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SniperJohnny

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-Heavy Pickups-
« on: July 25, 2009, 10:06:47 AM »
This goes out to all the Pickup Wizards out there, I would like to know which pickup you think is best for Heavy Metal...
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Re: -Heavy Pickups-
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2009, 10:31:10 AM »
What guitar is it, what is it made from, do you play more than heavy metal, what bands as examples, what specifically do you like from heavy metal?

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Re: -Heavy Pickups-
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2009, 01:10:05 PM »
More specificity.
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Re: -Heavy Pickups-
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2009, 02:38:16 PM »
humbucker, or single coils?

in the humbucker range, anything from the mule or mississippi queen up to the mighty ceramic warpig will do somekind of metal.

stratwise, i would take slowhand, trilogy or sinners

telewise, i would take the boss, or piledriver

p90s would be bkp91 or 92 i think
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Re: -Heavy Pickups-
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2009, 03:29:15 PM »
Don't forget the pig-90, but pickups like the nailbomb, painkiller, miracle man, and warpig are more suited for metal. Wouldn't a p-92 get kinda floppy under serious distortion?
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Re: -Heavy Pickups-
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2009, 03:39:20 PM »
Oh, come on guys, at this stage 2/3 of the BK range are equally strong candidates!

More infor please sniper!
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Re: -Heavy Pickups-
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2009, 07:26:02 PM »
Yeah I agree with MDV.

Any of the humbuckers will probably fill some sort of heavy metal gap. Then the single coils can probably do just as good of a job in different areas. P90's the only thing I would imagine aren't great because of feedback at high gain. But even then they can do a good job.

Its a bit vague.

from my experience in music when people say "heavy metal" Most people think Judas Priest so i'll go ahead and say Painkillers.
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Re: -Heavy Pickups-
« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2009, 07:35:57 AM »
Im getting a carvin 727...maple neck, mahogany body, ebony fretboard... I like playing Spastic Ink, Necrophageist, and Nevermore... I want something that is going to beat the hell out of the emg 81-7 that im using in my ibanez rg 7420... I want to have the tightest , highest gain pickup that can sound more organic than the emg on the clean channel... The EMG sucks with no gain and i need a pickup that can get as brutal as i want but when i need to play a clean lick with no distortion i want it to sound full and warm... I basically just need for the pickup to be better for metal than an emg 81-7and i want it to sound warmer and more organic on the cleans ( main concern is for the pickup to be heavy enough)... I think i want the C/A-WarPig or the C/A-NailBomb... What do y'all think
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Re: -Heavy Pickups-
« Reply #8 on: July 26, 2009, 08:48:18 AM »
Warpig.
If you want the cleans organic, get the AV pig.
If your main aim is to destroy everything in a 100 yard radius when you hammer out palm muted E's, get the C-pig.
From your description, I think you want the C-Pig :evil:
I have never heard of those bands you mention, but they sound like the sorts of outfits that will play a lot of down tuned stuff - which the Warpig loves. The Painkiller is an option for you too, it loves down tuned metal too - the PK is more upper mid focused than the Warpig, which is heavy on the bass and grinding low mids. Maybe something to think about there in terms of the distorted sound you are after.

But for "the tightest, highest gain pickup": C-Pig.
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Re: -Heavy Pickups-
« Reply #9 on: July 26, 2009, 11:19:52 AM »
I would say for organic clean sounds don't get a ceramic magnet pickup.

I think Warpigs or Nailbombs are the most crushing pickups i've heard for that sort of sound.
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Re: -Heavy Pickups-
« Reply #10 on: July 26, 2009, 01:10:46 PM »
C-Pig or painkiller
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Re: -Heavy Pickups-
« Reply #11 on: July 26, 2009, 06:42:21 PM »
Don't forget the C-bomb as being basically described as an hotter CS, which has very tight response (at least enough for me) and with GREAT cleans too.

Does the classic-standard-"old school"-heavy/speed metal ala Megadeth very well. 
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Re: -Heavy Pickups-
« Reply #12 on: July 27, 2009, 04:48:08 PM »
For the technical type stuff you listed IMO the PK best fits the bill. It won't be the best for cleans, but will certainly be more organic than an 81-7.
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