What are the tonal characteristics of ceramic vs alnico Nailbomb?

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Hellow GUys
how are yah??
if you wouldnt mind... ill post a link .. in fatc 2 links
1 - my bands Myspace. www.myspace.com/restindisgrace
i believe its similar to the sound you describe but a tad more aggressive or even less. but its B standard tunning.
and the second if from my youtube channel. it has a clip comparing the NB and WP. both traditional magnets.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef3kVURwCdw

i hope it can help yuo decide the tone
the tuning is D standard for both guitars.
JP

[DvE]

That sound is realy close to what I am looking for. And this is the Alnico-Version?
I will use it for Standard-Tuning.
But if it gets that brutal with alnico... AND has the better leads... maybe I should change  - confusion-

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Right now im in Germany
my charvel that has the warpig is at home. and the nailbomb is inside my closet. because i have no space or dont want to change pickups in my guitars
i have a 7 string ibanez a gibson v and the fender.
i want to pull off the emgs from the fender and put a set of nailbombs. but no money at all to do that and i still want to make another experience with the emgs and the fender in another PIckuguard.
Maybe an all black one . but this time not a wooden one.
JP
What do you want to know?
JUst ask and ill answer as good as possible.

[DvE]

I am going crazy here - thought my decision was made, but damn...
I like the rhythm sound of the ceramic nailbom much better than the alnico-version
and the lead and especially solo-sounds of the alnico version vice versa.

Can one reach the sound of the other by using a mxr 10 band eq?

[MDV]

No. You acnt change the voicing of a pickup with an outboard EQ. Just shape whats there.

[fr33man1]

Simple C bomb question that might could help the thread autor. Is it possible to turn a C bomb back to an A-Bomb by swapping the magnet for an alnico five one ? Or does the wiring of the C bomb differ too much and it might give some unexpected results ?

[visitorQ]

Ah, my honeymoon rantings on the c-bomb :lol:

I stand by my (colourfull) assesment, save one thing: its not tighter than a painkiller, as the painkiller I switched from was double screw pole and I since tried a standard one in the same guitar it was MUCH tighter (mainly because of a lack of low mid flub).

Anywho, the DX1 is basically an 'RG style' guitar, woods and general design wise. The C-Bomb is still in there. Enough meat to thicken up the naturally bright combo of maple neck and FR (wouldnt worry too much about the basswood; it makes much less difference than the maple neck and the FR, but the DX1 is basswood bodied as well, fwiw), the mids work really well with it, balanced and quite smooth, plenty of attack without anything getting overly trebly, ice-picky or clicky. Nothing sticks out a hell of a lot with the C-Bomb in an RG-alike, its a ballanced sound. Never played a holy diver bridge (only contemporary I havent) so I cant really comment there.

I since switched to aftermaths in my Legras, which are much bassier guitars (hence how heavy they sound with the C-Bomb), but the DX1 and the C-Bomb is the best pickup for me that I expect to ever have in the DX1.

What about a C-bomb in a mahogany-maple top body guitar? 

[MDV]

Never tried it. Would probably be great though

[dheim]

i think you're getting mad after a very trivial question...
both Alnico and Ceramic Nailbombs are excellent pickups for either lead and rhythm work... the Alnico NB is tight and aggressive enough to give you a perfectly suitable metal tone, and the Ceramic NB is great for solos as well... so it's up to you, if your playing is a bit more on the aggressive side the C-bomb could be the best choice, but you can't go wrong in either way.

[FELINEGUITARS]

Simple C bomb question that might could help the thread autor. Is it possible to turn a C bomb back to an A-Bomb by swapping the magnet for an alnico five one ? Or does the wiring of the C bomb differ too much and it might give some unexpected results ?

It's all just a change in magnets - no change in wiring as far as I know!

[Nolly]

i think you're getting mad after a very trivial question...
both Alnico and Ceramic Nailbombs are excellent pickups for either lead and rhythm work... the Alnico NB is tight and aggressive enough to give you a perfectly suitable metal tone, and the Ceramic NB is great for solos as well... so it's up to you, if your playing is a bit more on the aggressive side the C-bomb could be the best choice, but you can't go wrong in either way.

Pretty much this. Just think of the alnico version as more "old school" sounding, and the ceramic as "modern"