warpig - short review

[reguv760]

YESS!! I've been looking for someone with a pig in their S, now you shall be grilled!

How does the pig work with the S's sound? Does it balance the bass out nicely or does it get the too-much-bass-from-the-pickup sound? (I have that in an alder strat with a super distortion,, you just hear all the bass is from the pickup, not the wood.)

And how do the mids sound in there?

Got a open-coiled C-pig in an S540FM tuned to C standard. If there's one word I can describe, it's sick :) Tim wound it at 22.5k and it definitely gives out the grin factor. Despite the uber-tight bass, it doesn't get woofy and is very articulate across the [fret]board.

Reg

[gwEm]

Cool! What do you think about it on a Flying V alike Gibson (all mahogany with rosewood or ebony fingerboard)

it would be nice in the right V a think.. a bright one

edit: it would be a risky choice if not

[FernandoDuarte]

Would be on a custom ^^
If works on PhillKing Explorer, what's up about the flying v

[gwEm]

Would be on a custom ^^
If works on PhillKing Explorer, what's up about the flying v

it is a little dark on that explorer, to be fair, which is probably why phil wired it up with a series/parallel switch. if its a custom you can arrange for it to be brighter with a maple/ebony neck/fingerboard combo

[PhilKing]

Would be on a custom ^^
If works on PhillKing Explorer, what's up about the flying v

it is a little dark on that explorer, to be fair, which is probably why phil wired it up with a series/parallel switch. if its a custom you can arrange for it to be brighter with a maple/ebony neck/fingerboard combo

With the MQ it really kicks but for more clarity the parallel mode is great - there is still plenty of power.  When it is in series you just want to do riffs of doom with it (which is sometimes what you want to play anyway 8) )

[FernandoDuarte]

I wouldn't be much about doom... but a damn fat and punch bottom end, but not muddy

[gwEm]

I should note that the Warpig in my Steinberger is actually surprisingly bright.. I even fitted a 350k volume pot. Graphite/Maple Steinbergers are brightness/attack oriented though.

[dheim]

I guessed what you meant when you said it was "hilarious" in the other thread!  :D

I've always been slightly tempted to get a WP, just to have one guitar which produces that so-called "silly grin" effect.  I'd guess it might work well with a series/parallel switch, they seem to suit high-output pickups.

the warpig is probably at its most ideal in a basswood superstrat type guitar.

philking has an explorer with a warpig and series/parallel switch. as you guessed - it works excellently. sounds very different to this steinberger though - needless to say!

edit: somehow the alnico-ness of the warpig is the point of it. not sure i'd ever consider a ceramic one.

i've got pigs in a basswood RG and in a mahogany epi les paul. and that's where they sound better, IMO.

[gdog]

Any PainKiller and it is a done deal!!!
G