Jackson rr1 and pickups

[bronz79]

Hi! i've got a jackson rr1 (adler body, construction neck through, ebony fingerboard) and i'm plannig to replace the stocks pickups (SD jazz and jb)

my ideas are:

a calibrated set of nailbomb
 
or

miracleman at the bridge and cold sweat at the neck

I want something perfect on the cleans and fluid solos for the neck
and something aggressive but organic for the bridge.

[octavio_amzer]

good cleans and fluid solos = Cold Sweat neck 4 conductor

aggressive and organic on bridge = Nailbomb bridge, 2 braided or 4 conductor will do.

[The Emperor]

Hi! i've got a jackson rr1 (adler body, construction neck through, ebony fingerboard) and i'm plannig to replace the stocks pickups (SD jazz and jb)

my ideas are:

a calibrated set of nailbomb
 
or

miracleman at the bridge and cold sweat at the neck

I want something perfect on the cleans and fluid solos for the neck
and something aggressive but organic for the bridge.

Welcome to the BN forum!

 I also have an RR1 now loaded with the NB... with (ofcourse the same specs.) but it came with Bill Lawrence as stock pickups. First i need to know which type of amp you use and which type of metal, hardrock you play... before i answer this question?. Tim told me that the NB would work great in the RR1 and it did!. Crunchy, awesome cleans etc  the NB pickup eat the stock Bill Lawrence for breakfast :) though i still have the Bill left in the neck.

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[MDV]

good cleans and fluid solos = Cold Sweat neck 4 conductor

aggressive and organic on bridge = Nailbomb bridge, 2 braided or 4 conductor will do.

Good shout. +1

[bronz79]

Thank you for the answers!

For my guitar is better suited the long leg baseplate 1/2" or the short 1/4"? i think the short but i'm not sure.

I think i'll buy the nailbomb for the bridge 'cause AlnicoV has better
dinamic but i'm still undecided between a nailbomb calibrated set or
a cold sweat at the neck to match it.

[Antag]

Get the short leg, but also ask for triangular feet (they're not an option on the shop page, put "triangular feet" in the comments box) - all the Jacksons I've BKP'd had quite a small rout that the square feet didn't quite fit.

If it's under a mounting ring you can just widen the hole by ~˝mm with a dremel without altering the external appearance, but you might as well save yourself the trouble & get BKP to make a pickup with feet that will fit :)

[bronz79]

Get the short leg, but also ask for triangular feet (they're not an option on the shop page, put "triangular feet" in the comments box) - all the Jacksons I've BKP'd had quite a small rout that the square feet didn't quite fit.

If it's under a mounting ring you can just widen the hole by ~˝mm with a dremel without altering the external appearance, but you might as well save yourself the trouble & get BKP to make a pickup with feet that will fit :)

thank you for the advice, but the stock Seymour Duncan doesn't have the square feet? :oops:

[Antag]

Well, the stock Duncans in both my RR1T and my Kelly had feet that were either triangular or slightly rounded at the corners & fitted flush to the routed hole, so square BKP foot didn't quite fit.

Safest thing is to unscrew the pickup bezel on your guitar & have a look, I'm sure Jackson have routed different sized holes at various times in their history...

[Antag]

By "feet", I mean the part that the mounting/height adjustment screw goes through.  to look at it you have to unscrew the pickup bezel/mounting ring.

[The Emperor]

Tell us your first impressions on NB when you get it  8)

[bronz79]

Tell us your first impressions on NB when you get it  8)

for sure! I'll order them this week but i think must wait ten days before
i'll recive them  :roll:  :)

if a holydiver is similar to a SD JB, a nailbomb instead?

[The Emperor]

You will be plugged in with the nailbomb. My RR1 was under the bed for a long time and since i installed it i'm riffing like the guitar was new  8)


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[bronz79]

 ....time has passed pretty quickly! :)
For my RR1 i've ordered a cold sweat for neck and a MM for bridge in january 2008

Awesomeness..both!

But i've changed 3 amps in the meanwhile.
-Powerball
-VH4
-now i'm using the Herbert. :D

..and now i'm a bit thinking about changing bridge pu.

I like cold sweat at all so i don't want to change it i like also MM but there is any BKP bridge pu with those specs?

-tight and not boomy bass..maybe a bit more growl on bass section and palm muting
-midrage grind (i use midcut on the Herbert and MM has not to much midhighs)
-High..i like MM high in the Herbert in the VH4 they where a lot piercing
-I play in D Necrophagist like stuff..so articulation and note definition is a must.
-not too compressed on a Uber gain amp.

Thanks. :)

[Antag]

-tight and not boomy bass..maybe a bit more growl on bass section and palm muting
-midrage grind (i use midcut on the Herbert and MM has not to much midhighs)
-High..i like MM high in the Herbert in the VH4 they where a lot piercing
-I play in D Necrophagist like stuff..so articulation and note definition is a must.
-not too compressed on a Uber gain amp.

This .... is ... the Painkiller :twisted:

(I have a PK bridge with CS neck in my KV-2 & it slays :))

[ratspeak]

This ^


I was going to say... but I've been making recommendations all over today and I have zero credibility, so I thought I'd back off for a bit.  :lol: