Best Bkp for playin metal in a basswood guitar???

[infernalreaper]

hey guys i need ur help....im thinking of swapping pickups in my Ibanez Rg1570..its a basswood guitar with a rosewood  neck...neways whats the best bridge pickup should i buy for this guitar??...im lookin for a very tight death metal sound (in the vein of Nevermore, Cannibal Corpse, Aborted., Necrophagist , etc)..Also the pickup should be able to do a bit of thrash metal & a lil bit of classic rock..so wat pickups do you guys recommend ? im concerned since the guitar is of basswood.. do u think swappin it out for Bkps will do the trick??

[ailean]

Hi and welcome to the forum!

I've never played a basswood guitar, so I'm not up their characteristics. But gut reaction would be a Painkiller, I'm not sure I can back that up though :)

[Zaned]

Well,

here's a good starting point  8)

http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=247.0

Nailbomb demo on an Ibanez RG550, played by Tim Mills himself.

-Zaned

[DimeZakk]

C-Pig will give you the sound you're looking for

[Nolly]

As Tim described it to me, basswood is a very tonally neutral wood, meaning you can get away with pretty much any pickup in there.
The ceramic Warpig is definitely a good call, you'll be pleasantly surprised by how well it cleans up too I imagine.

[MDV]

C-Pig should be great.

FWIW with a floating trem and bolt on I doubt your body wood is making all that much difference anyway. Its probably not the dominant feature of the tone - the neck will be.

[Davey]

Warpig, any form

[infernalreaper]

hey thanx for the quick replies guys...after reading through many pages on the forum i've summed up that nailbombs & the C-pigs are the best for basswood....Im leaning towards the C-pig at this moment....also whats the sound of the C-pig like? as in on scale of 10 how would one define the Bass, Treble & Mids of the C-pig??...i've also read dat the sound of the C-pig is a compressed a bit?? what does that actually mean??... Also since were on the topic wats the best Neck pickup that would complement the C-pig? ...thanx in advance guys!!

[reguv760]

... on my Ibanez S540FM, the C-Pig is simply brutal... it snarls and squeals through fast and down-tuned riffs :)
I would say it has this kind of EQ (though I could be wrong):

Treble: 7
Mids: 6
Bass: 6

As for neck pup, I asked the same q ya had to Tim the other day and he recommended me an Alnico V Cold Sweat to compliment the C-pig.

Reg

[WITH FULL DISTORTION]

I have some clips and videos of me playing my Charvel Fusion Deluxe, tuned to D standard.
its basswood body
through my 5150
check the videos : terrorizer cover.
www.youtube.com/wfd666
And the clips are here in the forum
also, one of the guitars in the recording, the bolder less Fizzy one is the charvel with nailbomb.
www.myspace.com/thyresis
JP

[infernalreaper]

well i think im gonna go with the Warpig...it seems to get a very raw & crushing tone...thats probably what i'd like...neways how are the cleans on th Warpig?? Are the cleans decent enough??...

[HairyChris]

The pig's cleans are far better then you'd expect from a pickup that hot...!

[sjwebb90]

I have a Nailbomb in the Bridge my Charvel 475, Basswood  body, rosewood neck and it works a treat!

[infernalreaper]

Hey thanx guys 4 being so helpful....neways i'd like 2 know which pickup ie. Nailbomb or Warpig has more low-end??...and also which pickup is more tight on the bass aspect

[Nolly]

Hey thanx guys 4 being so helpful....neways i'd like 2 know which pickup ie. Nailbomb or Warpig has more low-end??...and also which pickup is more tight on the bass aspect

If we're talking about a ceramic Warpig and a regular alnico Nailbomb, the 'pig has more low end, and is tighter too.