Aftermath Infos : comparison between other bridge 6 string bkps. Q: )

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Hellow Guys. how are you????

im happy with my Nailbomb set. specifically with the neck one.
but theres some things i would like to improve on my nailbomb bridge.
as some of you already know, i owned a miracle man. a painkiller and a warpig.
I Absolutely Loved the Painkillers High middles and Highs. excellent. hot .articulated and punchy/crunchy.
I love the way the Nailbomb has a middle bass and bass sound.  Its deep and Meaty.
And i loved the Miracle man's Tightness on the bass.
The Output of the Nailbomb is Also satisfatory. The painkillers output is perfect .

But i still didnt find the Middles that i long for.
except for the Seymour Duncan CUstom Custom and the dimarzio Evolution.
by the way.. the dimarzio evolution has the tightest, boldest and deepest bass of all pickups i ever played.
Im also searching for a bridge pickup that will Work EQUALLY well for Black/death metal speed picking AND palm mute Death metal Riffage. without getting muddy or loosing the articulation.
The Nailbomb is good for the swedish death metal thing(at the gates or dark tranquillity) but when it comes to the Black7death speed picking thing.. it doest get tight or spot on. and maybe not the kind of articulation necessary for this kind of technique or style .

So : im searching for a pickup that could have the Hotness and clarity on the high middles and highs . for lead work and to open the sound of guitar in a very warm way.
the Tightness and bite of the miracle man on the bass, but the deepness and meaty bass and Bass Middle of the Nailbomb.
And More Middles  , crunchy with Bit. great cut in the mix.
A pickup designed for Death/black metal with the Extra articulation for those intrincated death jazz tones.
The voice of the pickup would be either a High Gain Version of Brown Sound .. OR a Yaíng Yang between a Crushing and Biting Tone with a Deep and Meaty tone. . not forgetting the tightness.

eq wise speaking, it would share the same EQ from the AFTERMATH. except for the bass. i would say 5.5 instead of 5 or 6.

no Lack of Middles.

Am i looking for an Aftermath Bridge???
Thanks in advance for any input and infos.
Q: )
JP

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The Aftermath will certainly give you more mids-i will be having one installed shortly so will be able a proper opinion on it later on. Have you got a c-bomb? or an alnico bridge? because i have the cbomb and it certainly has tightness, though the mid projection is subdued (like you have noticed)

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Having owned all the pickups you referenced other than the painkiller.

I would say the aftermath could work quite well for you other than your requirement for it to be warm.

It is a very sharp and precise sounding pickup the miracle man & nailbomb both have more low end but the lows on the AM are tighter and it has the midrange grind you require and it really has a fantastic attack.

The output i would say is a touch lower than the miracle man

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The Aftermath will certainly give you more mids-i will be having one installed shortly so will be able a proper opinion on it later on. Have you got a c-bomb? or an alnico bridge? because i have the cbomb and it certainly has tightness, though the mid projection is subdued (like you have noticed)

I owned a Alnico warpig  the mids are there, but kinda hidden. you feel the presence but its like they are wrapped in a Veil.
the same with the Painkiller.
the warpig is a god pickup. but i want the middles and the bass middles to be focused and proeminent. Middles need to be crunhcy and punchy. q: )

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Having owned all the pickups you referenced other than the painkiller.

I would say the aftermath could work quite well for you other than your requirement for it to be warm.

It is a very sharp and precise sounding pickup the miracle man & nailbomb both have more low end but the lows on the AM are tighter and it has the midrange grind you require and it really has a fantastic attack.

The output i would say is a touch lower than the miracle man

the only thing i got concerned about the AM is the fact that quite a bit of the users that bought it , ae those modern metalcore players like the guys of Periphery. and thats not the kind of sound im after for. so im affraid it couldnt handle the black/death metal speedpicking and the deathmetal traditional palm mute riffage.
other than that... ill get used to . I guess

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Ah well i have it in my RGD and i play thrash mainly and it gets a great exodus type vibe which is what drew me to it.

Very tight and precise whilst still having the right amount of thickness

[Shotgun]

Not afraid. Aftermath can sounds more than Periphery. I have AM and it can handle anything from hard rock to most brutal grindcore or death metal. Misha use a lot of stuff and mainly a Tubescreamer and a lot of presence so he can make this djunty sound with a Duncan JB too.

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I found the aftermath quite similar to the painkiller, but with a tamed top, tending to the holy diver voicing without the smoothness
if you love the painkiller scratchy character but with more centered mids, you'll love it
I liked its extra amount of mids, but the cold sweat had a deeper bass

[Roobubba]

Aftermath or Ceramic Nailbomb should suit you well, JP.

&*^%ing Hails, BTW :)

Roo

[Void_555]

I own 5 Aftermath Pickups and I don't play metal core at all!
I was looking for a pickup with the tightness of an EMG 81 but warmer and more mid-gring.

The band I play in is more in the vain of Converge, Cave In, Doomriders or Glasses mixed with elements of old school death metal. So don´t worry, the Aftermath can do way better than the Djent-metal thing!

[K-Roll]

hmm i somehow think that you'd like the pickup to do 2 different things.. sometimes chunk does not go in hand with super fast surgery clarity..anyway, i have never heard black/death bands who'd have meaty/chunky sounds, usually it's uppermidrange.. and if one is referring to audio samples, it's usually the bass combined with this midrange character that creates a fuller sound..
I've had a painkiller, hoydiver, nailbomb and now I've got an emerald in my 7string.. I am completely satisfied with cleans, crunches and rhytm sounds, it's got (almost) the tightness of a painkiller with less piercing trebles/scratchy sounds and to me is really a huge surprise.. The funny thing is that people do not recommend it for bright guitars.. mine is bright but it just works great.. therefore it's really only about trying and trying and listening to what your ear tells you is ok.
however - you have not mentioned the instrument and amp you've got.. maybe it's the character of the amp that just does not suit you

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hmm i somehow think that you'd like the pickup to do 2 different things.. sometimes chunk does not go in hand with super fast surgery clarity..anyway, i have never heard black/death bands who'd have meaty/chunky sounds, usually it's uppermidrange.. and if one is referring to audio samples, it's usually the bass combined with this midrange character that creates a fuller sound..
I've had a painkiller, hoydiver, nailbomb and now I've got an emerald in my 7string.. I am completely satisfied with cleans, crunches and rhytm sounds, it's got (almost) the tightness of a painkiller with less piercing trebles/scratchy sounds and to me is really a huge surprise.. The funny thing is that people do not recommend it for bright guitars.. mine is bright but it just works great.. therefore it's really only about trying and trying and listening to what your ear tells you is ok.
however - you have not mentioned the instrument and amp you've got.. maybe it's the character of the amp that just does not suit you

Hails Man
how are you??
check out this band. its my ex band.
thats exactly my tone.
with some exceptions : theres not enough tone  quality. not enough headroom .
besides of that.. thats my sond. i just need a bit more quality in tone . more organic and more headroom.
i used a Schecter neck thru all mahogany SHE DEVIL. with duncan designed hb 103 like the korean mades blackouts.
The instrument is my fender american standard. tuned to B standard. maple one piece neck and fretboard made of maple.
body is either Alder or Ash. its heavy as $%&#. but i cant tell you how it sounds. to me its pretty neutral sound.
no amp yet. ill plan to buy either an orange dark terror. or a hughes and kettner tbemeister 18.

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Well for the cutting tones you want it would be between Aftermath, Painkiller and ColdSweat imo as they all have emphasis on mid and/or highs