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EffigyForgotten

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Re: Alnico pickups
« Reply #15 on: March 06, 2012, 10:25:11 AM »
If you have not tried a BKP ceramic yet, you would probably make a grave mistake by counting them out. I too was not a ceramic fan. It worked in my Dimarzio Crunchlab, but sides that they sucked the big time.
Thing is that Tim basecally makes ceramic PUs without the downside of ceramics. Certainly changed my view on them.

Tell us a bit more about what you did not like about ceramics!
Short answer, they sound thin to me.

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Re: Alnico pickups
« Reply #16 on: March 06, 2012, 10:48:22 AM »
if you think that either a miracle man or a cpig sounds thin, then you must be a bass player :S
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Re: Alnico pickups
« Reply #17 on: March 06, 2012, 11:11:09 AM »
if you think that either a miracle man or a cpig sounds thin, then you must be a bass player :S

Nominee for quote of the year :)

I second that for the Miracle Man - haven't played a C-Pig yet.

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Re: Alnico pickups
« Reply #18 on: March 06, 2012, 02:20:27 PM »
If you have not tried a BKP ceramic yet, you would probably make a grave mistake by counting them out. I too was not a ceramic fan. It worked in my Dimarzio Crunchlab, but sides that they sucked the big time.
Thing is that Tim basecally makes ceramic PUs without the downside of ceramics. Certainly changed my view on them.

Tell us a bit more about what you did not like about ceramics!
Short answer, they sound thin to me.

I have played the Nailbomb-Ceramic, and I am using a Painkiller Bridge now, I would in no way say that it sounds thin. 

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Re: Alnico pickups
« Reply #19 on: March 06, 2012, 04:49:21 PM »
I would suggest ceramic warpig, Miracle man, Painkiller (all ceramic but all have way more body & bottom end than the others you named.

Holy Diver might also be a good choice - alnico
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Re: Alnico pickups
« Reply #20 on: March 06, 2012, 05:54:44 PM »
Seems like out of all the pickups I have tried I didn't like any of the ceramic ones that includes, the distortion, dimebucker, emg, blackouts the stock pickups in like 4 guitars and i'm wondering why almost no production guitars made for brutal/modern metal ever have alnico?

With the EMG 81 its tight yet thin so when I palm mute it doesn't really have any chunk or low end and I want a pickup that does that with good clarity and will work in a PRS type guitar.

I have made three threads only because I need to choose what pickups to buy within 2 weeks.

I don't know why there are two pages full of discussion here. Get either Alnico Nailbomb or Warpig and be done with it!

EDIT Reading the blahblah from the previous pages, probably a Nailbomb is your cup of tea!
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Re: Alnico pickups
« Reply #21 on: March 06, 2012, 10:31:09 PM »
I don't know why there are two pages full of discussion here. Get either Alnico Nailbomb or Warpig and be done with it!

EDIT Reading the blahblah from the previous pages, probably a Nailbomb is your cup of tea!

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Re: Alnico pickups
« Reply #22 on: March 06, 2012, 11:23:16 PM »
Nailbomb it is then! When I sell all my guitars and buy a real PRS I will try all of the BKP models I can =P

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Re: Alnico pickups
« Reply #23 on: March 07, 2012, 04:34:06 AM »
Okay after trouble trying to order the pickups it seems like the best way to go is the calibrated set, how good are the cleans on the nailbomb and how well does it do for neck leads?

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Re: Alnico pickups
« Reply #24 on: March 07, 2012, 07:19:15 AM »
Okay after trouble trying to order the pickups it seems like the best way to go is the calibrated set, how good are the cleans on the nailbomb and how well does it do for neck leads?

I really like the neck clean on the nb set , and neck Clean is super important to me.  I use a clean neck sound as much as a heavy bridge in my band.  I'd say it's actually very similiar to a Duncan 59 neck but less boomy and better clarity.

I do some leads with it and it does well but I'm more a clean neck, bridge for dirty player.
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Re: Alnico pickups
« Reply #25 on: March 07, 2012, 08:35:55 AM »
A Cold Sweat-neck is an option too. It's reckoned to be very fluid and smooth with gain.
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