Author Topic: Cold Sweats or Nailbombs (Read 2964 times)

wwwales · « **on:** February 05, 2006, 01:42:00 PM »

Hi,
I'm thinking of changing the pickup in my Warmoth strat (alder body, pickup screwed straight in, maple neck, maple fretboard). At the moment I have a Seymore Duncan (either a Shred or JB). I'm looking for something with better tone (SD's are a little thin), screaming highs, tight bass and strong mid's.

My choices at the moment are either Nailbomb or cold sweat - the one clip I've heard of a cold sweat was sweet!

So if anyone has tried them in a strat could you let me know what they sounded like (also I can't find the output DC's on the site?).

Much appreciated!

indysmith · « **Reply #1 on:** February 05, 2006, 01:53:03 PM »

i suggest you listen to the BKP clip of the Nailbomb aswell - and see what you like.
Also, could you tell us some tones that you like? bands?
The Nailbomb's output is 16k (HIGH) and i'm not sure but i think the Cold Sweat is around about there aswell.

PhilKing · « **Reply #2 on:** February 05, 2006, 01:58:13 PM »

My preference would be Cold Sweat. I have heard both (in fact I have both here now as I am doing some work on TO's Wayne!). But is also depends what music you like. The Cold Sweat is tighter than the Nailbomb but has great sustain. The new HolyDiver is all that the JB wanted to be, and fits your demands too.

Ced777 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 05, 2006, 02:40:06 PM »

Nailbomb has extended highs and bass, but you can find tighter bass. Strong vocal mids (very nice, no particular mid spike), screaming highs though.

Cold Sweat are dryer than the Nailbomb (less fatness), but have tighter bass.

HD (new version) has strong mids, tight bass( but less of them than NB), and the highs can scream easily. A bit less gain and power than the NB, maybe a bit less highs (but I would need to compare them side by side to confirm, I could be wrong).

For what you need, I would go with the Holy Diver.
Jus my 2 cents.