The best pick up for hardcore punk / metal

[darkbluemurder]

what happens i use the bridge and i hear nothing

No signal or no noise?

and  only if i play really agressively it starts to pick up noise but it cancels out quickly so sustain is reduced

Does it do this also when you play directly into the amp, i.e. without the pedal? And did I understand it correctly that it does not do this when you play through the neck pickup? Does the bridge pickup do the same thing when you turn down the guitar volume a little?

Sorry for all these questions but I just want to make sure that there is no further problem in the signal chain.

Cheers Stephan

sorry for the wait

essentailly what happens is at high volume straght into the amp rarely no pedal

i also play into a zoom multi fx with headphones

I play chords and single notes gently as you do and noting maybe a faint wisper then i play aggressively and it kicks to life and slowly dies out

when i roll done the volume i don't the problem persist but im abit hazzy so give me the two options of whats wrong if so.

No this dosent happen to the neck the neck plays fine if anything it now plays alot better then the bridge as it has lost the quality it once had it dosent sound like the bridge i played through when i put my hands on the guitar

I was just asking because I have an old Bill Lawrence pickup that has so much output that it distorts everything you plug it into. But it seems that sheer output is not causing the problems you describe. Unless there is no wiring error - which we still have not ruled out - I think the bridge pickup is broken and needs to be replaced irrespective of the amp.

Cheers Stephan

[gwEm]

the DSL50 has a load of gain.

considering the newer info, maybe something lower output like a riff raff would be better

[itsonlyausername]

Back to the drawing board i guess maybe buy the amp first and then make a decision on what to do pick up wise

the HD looks to be the winner but only based on gut and reviews