Ceramic Nailbomb and "The Aftermath" Custom pickup, remixed old mix removed

[MDV]

Cheers Tim :)

[il˙ti]

I think I need an exploding head emote to accurately comment on this track.

[MDV]

:lol:

Thanks.

[Bob Johnson]

Great tones and great tune MDV - the new Legra with Aftermaths sound wicked ably helped by some excellent playing!

Is "The Aftermath" now the official name for this pickup? 'just wanted to know for when I need to order some more.

[MDV]

Great tones and great tune MDV - the new Legra with Aftermaths sound wicked ably helped by some excellent playing!

Is "The Aftermath" now the official name for this pickup? 'just wanted to know for when I need to order some more.

Not to put words in Tims mouth, but thats not my impression....while he was impressed with the technical skill in the source material ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0n2Ew2RS4o ) I dont think he was entirely taken with it!

I'm sure he'll know what  you mean though.

[gordiji]

Very good playing and certainly 'very tight and well defined'. Mean tone and great production.(not my cuppa tea though.....i don't know how to do one of those yellow smiley faces.)

[MDV]

Thanks mate. Each to their own musically, of course.

[AndyR]

A link from the "any new BKPs" thread led me here...

Excellent stuff MDV. Some good ole tones in here. I'm not sure how I'd be able to use it personally, but I'm liking the sound of this custom pickup...

You're no slouch on the playing and arranging either :D

[_tom_]

Great tones and playing, sounds very aggressive. Just wish the mix was a little better, can hardly hear any drums or bass (unless your intention was to show off the guitar tone in which case I suppose it's fine!).

[MDV]

Cheers chaps

Andy, thanks! I think youre the only person thats commented favourably (and specifically) on any of my arrangements - the kind comments on the my playing are lovely, recognition of your peers and all that, cool, but I put a lot of work and thought into the (admitedly very simple) arrangements, agonising over this riff and that, this timing or the other, layering this with that and all the rest, will come up with 50 riffs and choose only one because it fits in a way I like, and yeah, I know I'm not really very good at it and arranging is the single biggest thing that I need to improve, but its nice to see someone noticed! :D (translation - I find it really hard! I can come up with riffs all day, but composing a proper tune is much harder to me).

[Roobubba]

I'm not going to analyse what you've made, because to do so with the little time I've got to listen through wouldn't do any justice.

I just wanted to say that I really like the structure of the piece. Enough variety to keep me interested through the whole lot, and obviously the skill level is very high and that also helps keep the listener interested.

Comparing the two pickups (I'm listening through Shure E420 in-ear phones), I must say the aftermath really blew me away. Great midrange grind maintaining that uber tightness in the low frequencies - superb sounding pickup. I much prefer it over the ceramic Nailbomb in this clip. For me, the C-bomb lacks both punch and clarity when compared with the aftermath. That's not to say it isn't punchy and clear, mind - the aftermath really is extreme on these fronts!!

I've been toying with the idea of swapping out the black dog for something ceramic in my baritone just to see what it sounds like (I was advised away from ceramics when Wez was making this guitar). I might chuck in my MM from the Ibanez and see how that sounds. I have 6 sets of Newtone Strings just delivered, so now would be a good time for a pickup swap!

I'm sorely tempted by this Aftermath, now!

Good work!

Roo

[MDV]

Thanks Roo!

Awesome, glad you like it! Especially, again, the structure :D

The Aftermath is a very special pickup. Tims got something awesome going on with this metal titan!

[Roobubba]

Thanks Roo!

Awesome, glad you like it! Especially, again, the structure :D

The Aftermath is a very special pickup. Tims got something awesome going on with this metal titan!

I just had another listen, and I wanted to add that while I prefer the aftermath to the c-bomb in your clip, they work together really well.

[MDV]

Interesting ovservation!

Certainly I used the different guitars in the hope that the different sounds panned would work together and widen and deepen things up, but I rather thought in the final sound that they were too different, and considered in future using different gutiars with the same kind of pickup in to keep difference left and right, but close the gap slightly...duly noted, thanks.

[JDC]

Was there a bass on this? When I hear I the solo drum section I think it needs a bass over it or fading out guitars