Pick-ups for melodic death metal.

[ericsabbath]

I'd pick the c-pig for brutal death metal, but the miracle man is just perfect for melodic death and modern metal in general
stuff like CoB, Soilwork, Carcass, Neaera, The Haunted, Blinded Colony, Sylosis, At The Gates comes out really naturally from it
and I think it will retain more clarity on 7 string tunings than a c-pig

you can here some awesome miracle man on a basswood ibanez clips here:
http://netmusicians.org/?section=id&value=1097
http://netmusicians.org/?section=id&value=2473
http://netmusicians.org/?section=id&value=2578
http://netmusicians.org/?section=id&value=2653

not your style or the appropriate amps for that, but still great  :D

[Jonny]

I use a ceramic Warpig for melodic death metal. Or my view of melodic death metal that is. I have a cold sweat neck to complement it.

[dheim]

Thanks for the answers!!
Most of you have suggested me the Miracle Man bridge... It is good also for leads and solos? Because if it's I change only the bridge pick-up...

i wouldn't do it... you'll be begging for a neck BKP then, and you'll have to work again on your guitar later... :)

[BL4CK_K1N6]

you can here some awesome miracle man on a basswood ibanez clips here:
http://netmusicians.org/?section=id&value=1097
http://netmusicians.org/?section=id&value=2473
http://netmusicians.org/?section=id&value=2578
http://netmusicians.org/?section=id&value=2653

not your style or the appropriate amps for that, but still great  :D

Nice site! Thanks!!

Thanks for the answers!!
Most of you have suggested me the Miracle Man bridge... It is good also for leads and solos? Because if it's I change only the bridge pick-up...

i wouldn't do it... you'll be begging for a neck BKP then, and you'll have to work again on your guitar later... :)

What neck pick-up do you suggest me for leads and solos?

[dheim]

many would say cold sweat. it's a great neck pickup, but i tend to prefer nailbomb neck, because it has got more presence and mids... CS is a bit more scooped and warmer. both are great for leads (even if for dynamic distorted solos i generally prefer bridge pickups)... warpig neck is very very beautiful too, noone seems to ever mention it...i'd go for it in a calibrated set, though.

[MDV]

miracle man

The truth Darth Hellstyle speaks. The Miracle Man you must have.

[Benkenove]

Well, I will give you my "personal" thoughts...

I also play melodic death metal, and I've tried the Nailbombs (alnico set), Miracle man (set) and also the Painkiller bridge...

For my personal tastes, the PK didnt work at all... was too trebly with many highs - middle/highs... I had a bad time on stage when I change guitars from one with the MM to the PK... the sound changed a lot, and I had to start tweaking the amp on the fly... (bad moment).

I really think the MM are a great pickups for the style, very powerfull and great palm mutes, and it cuts really cool, nice compression... BUT I even think the Nailbomb is way better for the style... Way more... "melo-death"... more In flames/soilwork/darkTranquillity/ArchEnemy... at least, more for what I'm searching and for my guitas/amp/music/hands/ears.

I personally keep the MM in one guitar, and NB in other 3 guitars... (I'm waiting for a NB ceramic which I will put on an ESP explorer, and I think it will be really cool and thicker and tighter, I'll let you know).

But I think you cant go wrong with MM or NB... (but NB is godsent for melodeath).

Good luck and let us know when you get them... ;)

P.S. if you want to buy a set, Id go with a matched set, Iwoulnt mix, the MM and NB works perfectly theirself ;).

(Again, this is my personal taste, no more, no less... I guess there would be people who are not agree but well, just my 2 cents)

[BL4CK_K1N6]

Thanks at all for the answers!!
Other suggestions for neck pickup?

[dheim]

it strongly depends on the kind of neck sound you like best... nailbombs are sharper and middier, they sound almost like bridge pickups in terms of clarity (but of course they're undoubtably neck voiced), cold sweats are very, VERY smooth but even so note articulation is very good, holy divers are somewhere in between but have a very different voice frome the other two... more scooped than NB and sharper than CS... have you checked out my pickup shootout? they're all covered...

[BL4CK_K1N6]

it strongly depends on the kind of neck sound you like best... nailbombs are sharper and middier, they sound almost like bridge pickups in terms of clarity (but of course they're undoubtably neck voiced), cold sweats are very, VERY smooth but even so note articulation is very good, holy divers are somewhere in between but have a very different voice frome the other two... more scooped than NB and sharper than CS... have you checked out my pickup shootout? they're all covered...

A sound for leads and solos, a defined sound. I would hear the attack of the notes! I think that the neck Nailbomb can be good...

[dheim]

i think it is, for sure! i would go for a balanced NB set, for melodic death...

[BL4CK_K1N6]

i think it is, for sure! i would go for a balanced NB set, for melodic death...

The bridge pickup most suggested is Miracle Man :D

[dheim]

i haven't tried it (yet), but i agree with benkenove on the high opinion he has on the NB. i've got one set and i'm waiting for another... it's thick, tight but not too much, organic and defined but still not too much... and its frequencies are... well, right. at least for me.

[dheim]

oh, and they're killers when palm-muted, even without the low grinding boom of warpigs...

[ericsabbath]

miracle man

The truth Darth Hellstyle speaks. The Miracle Man you must have.

when MDV and I about something agree, an unquestionable truth that shall be  :lol: