009, 05:21:38 AM »
Quote from: Hybrid_Child on July 13, 2009, 05:12:55 AM
How would those two handle downtuning to B? The Guitar is an ESP Horizon btw...

they sound huge in B tuning
you might consider the painkiller as well

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Re: What pickup to get this sound?
« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2009, 01:30:10 PM »
Cpig, IMO.
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Re: What pickup to get this sound?
« Reply #9 on: July 15, 2009, 09:20:00 AM »
Ok I've decided to get a covered C-Pig...

I just have some questions about ordering. I'm not sure wich spacing and Leg length I should get.

As mentioned earlier the guitar is an ESP Horizon. And it has a Tune-O-Matic bridge.
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Re: What pickup to get this sound? (+ ordering question)
« Reply #10 on: July 16, 2009, 09:05:12 AM »
Anyone who can give me some advice?
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Re: What pickup to get this sound? (+ ordering question)
« Reply #11 on: July 16, 2009, 10:41:15 AM »
Short legs & probably the 53mm spaced bridge pickup (all neck models are 49mm).

Although it has a Tune-o-matic, the Horizons (& other ESPs) I've played still had the string spacing quite wide.  To be sure, get a ruler & measure the distance between the top & bottom strings over the existing bridge pickup pole pieces, then buy whichever spacing is nearest.

In reality it's not a particularly big deal as long as the strings pass over some portion of the pole pieces - most guitars could quite happily take either.  The total dimensions of the pickup are the same whichever you choose, so it will always fit.
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Re: What pickup to get this sound? (+ ordering question)
« Reply #12 on: July 16, 2009, 06:04:40 PM »
Allright, thank you.
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