Manly Heavy metal tone

[Madsakre]

I had a Revelation a couple of weeks ago. I've fallen back to my roots per say. I Grew up listening to Manilla Road, Thin Lizzy, Manowar, Priest etc.

So i sat down and had a couple of beers with a good friend of mine, and we discussed music as always. Then we both suddenly agreed that playing extreme metal has become quite boring. we wanted to go back to our roots and go full out on true heavy/power metal.

Sune(My friend) plays an sg and a dave mustaine sig through a Marshall JMP-1 through a marshall cab

I play a line 6 hd100 through a Rectifier cab. Im seriously considering to get myself a JMP-1 due that its the trademark danish metal tone.

Im very much in doubt in which pickup i should choose. i mean i've heard very, very much good about holy divers and rebel yells for "real" heavy metal. But im simply not into alnico magnets.

I have 9 guitars, so the possibilities would be endless.

To give you all an impression on which tone im after. Please listen to this EPIC band!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiHpfugCboI

-Mads



:)

[Doadman]

I think it would really depend on which guitar you're thinking of putting Bare Knuckle pickups in as the tonal woods involved would affect what would be suggested. Rebel Yells and Nailbombs are very tight sounding for Alnico V magnets so you should be OK with either of those but it does depend on the guitar. Rebel Yells are bright so would work better in darker woods while Nailbombs are a bit more balanced. The Nailbomb also comes with a ceramic option but of course you'd sacrifice some of that vintage tone. Give us a guitar to work with.

[Madsakre]

Theres a Ceramic nailbomb coming my way into a Gibson Flying V.

Im Considering to make the main guitar in the project my Bc rich Mockingbird from 85. This guitar has a HUGE acoustic sound even though it has a floyd.
Pickup attack is very important for me. But fullness is also quite important. I want Gibson'esque vibe in the sound.

The JPM is quite a muffled preamp. So pickup attack and top end would be optimal

[gwEm]

ignoring your ceramic preference - rebel yells in a les paul :)

[Transcend]

i would personally go with the cold sweat or if you want that little bit extra the aftermath.

it's super tight but the gain isnt too high and its  avery versatile pickup

[ericsabbath]

the tone in the song you posted sounds more like a non-mid heavy alnico pup
it doesn't have that grinding aggressiveness you usually get from ceramics
I'd choose between the low DC alnico 5 models, like the riff raff, vhII or black dog, or definitely a stock nailbomb if you want power

[Madsakre]

How is the rebel yell? I've heard lots of good about it..

or the crawler!?

[Doadman]

I absolutely loved the Rebel Yell clips I heard. It seemed a bit like a Nailbomb but a bit tighter and a bit brighter. Would work a treat in mahogany.

[gwEm]

I absolutely loved the Rebel Yell clips I heard. It seemed a bit like a Nailbomb but a bit tighter and a bit brighter. Would work a treat in mahogany.

yes, it records really well. have a listen to the steve stevens clips in this forum for example

[Telerocker]

The Rebel Yell yes, the Crawler is not what you're looking for. Too warm and fat, more for classic rock, not so for metal. I guess.