pickup for explorer

[Brown tone]

I need a pickup that produces high output with huuuge mid hump. I like the lower midrange roar so what shuold i get? Preferable sound would be moderate lows and highs with boost in the low mids.

[the prince of shred]

woods? mahog body and neck?

the pickups with that low midrange thing goin on are miracle man or hd i beleive... hmmm hd may be abit muddy in that guitar?? miracle man abit boomy? (im speculating)

[Dr. Vic]

You want a Miracle Man.

This one will make you smile !  :good:

[the prince of shred]

You want a Miracle Man.

This one will make you smile !  :good:

yh i do think the MM may be the way to go with this one.... i just wonder whether itull have to much overpowering bass in an explorer tho....??

[DimeZakk]

You want a Painkiller!

[MDV]

I can only imagine an MM being great in an explorer. Especially if you like a low mid roar.

I hope the PK suggestion is sarcasm? It being the opposite of what the OP wants.

[Brown tone]

So with miracle man I should get a raw and punchy mid range? I usually equalize the sound so that there is only a little bass and somewhat cut down highs, scooped mids and boosted upper mid range. I want *very* thick and punchy lower mids for the sound to be huge and stay fast.

The guitar is mahogany, but the body is thin and fretboard is made of ebony so the emphasis is not on bass range. It actually sounds pretty clear and articulate!

[ericsabbath]

pig?

[Brown tone]

"A true beast and heavy as hell itself. Monstrous bass response coupled with mid range grind and bite. "

Should this be translated as: "huge bass and mids" or "huge bass and moderate mids" or "huge bass and scooped mids"? Grind and bite sounds a bit iffy to me.

The pig does sound intriquing though. I'm just worried if it's a bit boomy.

[MDV]

Its not boomy, no. Unless you put it in a boomy guitar. So it could be in an explorer, I suppose.

The pigs mids are ballanced in level and grinding in character.

[dheim]

the pigs have got a balanced EQing with a peculiar and very heavy midrange full of mid-mids... treble are smooth and lows are... well, just right in my mahogany LesPaul studio and in my basswood RG...
my only advice is to stay away from the neck unit, if your guitar is acoustically dark...

i'm not sure if your description is compatible with MMs, for sure it's how the Holy Diver bridge sounds like!

[Dr. Vic]

Maybe you have to think of it more in terms of voicing rather than amount of frequencies. Listen to clips may help to illustrate the idea behind those words.

Anyway the Pig is not scooped in the Midzz as those words (grind and bite) refer to how they are

[Ratrod]

I need a pickup that produces high output with huuuge mid hump. I like the lower midrange roar so what shuold i get? Preferable sound would be moderate lows and highs with boost in the low mids.

That looks like a description of Crawlers to me.

[MDV]

Crawlers have a big mid hump, in my experience

[Brown tone]

The problem with sound clips is that they are made with completely different setups each time, so they don't really tell anything at all. I can make single coils rip death metal style with some knob turning, but that does not mean the particular pickup does it well. Amps, cabs and equalization contributes around 80% of the sound and the rest is pickups and guitar.

Someone is going to mention playing that's not a variable that really affects the fundamental tone and sound the speakers breath out.

Back to thread: Crawlers would be good for fast and crushing low mid rhythm tones?!?