PUs for Mayones Regius

[jayveekay]

Dear tone gurus.

I turn to you after (many hours of) listening to the clips on the bkp site (during multiple occasions over the course of several years) for help in making a decision.
Guitar is:
- swamp ash
- neck-through
- tuned to C-standard
- H-H
- lovely.. in an evil way

I really like (in the "Modern Metal" -clip):
- the throaty sound of the alnico Nailbomb in the clips
- the C-Bomb's and Painkiller's tighter attack
- the less saturated, drier tightness of the Holydiver

I don't have a strong opinion about the neck pickups.. something.. beautiful, bell-like and smooth? :)

How would any of these translate into my setup?

I play:
- through a 5150
- pretty loud
- death metal (at the gates -like riffs mainly, but not only that)
- low tunings

Appreciate all the input you might depart with!

BR,
JK

Link to the guitar in question in the Mayones site:
http://www.mayones.com/en/katalog/regius/regius_gothic

[Nolly]

I have a swamp ash Regius 7 next to me (and a mahogany one too!), based off which I'd recommend the Aftermath set for you. The bridge has the throaty midrange, tight attack and drier low end that you're after, while the neck is smooth and fluid.
The Aftermath bridge pickup is absolutely wicked for death metal, here's a clip I made yesterday with an Aftermath in one of my guitars:

http://soundcloud.com/nolly/death-metal-mix

[jayveekay]

Right... I was afraid it would come to the Aftermaths. ;)
Ordered already... let's hope I like them. ^^

Thanks for the quick reply and valuable opinions, Nolly!

Now the wait...


-J

[jayveekay]

Received, installed, sound-checked, further tests pending.
Installation was a bit of a pain because of how the Regius is built.
Don't get me wrong, it's built well... so well in fact that removing the pickup cavity cover wasn't quite as easy as I'm used to. Also the pickup screws mount into metal instead of wood and are bigger than standard -> drilling the pickup holes.

Next up: try it out with the 5150.

Thanks for the tip, Nolly! :)