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Kimling86

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7-string bridge pickup
« on: November 27, 2009, 02:01:10 PM »
Hey, new guy here  :guitar4:
So after a while trying to sell my Lundgren M7 I was finally able to get rid of it  :)
The Lundgren was a bit to sterile for my taste and after having a BKP sitting in my 6-string for over 2 years, I knew this was the path to go again. The pickup in my sixer is a Painkiller and I absolutely adore it!
I mostly play melodic death metal like At The Gates, In Flames, Gojira, Dark Tranquillity and so on, but when playing my seven I often find myself playing more extreme tunes.
Should I go with a Painkiller again or should I try a Warpig, maybe ceramic? I'm kinda tempted with the Warpig, but I don't know if it will have that same kind of sterile feeling that my Lundgren had?
Btw. it is going in a Schecter 007 Elite all mahogany guitar

Looking forward to some help
Thanks in advance

Kimling86

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Re: 7-string bridge pickup
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2009, 02:02:38 PM »
Forgot to mention; my amp is a Peavey 5150 2x12 combo

Antag

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Re: 7-string bridge pickup
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2009, 08:43:51 PM »
If there's one word I would never use to describe the Warpig, it would be "sterile".  I've never used the ceramic one, but I did butcher an In Flames song here with the Alnico one :)

But why not go for a PK?  You know you like it & it handles low tunings well...
BKPs: HD, MM, NB, PK, CS, Ab (b&n); Am (b only); VHII, Tril (n only); IT, Slow, Sult (m&n)

dheim

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Re: 7-string bridge pickup
« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2009, 09:36:35 PM »
i quote Antag. it's very aggressive, less percussive than the PK but with a raw edge thats very brutal... absolutely NOT sterile.
Mule, MQ, Stockholm, CS, RY, MM, PK, ANB, CNB, AWP, CWP, PiG90...

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Kimling86

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Re: 7-string bridge pickup
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2009, 12:19:01 AM »
Thanks guys, that actually helps alot. What would you say is the main difference between the alnico and the ceramic WP?

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Re: 7-string bridge pickup
« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2009, 12:47:44 PM »
AWP is smoother and a bit middier. CWP has got a sharper attack and is slightly more scooped (without being scooped at all). i hear a lot of tonal differences, but i've got my pigs in completely different guitars (AWP in mahogany LP studio, AWP in basswood RG, CWP in wenge neckthrough, very bright), so i can't really judge. for a 7 stringer, and for sheer BROOTALZ i'd suggest a CWP... :) i'm tuning my RG in B and even the AWP gets a bit muddy on the 6th string. but it's mainly basswood's fault, i think. in my LP the AWP has got much more presence even if it has got a huge bottom.
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Re: 7-string bridge pickup
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2009, 07:13:21 PM »
I decided on the ceramic Warpig. Just for the sheer BROOTALZ of it (did I spell that correctly?  :mrgreen:)
Actually, a friend of mine has a CWP in his 6-string that he detunes to C, and I really like that. So I hope it'll work as well as a 7-string pickup

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Re: 7-string bridge pickup
« Reply #7 on: December 05, 2009, 12:12:19 AM »
did I spell that correctly?  :mrgreen:

yes, YOO DEED!  :lol:

good choice, anyway!
Mule, MQ, Stockholm, CS, RY, MM, PK, ANB, CNB, AWP, CWP, PiG90...

too many? ;)