Stoner doom metal pickup help

[Loomer]

I'll just chime in with Mads here, seeing as we have quite similar experience with the pigs, to say the least.

Make no mistake; The Pig 90 is an awesomely vicious little bar-steward and I love it to death, but I still think the A-pig would be best for the doomy stuff. The A-pig is my go-to pickup for that stuff, in any case.

Though to be fair it's my go-to pickup for pretty much everything  :lol:

Would an HSPig 90 rhythm and A-Pig lead be a good combination, you think? I intend to wire a "raw-power" switch to bypass the pots and drive both straight to the jack. Chances are, I wouldn't use the knobs, often.

If you have a 2-pickup guitar, that would pretty much be the best thing ever, yeah.

[Crunch]

I'll just chime in with Mads here, seeing as we have quite similar experience with the pigs, to say the least.

Make no mistake; The Pig 90 is an awesomely vicious little bar-steward and I love it to death, but I still think the A-pig would be best for the doomy stuff. The A-pig is my go-to pickup for that stuff, in any case.

Though to be fair it's my go-to pickup for pretty much everything  :lol:

Would an HSPig 90 rhythm and A-Pig lead be a good combination, you think? I intend to wire a "raw-power" switch to bypass the pots and drive both straight to the jack. Chances are, I wouldn't use the knobs, often.

If you have a 2-pickup guitar, that would pretty much be the best thing ever, yeah.

My initial concern when considering this, however, is not being able to get a hum-cancelling RW/RP for the Pig 90 (that is, unless I'm not thinking of something).

EDIT: I don't intend to seem a nitpicking naysayer. Just a careful planner when it comes to pickups.

[Infinite Recursion]

It really depends what kind of sound you are going for. Something like Sleep (lower gain, more of an amped up classic tone) would be better suited to a Mule or something hotter and PAF like, but if you want to go full on Electric Wizard wall of stoned sound a APig would be the best. You're spending 250+ dollars on this stuff, you have every right to be a picky bar-steward about it.

[Crunch]

It really depends what kind of sound you are going for. Something like Sleep (lower gain, more of an amped up classic tone) would be better suited to a Mule or something hotter and PAF like, but if you want to go full on Electric Wizard wall of stoned sound a APig would be the best. You're spending 250+ dollars on this stuff, you have every right to be a picky bar-steward about it.

That was where the initial concern came into my head. Just about everything I tend to listen to is driven from some cheap PAF knockoff (Electric Wizard included).
The tones that really get my goat are produced by Thou and Samothrace, which involve a lot of rolled-back clean tones.
The Warpig makes my favourite cleans, at that. My question, now, is how much dirt is produced from a half-cranked amp and a rolled off Pig? A bluesy thickness is just the right amount.

[Madsakre]

jazz players use it :P
it cleans up super nice. its still quite fat sounding, which i like for clean stuff. Almost chimes like a dreadnought acoustic.

[Crunch]

jazz players use it :P
it cleans up super nice. its still quite fat sounding, which i like for clean stuff. Almost chimes like a dreadnought acoustic.

Perfect. With the right pots, it will roll off to Cleansville, yes? I'd rather not rely on switching channels and tap dancing.

Any word on passive hum cancelling on the rhythm P90 when the lead humbucker is engaged, as well?

[Madsakre]

i dont think its that bad. just keep on playing xD

or you can buy a electro harmonics humdebugger if you want absolute silence :S

[Crunch]

I haven't messed with a silencer that didn't squash my tone in a bothersome way- then, again, they were all cheap and cr@ppy. I'll dedicate some time to researching some of the newer/better products.
Though, I would prefer if I could somehow wire the bucker and P90 in RW/RP... I have no idea if that's possible, however.

[Madsakre]

i dont think that the fizz is so bad. and the 60 cycle hum is quite depressed. So just write it in a note to tim that you want the humbucker & p90 to match. i bet he can do some magic. There are LOADS of guys in here who uses humbucker/p90 setups.

[Crunch]

Tim says that when both pickups are engaged, the P90's hum will be cancelled by the slug coil of the humbucker.
Thanks for all the information, mates.

Now, I just have to commit to a guitar to slap it in. It won't be the Dean Z-X, though.