New Pickups

[GuitarJacksonHero]

I wonder if anyone can help me, im looking for new pickups for my strat and i want a big metal tone that produces really good sustainable pinch harmonics, I'v come to a discion between Nailbomb and Miracle Man, are there any other pickups that sound good?

[dheim]

warpigs are great for pinch harmonics... nailbombs (at least mine) have a subtle natural harmonic growing from sustained notes. i love it...

[Will]

You will get more responses in the pickups forum rather than the gear area. You will also want to disclose what your setup consists of and the body wood of your strat. + playing style - so that the guys can give you a good recommendation.
Can't say I think I would like a Miracle Man in a strat, would probably get a bit scooped

[ericsabbath]

didn't play the Nailbomb, but the Holy Diver has the loudest and easiest harmonics I've seen in a passive pickup
the Miracle Man is great for harmonics too, but they are not as fat and clear

http://youtube.com/watch?v=T1RafxMYU5w

[dheim]

didn't play the Nailbomb, but the Holy Diver has the loudest and easiest harmonics I've seen in a passive pickup
the Miracle Man is great for harmonics too, but they are not as fat and clear

http://youtube.com/watch?v=T1RafxMYU5w

eric, your tone on that video was simply TERRIFYING! were you using the head in the background as a poweramp?

[ericsabbath]

didn't play the Nailbomb, but the Holy Diver has the loudest and easiest harmonics I've seen in a passive pickup
the Miracle Man is great for harmonics too, but they are not as fat and clear

http://youtube.com/watch?v=T1RafxMYU5w

eric, your tone on that video was simply TERRIFYING! were you using the head in the background as a poweramp?

thanks, man!
I wasn't using the Framus, but that little power amp head above it
it's a handmade TubeAmps Gemini with 2 x 6550
it had a fat and smooth tone
don't know why, but it was the most smooth power amp I've played
unhappily, I had to sell both power and preamp
and the celestion century vintage on that 1x12 cab :(

now the Holy Diver is in my Gibson SG, but it sounded a bit dark and loose on it, so I installed an alnico 8 magnet I had
it sounds just a bit less fluid on leads, but it's way louder, tighter, brighter and now it reminds me more of how it sounded in the Les Paul copy

[dheim]

...and i fear both of them are impossible to find outside brazil... great tone, anyway! i would have kept them...  :)

[ericsabbath]

...and i fear both of them are impossible to find outside brazil... great tone, anyway! i would have kept them...  :)

yeah  :lol:
the power amp is still made and it costs around 500 dollars new
the preamp is no longer made, but it was pretty cheap when I bought it
around US$200-250 new
it was almost a SLO clone, but had a few circuit value differences and had cheaper parts
if I had money right now I'd buy it back from a friend that owns it now

I still have a peavey rockmaster preamp that I love too, but it's a completely different animal
way more middy, dense, tight and metal sounding (like a XXX or 5150)
it doesn't have the smooth airy tone of the leadvox/SLO

[Dubn 57 Goldtop]

Will, this is the pickup forum. cheers

[Will]

Will, this is the pickup forum. cheers

It got moved by the mods.

[Dubn 57 Goldtop]

got ya

[Dubn 57 Goldtop]

You will get more responses in the pickups forum rather than the gear area.

worrrrrd

[MDV]

Errrm, all of them.

You can get great pinches out of all the BKs I've played. The best are probably the MM. They make a helluv an intense squeel.