Metal bridge pickup advice.

[mikebot]

I have just bought a Nailbomb neck pickup from a mate and i am planning on buying a BKP bridge.
I play a mahogany body Ibanez S series into a Framus Dragon and V30's cab. For a rhythm tone I enjoy the sounds of bands such as Killswitch Engage and Parkway Drive and i strive to acheive similar tones from my setup.
From a bridge pickup, i am looking for something that will provide a hot output with enough low end for chunky rhythms, enough treble and prescence for cutting leads, a very clear sound with lots of clarity and a very prominent midrange, as i feel my amp is a bit lacking in midrange content. It would also need to balance out well with the Nailbomb neck pickup. I am thinking that a Nailbomb, Painkiller or Warpig would be ideal.
Which bridge pickup would be a good choice from your experiences?

[ericsabbath]

are you using a booster?
I have a Framus Cobra and had the lead channel modded for the Dragon tone (just a few resistors and capacitors here and there)
but the Dragon tone sounded too dark and muffled, so I ended using only the stock channel anyway
no matter what people say, but the Cobra tonestack sounds "more Marshall" with more upper mids
maybe you could try the opposite on yours
if your Dragon is a V5, you can take off the little crunch channel tonestack board behind the panel, spend 5 minutes on soldering and voilá

I don't exactly what I'd recommend to you
I think the Miracle Man worked the best for that stuff, but he Holy diver did a pretty good job too
now I'm using the Cold Sweat and it's still GREAT for that
BKP = win-win situation
I have a few very cr@ppy quality videos, but not with the Miracle Man

Cold Sweat
http://youtube.com/watch?v=aXwgm4UAkQU
http://youtube.com/watch?v=aXwgm4UAkQU

Holy Diver
http://youtube.com/watch?v=T1RafxMYU5w
http://youtube.com/watch?v=wUX2AOwJl1g

Painkiller
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ENvB6X3imqg

[Roobubba]

How do you find the mids on your PK? That's what I was about to suggest. I think the miracle man may appear too scooped at first (although chuck the mids up on the amp and take a touch off treble and bass, and the Miracle Man really is a brutal pickup!).

Have you asked Tim, yet? If not, phone or drop him an e-mail!

Roo

[northlane.josh]

C-PIG
as i said.
be a brick....

[Neil F]

I also have an Ibanez S series guitar into which I put a Nailbomb set. I liked the neck pickup a lot but the bridge didn't quite have the sound I was after (not quite "in your face" enough!) I've tried both MM and PK bridge pickups that I had around from earlier experiments and thought both were an improvement on the NB, giving better definition and a more cutting sound, with the PK having more of a high mids sound. The MM didn't sound excessively scooped to me and I liked it also. I ended up leaving the PK in but I may swap to the MM at some point, for a change. They both match the NB neck pickup and I'd recommend either of these over the NB bridge.

As for the NB bridge, I put that in my Les Paul where it sounds excellent - much more focused than in the Ibanez.

Can't comment on the other pickups mentioned I'm afraid.

[Nolly]

I'd say Miracle Man if you boost your amp, C-Pig if you don't.

[Jonny]

I use a Ceramic Warpig for my Parkway Drive stuff.

[ailean]

My wife has an Ibanez s2170fw which is fitted with a C-Pig set (and trilogy middle). The pig's sound awsome, loads of low end chunk.

I'm no good at saying this pup fits that sound, so I can't say if they are what you are looking for, but they WILL sound great if you go for them :)

[ericsabbath]

My wife has an Ibanez s2170fw which is fitted with a C-Pig set (and trilogy middle). The pig's sound awsome, loads of low end chunk.

I'm no good at saying this pup fits that sound, so I can't say if they are what you are looking for, but they WILL sound great if you go for them :)

your wife?  :?
does she have a sister?  :D