Pickups for a ash-bodied seven string

[SYNAPSYS666]

Hi, everyone.

After using SD pickups for over 10 years, I decided to make a change for what seems to be the better, and try some BK on a trade I have coming in.

The guitar is a ash-bodied seven string with a bolt-on maple neck and rosewood fingerboard. Since ash is a bright guitar, what BP pickups would suit it best?

I've already have a mahogany seven string fully equipped for metal, so I'm lokking for something different, that I would use on a rock/gothic rock (Sisters, Nephilim, Cult) situation. So, a full sound is what I'm looking for.

And since I'm looking for bridge and neck pickups, what would give the versatility of a good rock bridge pickup and a neck pickup that will sound good, full and defined on rock leads, but also could handle a clear clean sound?

I'm quite fond of the SD Custom SH-5 and the SD '59 SH-1. Any BKP would out-do them in an ash body seven string?

Quite like ceramic magnets on the bridge, and maybe an A2 on the neck would be what I'm looking for this particular guitar?

Oh, and please forgive me for my terrible english. I am portuguese, and english is not my main language.

Thanks in advance!

[Madsakre]

Ash = Ceramic Warpig!!

[SYNAPSYS666]

Ash = Ceramic Warpig!!

Thanks for the tip. Isn't it way too hot for what I'm looking for? From what I read, it's a "brutal" sound, and that's not really what I'm looking for, although the bass would interact nicely and balance the overall sound of the ash.  And for the neck?

[Madsakre]

Cpig/cold sweat neck

[Nolly]

I would imagine the c-Pig would be very overpowered for what you described. I know you're looking at ceramic bridge pickups, but let me recommend either the Holy Diver or Crawler to you for that position - both are alnico, yet are extremely clear and tight. The Holy Diver has a fat lower midrange and smooth top end that makes it work well in bright guitars, while the Crawler is a more classic tone, with an articulate and full-sounding voicing.

In the neck, almost any of the vintage-hot neck pickups would be a great choice. They all seem to sit in the 7-9kΩ range, which would balance well with both the HD and Crawler bridge. My personal favourite is the VHII neck, which features a very large coil-offset that gives it a very clear and juicy tone.

[SYNAPSYS666]

Thanks, Madsakre, but I think Nolly's suggestion are more in my ball park...I was already thinking about the VHII for neck. But Alnico's are something I'm really not into for the bridge position, since ceramic gives me an attack I'm quite fond of. Been thinking about the Cold Sweat for bridge, any thoughts if that would be a happy marriage with the ash-bodied seven string? The sound is not that far away from Nolly's Alnico sugestions...

[Ribboz]

Ash = Ceramic Warpig!!

Could not agree more!!!!!! XD Gahd its awesome.