forgive the noob for asking....

[blacksunshine]

I am new to the bareknuckle experience and I am thinking of coming into the family. I am awaiting a Zakk Wylde Epiphone Camo and I want to change out the pickups in her when I get her. It comes with a maple neck and I was wondering what types of pups to check out....I know I dig the miracle man but what would go good with that pickup? I think I want to put the miracle man in the bridge.
I play alot of old heavy stuff....like metallica, megadeth, But I dig classic stuff too like Led Zep. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I will be playing her thru my Mesa Boogie F-50. Lots of gain in this amp.

[_tom_]

My guess is Crawlers or Cold Sweats. I think crawlers will be more voiced toward the rock sound, with more mids if thats what you're after. Cold Sweats will probably be a bit edgier/less warm because of the ceramic magnet (it does have one right?!)

[blacksunshine]

this is the specs for my mesa from their site...if that helps ya....
Handbuilt in the USA

50 Watts, Class A/B Power / 2x6L6, 4x12AX7

Fixed Bias for Consistent, Maintenance Free Performance

2 Fully Independent Channels, 3 Footswitchable Sounds (Channel 1, 2 & 2 w/Contour)

Independent Gain, Bass, Mid, Treble, Reverb & Master Controls per Channel

Pull Bright (Channel 1)

Contour Switch (Channel 2)

Long Tank Spring Reverb

Parallel FX Loop w/Mix Control

Record / Headphone Output

Silent Record Mute Switch

3 Button Footswitch (Channel 1/2, Reverb & Contour)

[PhilKing]

Cold Sweats will probably be a bit edgier/less warm because of the ceramic magnet (it does have one right?!)

The other great neck for soloing/shredding is the new Cold Sweat neck, DC8.3K ALnico V.This is a firm fav of Chris Broderick of Jagpanzer and Steve Stevens.

As you can see from Tim's quote in another thread, the neck Cold Sweat is an alnico magnet.  I would go with a calibrated pair of Miracle Man.  The neck there is also alnico V but is a great pickup and extends the voice of the bridge pickup.

[indysmith]

+1 for the Calibrated set of Miracle Mans - they are designed to work optimally with eachother, although others have had success mixing pups, obviously.

[_tom_]

Cold Sweats will probably be a bit edgier/less warm because of the ceramic magnet (it does have one right?!)

The other great neck for soloing/shredding is the new Cold Sweat neck, DC8.3K ALnico V.This is a firm fav of Chris Broderick of Jagpanzer and Steve Stevens.

As you can see from Tim's quote in another thread, the neck Cold Sweat is an alnico magnet.  I would go with a calibrated pair of Miracle Man.  The neck there is also alnico V but is a great pickup and extends the voice of the bridge pickup.

Sorry I dont think I read that then  :lol:

After listening to steve's clip of the MM again I would also say to go for that. He gets a good rock tone out of it and we all know it does metal great aswell.

[blacksunshine]

thanks for all the input guys..

[Ratrod]

Another vote for the Miracle Man set.....with camo covers!!!!

[blacksunshine]

that could be sweet...considering the guitar itself is a camo....i have a quick question do you guys think a miracle man and a nailbomb would sound good together?

[Ratrod]

If you're thinking about a Miracle Man bridge and a Nailbomb neck. I believe the Nailbomb neck and Miracle Man neck are pretty much identical.

[blacksunshine]

so basically it wouldnt sound any different than getting a miracle man set?

[tewboss]

no the Nailbomb does have a different tonal characteristic, but in terms of pickup output they aren't too different. they both are suited to heavy music, but the Nailbomb can do cleaner sounds better from what I can gather (I've got Nailbombs and have a set of Miracle Man's arriving in my next guitar).

[indysmith]

haha i made this years ago on paint! are you proud of me?

[blacksunshine]

super cool gives me an idea of what it would look like.