Advise for mid in ESP Mirage with Sinner and Painkiller

[isaacmiranda7]

Hey guys,
its been awhile since I've posted here, and the last time I was here I was deliberating about whether to get the Sinner for my neck, and yes, I got it and its treated me absolutely fantastically.

Great thick fat tones, especially on clean from the bridge Sinner (in the neck) with mindblowing lead lines and heavy riffage power from the Painkiller (or it could just be my fingers ;) )

Anyway, I've got the DiMarzio Blue Velvet in the middle now, and it works pretty well, very sweet for cleans, but I'm looking at making it a full BKP guitar. Any advice?

[Doadman]

Why not try a Trilogy Suite? In terms of power it should work well with the Painkiller and Sinner and offer you something a little different to what you already have. I believe the Trilogy Suite sounds rather more like a traditional Strat pickup than a Sinner.

[isaacmiranda7]

A Suite eh? Does it give a twang kind of sound, or the smooth Clapton-ish tone? Or neither? :P

I can't listen to sound samples at the moment cause my sound is down.

[Doadman]

As I say, the Trilogy Suite is far more of a traditional Strat sound than a Sinner but in isolation, it's never usually described as a thin sound. In that respect I'd be tempted to say it's smooth and Clapton-ish but compared to the Sinner, you may well find it's thin. I think it depends on how you use the middle pickup. If you want it to stand right up there with your Sinner in the neck, I'd say get another Sinner but if you prefer to just use the middle pickup to colour the tone you're getting from either the bridge or neck pup and give it something a bit different, I'd say the Trilogy Suite may work well. The reality is that your choices are very limited. If you have a bridge Sinner in the neck position, that's one very powerful neck pickup so you must have something extremely powerful in the bridge to balance it. That would mean that most pickups you look at will be too weak. I can only think of either a Sinner or Trilogy Suite that would live with that kind of power.

[isaacmiranda7]

As I say, the Trilogy Suite is far more of a traditional Strat sound than a Sinner but in isolation, it's never usually described as a thin sound. In that respect I'd be tempted to say it's smooth and Clapton-ish but compared to the Sinner, you may well find it's thin. I think it depends on how you use the middle pickup. If you want it to stand right up there with your Sinner in the neck, I'd say get another Sinner but if you prefer to just use the middle pickup to colour the tone you're getting from either the bridge or neck pup and give it something a bit different, I'd say the Trilogy Suite may work well. The reality is that your choices are very limited. If you have a bridge Sinner in the neck position, that's one very powerful neck pickup so you must have something extremely powerful in the bridge to balance it. That would mean that most pickups you look at will be too weak. I can only think of either a Sinner or Trilogy Suite that would live with that kind of power.

I'm mostly going to be using the middle for clean tones, and such. I'm still deliberating :(
I was thinking of going for a minibucker..