Which pickup for my style?

[maliciousteve]

Hi there, i recently became interested in having a 7 string warpig made for me, but i'm not sure if it's really the pickup for me.

My style ranges from Death Metal to Classic Rock, Shred, Jazz and Blues.

I mainly use my 7 string for playing death metal but i would also like the versatility of some screaming high end as well as some ball busting low end, haha. Also i would like some cool clean sounds.

I use a JCM 900 with a Washburn 587V and i found that the pickups are kinda weak.

Please help  :o

[HJM]

How about a Nailbomb, it's got the look and the tone do everything!

[Ratrod]

I'd stick with the Warpig. 8)

[Steve-Mr Pig 2U]

I would go with HJM and say the Nailbomb, Its got a lot of versatility so it should be able to handle the things you want it to do.

Unfortunatly we cannot offer covers or differnt bobbin colours for 7 string pickups because nobody has ever made the parts before. So its just plain black bobbins. We can make double screw designs, including ones with alan bolts.

[maliciousteve]

I would like to add that i love Christopher Amotts guitar tone, bone crushing rhythm and screaming, clear lead sound with loads of deffinition. So i hope that helps?

[Steve-Mr Pig 2U]

For simulating Christopher Amott's tone The Warpig and the Nailbomb would both do good jobs, The nailbomb has got more High end definition than the Warpig and has a "bigger" sound. The warpig has a tight bass with a more focused, saturated tone.
The Nailbomb as a 7 string design would have a DC of about 18-19K and the Warpig would have about 26K

I think that the Warpig would be the best for all out Death metal as it would be able to handle the lower fequencies of the low B better than the nailbomb, But the Nailbomb would be more versitle for your jazz and blues because it would  have a better clean and lead tone.

Probably the best thing to do would be to have a warpig in the bridge and a nailbomb neck pickups in the neck. I think that this would give you the most versitility and the best of both of the pickups
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have you seen Arch enemy live?

[maliciousteve]

excellent. Thanks Steve.

I haven't seen Arch Enemy live yet, but i have some live recordings of the band, Chris Amotts tone just seems to sound better than Michaels.