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Heavy Jerk

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Sludgy, warm tone
« on: September 06, 2008, 11:44:36 PM »
Hi,

I have a Jackson COW7 (an all mahogany guitar, with ebony fretboard) and I want to replace EMG 707 that came with it.

I need a high gain pickup with warm, organic and sludgy, yet tight enough sound with decent cleans (at least, if not more); that will cut well through the mix, and with good dynamics; I want also my fast runs to get through (just for the sake of conversation - think some tech death metal style of riffing). I want HUGE sound, yet defined well enough to hear what I am playing on a gig, for example. One more thing, I would like, if it's possible, a pickup which provides sort of creamy lead tone, similar to Tone Zone in that respect, for lack of a better word. Nice, round sound.

I don't know if this all is possible to find within just one high gain pickup, but still I am asking...

Also, should I go with an A5 pickup or the ceramic one?

Thanks in advance,

Cheers!

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Twinfan

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Re: Sludgy, warm tone
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2008, 11:52:10 PM »
Welcome  :)

it sounds to me that you're describing the Warpig...
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Re: Sludgy, warm tone
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2008, 12:11:02 AM »
Quote from: Twinfan on September 06, 2008, 11:52:10 PM
Welcome  :)

it sounds to me that you're describing the Warpig...
I second that.
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Heavy Jerk

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Re: Sludgy, warm tone
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2008, 12:14:05 AM »
Are you sure Warpig is not "too much", because my guitar is all mahogany? Because, I ran into some posts describing it exactly like that...

Also, which version do you recommend, A5 or the ceramic one?

Thanks  :D

Cheers!
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ericsabbath

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Re: Sludgy, warm tone
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2008, 01:02:19 AM »
alnico pig for sure
but the neck version sounds closer to the tone zone
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Re: Sludgy, warm tone
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2008, 01:23:37 AM »
I have no idea about the pickup, but why did Jackson call the guitar a Cow 7??  :?




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Re: Sludgy, warm tone
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Re: Sludgy, warm tone
« Reply #7 on: September 07, 2008, 01:58:26 AM »
Hahaha!!!!!!!! Like that Phil. In the big city what is call shredding turns to milking the cow on the small towns. Good night John Boy!
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Re: Sludgy, warm tone
« Reply #8 on: September 07, 2008, 03:05:19 AM »
For a mahogany guitar alnico V Warpig is excellent. Also Miracle Man, C-Pig, Painkillers, and Nailbomb are great on mahogany bodied guitars. 500k super pots should add to the tone.
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Re: Sludgy, warm tone
« Reply #9 on: September 07, 2008, 04:13:43 AM »
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Roobubba

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Re: Sludgy, warm tone
« Reply #10 on: September 07, 2008, 05:39:18 AM »
I don't quite understand how you can get a sludgy yet articulate sound... surely it's one or the other??

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ericsabbath

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Re: Sludgy, warm tone
« Reply #11 on: September 07, 2008, 07:00:05 AM »
Quote from: Roobubba on September 07, 2008, 05:39:18 AM
I don't quite understand how you can get a sludgy yet articulate sound... surely it's one or the other??

Roo

but that's exactly how I'd describe a warpig  :lol:
reminds me of Crowbar tones
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Heavy Jerk

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Re: Sludgy, warm tone
« Reply #12 on: September 07, 2008, 01:25:51 PM »
Yeah, sludgy - a little mud here and there, for example Morbid Angel - God Of Emptiness (well, a bit clearer than that) and Where the slime live. I know they used Universe (basswood+Blaze) on that one, but it's a sort of sound I am after, maybe a little bigger than that and surely darker (I have mahogany, yes  :) ).

As I said, tight enough to keep it all together(unlike Duncan Invader), and not uber tight ;) , but still warm  8) , and not like EMG I have, which is surely tight pickup, but it's clinical sounding and I don't like that.

Stuff like Crowbar also, yeah, but to be able to play some articulate stuff like Psycroptic too (not that I play covers from those bands, just giving an example here; I am not saying I want the exact sound of those bands, just in terms of clarity; to be able to play something like that and to actually hear myself cutting thorugh the mix on the stage).
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Re: Sludgy, warm tone
« Reply #13 on: September 07, 2008, 03:32:36 PM »
^ That too confirms the suggestion of alnico Warpig.
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Re: Sludgy, warm tone
« Reply #14 on: September 07, 2008, 06:06:35 PM »
Okay, thanks for clearing that up! :)
Roo
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