Setting myself up for a new set of BKP's...

[ShredHeadJHJ]

Tim recommended Crawler's... Weird. I'm not a fan of the JB BTW. Looking for something bolder.

[Kiichi]

From what I know the crawler is pretty damn bold and fatt sounding. If one thing IŽd be concerned about the agressiveness as I donŽt know too much about that, everything else youŽre searching for should be covered well.
Also if Tim says so you should take another good look at them, as everyone will tell you he knows his stuff.

[ShredHeadJHJ]

Well, I do know that the clips on the site of the Crawler totally don't represent what I am looking for... But I know how that goes...

Another thread here peaked my interest in HD's but I am slightly worried about putting them in an LP. It's korina at that, which is supposably very very similar to mahogany but with a bit more lower mids.

[ShredHeadJHJ]

How well would A-NB's handle the 80's metal thing? I didn't want another really high output pup, but I am thinking that the NB may be the way to go... I can do more with it, it seems.

[Telerocker]

Maybe the Nailbomb is not the best bet for your demands. A lot of people stated is sounds thinner then the HD, which has massive (low)mids. I understand Tim's advice very well. The Crawler represents for a great part what you describe: Not overly tight, not piercing, but not dark, cutting (but again, not piercing), throaty, bold, organic. It's definitely not superagressive, but growling in a fantastic way, providing great leads, a topend like I always wanted (just enough treble), bold midrange, cleans up great. This pu can be shaped very well with the amp-eq. It can be biting with a lot of treble, but not piercing. This pu has vintagehot-character though (which I like), where the NB is modern voiced en not (so) warm like the Crawler. You have to decide what is important for you, modern agressiveness like the NB, or organic, balanced, throaty, big vintage-oriëntated tones with enough output to drive an amp (Crawler).

[ShredHeadJHJ]

Well, it kind or brings me right back to the....

Crawler vs. Rebel Yell

... thing that I mentioned to Tim. I have Duncan Distortion in the bridge of the LP, and I would like to take that up a notch.

[ericsabbath]

AGGRESSIVE
SIZZLING
Not overly tight
Not piercing, but not dark
Cutting (but again, not piercing)
Throaty
BOLD
ORGANIC
Takes well to high gain Marshally (Splawn) tones
Goes well in (korina) Les Pauls
Usable in a variety of situations

Those are all things that I am looknig for.

that's an EXACT description of the alnico nailbomb

[ShredHeadJHJ]

Here are a few of my famous shiteeeeeeety cell phone pics of the guitar :) :) :) The pic does NOT do the korina back justice:






Unfortunately... This is all I have to play it through until my new cab gets here :(





See if you can guess which 4 pedals I have not yet used??

[ShredHeadJHJ]

EDIT

[ShredHeadJHJ]

I would like to hear some clips of guys playing LP's though Marshalls with Rebel Yells, Cold Sweats, and Crawlers if there are any out there. I'm really torn between these three.

[ShredHeadJHJ]

I got to really open the guitar up today at the jam I had at my friend's. Got my new cab the other day too :)

The Duncan Distortion bridge is a no go. This thing just sounds really harsh and... I don't know how to describe it... It does not gel well with my Splawn at all. The Alinico II Pro neck is better, but to me it really seems to lack character.

I think I'm going to go with the Rebel Yells :) There is a part of me that wants to try Nail Bombs though. All I know is that this SD Distortion is a no-go, big time. The thing is a mess.

[ericsabbath]

still vote for the nailbomb

just got a PRS CE-22 (bolt-on, mahogany body) with a custom shop duncan el diablo (22k, alnico II, rail bobbins) and all can think is that a nailbomb would sound 10x better in that guitar
the duncan is fine and has a similar voicing to the nailbomb, maybe a bit more mid heavy, but it muds up easily and doesn't clean up like any bare knuckle model
and that's still less harsh than the duncan distortion

nice pics, by the way :D

[ShredHeadJHJ]

Mind going over the differences in the RY and A-NB? I have heard they were smilar, but I don't quite get it. I haven't been thinking about the NB lately as I was thinking it may be really hot, but I don't know now.

[kevinr]

In my guitars the NB is more in your face than the Crawler,so I would agree Nailbomb 100%

[ShredHeadJHJ]

I have two threads floating around here, and in the other thread people are saying to go with the HD, hahaha. It would be nice to be able to still get a Metallica tone too, but I'm guessing all the RY, HD, and A-NB would all be good for that. These are the three I have narrowed it down to, and I am ordering from Axe-Palace tomorrow. He really recommends the RY over there.