Help me,please. Nailnomb or Missisipi Queen

[tomm]

hi everybody,
i want help to choose one of this two pickups.i want a  bridge p.u. that can gives me a raw distorted sound (ala white stripes,queen of the stone age,RATM) but that i can split,and have a clean twangy sound.Can a mississipi queen gives me a strong overdrived tone(can i be able to make good pitch harmonics,or harmonics behind the nut) or can a nailbomb gives me a clean twangy sound(i can split it too),and be not too metal when i overdrived it?
sorry for my very bad english.

my guitar is a schecter pt (ash bosy,25,5 scale lenght,split coil)
amp: fender deluxe reverb,or engl  screamer 50w

Thank you

[Twinfan]

Hi  :)

I think you would like a Mississippi Queen with a coil 'tap'.  You would use the full pickup for heavy overdrive sounds, then use the tap (basically a weaker version of the same pickup) for your cleaner sounds.

I think that would be great!

[tomm]

thank you for the replay...so do you think that the MQ is hot enough to give me  rude and heavy(but not metal) distorsion?

[Mr. Air]

I got a semi hollow 335 style guitar with Mississippi Queens in and it produces some nice distortion. You can check out the following thread to get a sound sample. http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=18151.0

[tomm]

thank u..you have a nailbob too,aren't you?...what are the major differences when it is distorted?can you do pitch harmonics with a missisipi queen?can it make a thick distortion?

[Twinfan]

The Mississippi Queen can get VERY thick if you want it to, and rude  :)  Mine certainly was!

I haven't owned one, but I would imagine the Nailbomb would be smoother?

[badgermark]

I can get pinched harmonics and a fat sleezy distorted sound out of my tele with mississippi queens. That's using a crunchbox distortion pedal and my tiny terror mind. It sounds massive.

[Mr. Air]

thank u..you have a nailbob too,aren't you?...what are the major differences when it is distorted?can you do pitch harmonics with a missisipi queen?can it make a thick distortion?

I got a nailbomb too that's correct, but I haven't had it for that long and haven't played it much so I can't really comment on it. Sorry.  :(

[tomm]

I can get pinched harmonics and a fat sleezy distorted sound out of my tele with mississippi queens. That's using a crunchbox distortion pedal and my tiny terror mind. It sounds massive.

Thank u...do you have some samples ?What type of tele do u have?

[badgermark]

I can get pinched harmonics and a fat sleezy distorted sound out of my tele with mississippi queens. That's using a crunchbox distortion pedal and my tiny terror mind. It sounds massive.

Thank u...do you have some samples ?What type of tele do u have?

No samples right now and it's in a 72 telecaster deluxe RI. Alder body and maple neck. I love the MQs so much I'm very tempted to swap my other set in my les paul into my SG.

[Mr. Air]

Hey Mark

How are the MQs in a Les Paul?

[badgermark]

Hey Mark

How are the MQs in a Les Paul?

funny you should ask, I've just finished moving them from my LP into my SG. They sounded huge in the les paul, very balanced but thick.

[tomm]

last question...can you tell,if you know, what are the major differents between mq and a seymour duncan jb(sh-4)?

[dheim]

last question...can you tell,if you know, what are the major differents between mq and a seymour duncan jb(sh-4)?

well, the jb is an humbucker, the MQ is an oversized single coil, so they're completely different in every aspect! think of three stratocasters playing together and you'll get an idea... :) warmer and bigger than a single coil, it can handle really raw distortions as well as bluesy saturated tones and sparkling cleans.
the Nailbomb is much more similar to the JB, but it sounds a lot richer... hi-mids are more pronounced and the lead tone is the best i've ever heard in my life. it's hard to explain exactly why, but if you are a lead guitarist you can hardly get a better tone. expressive, dynamic, singing in the most literal way, bright but deep at the same time. it sounds like a JB put off the wooden box it was trapped into.

a great set could be NB bridge + MQ neck.
Muse's frontman Bellamy uses it on most guitars, and even if you don't like Muse it's very versatile and surely will give you a wide range of great rock tones. even if you don't push yourself into those metal territories Nailbomb belongs...

[tomm]

well, the jb is an humbucker, the MQ is an oversized single coil, so they're completely different in every aspect! think of three stratocasters playing together and you'll get an idea... :) warmer and bigger than a single coil, it can handle really raw distortions as well as bluesy saturated tones and sparkling cleans.
the Nailbomb is much more similar to the JB, but it sounds a lot richer... hi-mids are more pronounced and the lead tone is the best i've ever heard in my life. it's hard to explain exactly why, but if you are a lead guitarist you can hardly get a better tone. expressive, dynamic, singing in the most literal way, bright but deep at the same time. it sounds like a JB put off the wooden box it was trapped into.
a great set could be NB bridge + MQ neck.
Muse's frontman Bellamy uses it on most guitars, and even if you don't like Muse it's very versatile and surely will give you a wide range of great rock tones. even if you don't push yourself into those metal territories Nailbomb belongs...
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 great answer...but i want put a fernandes sustainer in the neck(yes,i'm matt bellamy fan too lol)...so i can't really choose between the mq and the nailbomb