BKP's for ESP M II

[Petrucci]

Hi guys!
New member here, glad to join your community.
So this is another one BKP's dilemma.


The guitar is an ESP M II:
-alder body
-maple neck / bolt on construction /
-rosewood fingerboard
-25.5" scale
-OFR made by Schaller
-current PUs are JB / SH-1 '59
I don’t like very much the JB , it would be a good opportunity to try a Bare Knuckle.

After reading a ton of topics and listening so much clips here I've changed my mind so many times.
First it was Holydiver, then Nailbomb, even the Painkiller was the ONE...finally again the Holydiver...

"I am looking to cover a lot of metal genres with this guitar, from Maiden and Priest to Megadeth and Metallica to Lamb of God and Pantera. I know that is a lot of diffrent genres to cover.
The bridge should give me a tight rythm sound for Megadeth, Iced Earth and alike and the leads shouldn't be too trebly as the guitar is bright already and it should give me good harmonics for some Dimebag sqeaulies!''    This is a quote that I like very much.

In addition of this:
- John Petrucci / Ibanez days/
- Vai
- 80's hair metal
- Slayer
- some classic rock
...is that possible........ :(

Thank you in advance and best regards!
 

[Alex]

Nailbomb bridge. It's very articulate on the top end, but single notes aren't thin. It does those chunky Slayer rhythms too, which is where I feel it edges out the Holy Diver.

[Telerocker]

The HD provides perhaps the better, beefier solotones, but the Nailbomb seems to cover more of the mentioned styles. PK would be too bright imho.

[fltlll]

Hi guys!
New member here, glad to join your community.
So this is another one BKP's dilemma.


The guitar is an ESP M II:
-alder body
-maple neck / bolt on construction /
-rosewood fingerboard
-25.5" scale
-OFR made by Schaller
-current PUs are JB / SH-1 '59
I don’t like very much the JB , it would be a good opportunity to try a Bare Knuckle.

After reading a ton of topics and listening so much clips here I've changed my mind so many times.
First it was Holydiver, then Nailbomb, even the Painkiller was the ONE...finally again the Holydiver...

"I am looking to cover a lot of metal genres with this guitar, from Maiden and Priest to Megadeth and Metallica to Lamb of God and Pantera. I know that is a lot of diffrent genres to cover.
The bridge should give me a tight rythm sound for Megadeth, Iced Earth and alike and the leads shouldn't be too trebly as the guitar is bright already and it should give me good harmonics for some Dimebag sqeaulies!''    This is a quote that I like very much.

In addition of this:
- John Petrucci / Ibanez days/
- Vai
- 80's hair metal
- Slayer
- some classic rock
...is that possible........ :(

Thank you in advance and best regards!
 

I've been told by Tim (and countless others) that Nailbombs are the way to go for the JP-style tones; perhaps with a Coldsweat neck.

Also, are you trying to troll people by having James LaBrie as your avatar? If so, awesome.

[Petrucci]

Nailbomb bridge.

C-Bomb or A-Bomb?

PK would be too bright imho.

That's my thoughts too...

Also, are you trying to troll people by having James LaBrie as your avatar? If so, awesome.

Well my favourite band is Dream Theater...in the real life me and Labrie are like twins...that is...


So cheers to everyone. Regards!

[Roobubba]

A-bomb. The C-bomb is a custom variant of the 'Nailbomb,' which is an AlNiCo pickup, and the one you seek.

Roo

[Petrucci]

Thanks Roo. Isn't the C-Bomb  ceramic?

...but the Nailbomb seems to cover more of the mentioned styles.

I suppose A- Bomb or...



BTW which is Tim's Email - sales or tech or info@....

[Telerocker]

Yes, I was talking the A-bomb, bec you want to cover classic rock too.

You can reach Tim here or just contact the BKP-team via the BKP-site.
tim@bareknucklepickups.co.uk

[Petrucci]

Thanks Telerocker. :drink:


What about the Holydiver? I read here    http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=24376.0
a great review. The guitar from the review is neck-thru unlike mine, which is bolt on / more alder, less maple /.

On the Holydiver page there is ''bloody good'' modern metal clip sound.

Thank you!

I really appreciate your posts here...

[Telerocker]

Personally I like the Holy Diver a bit more then the Nailbomb. Despite the outputcharts it has less oomph then the NB several users stated here, it's beefy in the mids and has a sweeter topend, where the NB is more aggressive, especially in the uppermids and has more (tight) lows. You can roughly say the HD being more 80's metal and the NB more 90's. I think the HD will excell in alder. It will beef up a bolt-on guitar, like the Crawler does in my swampashstrat. The HD provides big fluid solotones. For chordwork is will be a bit politer then the NB. I think the Nailbomb can stretch to all the styles you mention, the HD can nearly do that, maybe it can totally with a good amp. It's just not so trashy as the NB can be. If it was my guitar I choose the HD, but I'm not really a metalplayer. Played some stuff in the past though.

[Alex]

HD - more hard rock
NB - more metal

They aren't a world apart. I was just dissatisfied with the low end chunkyness (or lack thereof) on the HD, which led me to sell mine. You might get away with it on a bright superstrat though.

[Petrucci]

Thank you mates.  :)

BTW  Tim's recommendation  is: Holydiver.

[Telerocker]

Cheers! Hope it works out fine.

['Ash' J. Williams]

BTW  Tim's recommendation  is: Holydiver.

Makes sense to me :
I had the NBs and the HDs in a Horizon NT1 maple neckthru swamp ash body.
IMO, Telerocker description's is spot on.

In the end, i kept the HDs in it and it's still one of the more "tonally coherent" (for lack of a better expression) combination i've stumbled upon while fitting BKPs to my guitars... First thing i though was "wow...so THIS is what the seymour JB is supposed to (should..) sound like in a bright guitar..."
It just feels right in this one.
As a reference, i ALWAYS think of Jerry Cantrell each time i hear the HD in an alder/ash guitar...
To sum up (and to quote Alex) : alnico Nailbombs was more aggressive, more metal while Holydivers were more Hard Rock with a stellar solo tone.

[Petrucci]

Thank you for the input 'Ash' J. Williams.

I wonder what do you think of when you hear NBs in an alder/ash guitar?