Author Topic: I dont know what pickup to get (Read 7899 times)

Mark89 · « **on:** February 10, 2006, 02:51:39 PM »

Hey guys, ive recently sold a KVx10 because my ibanez SZ520 needs a new pickup. Im going for a lamb of god like tone and so i was originally going to go with a Seymour duncan sh-5 custom as this is what Lamb use but then my friend reminded me of bare knuckle pickups because i had forgot about them but had wanted one for awhile. Anyway im now not sure which pickup would best suit my needs. I was looking at the Nailbomb, warpig and miracle man and i was wondering which one you lot think would be best suited for the sound im going for. If you need anymore info like the wood of my guitar etc just ask.
Cheers for any help in advance.
Mark

Neemo · « **Reply #1 on:** February 10, 2006, 04:04:01 PM »

I have a Nailbomb and I play a lot of CoB, Metallica, Deep Purple, Hendrix... I think in addition to being a great pickup for metal and rock, it's about as versatile as pickups can get.

_tom_ · « **Reply #2 on:** February 10, 2006, 04:24:36 PM »

Well Lepersmeesa posted a Lamb of God clip on the Players forum, check that out if you havent allready. It seems like the Nailbomb is the more versatile of the "metal" pickups BK offer although some jazz players use Warpigs :twisted:

Mark89 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 10, 2006, 04:29:49 PM »

Yeah i heard them. The laid to rest cover was brilliant i just want to make sure that say the warpig or miralce man wouldnt be even better for that type of tone but that clip is what made me consider the nail bomb.
Cheers so far guys

Steve-Mr Pig 2U · « **Reply #4 on:** February 10, 2006, 09:30:05 PM »

I would go for the Nailbomb, its more versitle than the Warpig/Miracle Man and does the Lamb of god tone very well.

Mark89 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 11, 2006, 07:01:08 PM »

I want as much gain as possible though. How much of a difference is there between the Nailbomb and warpig and miracle man and if i did go with the highest gain which i think is either the warpig or MM right? Would it still be able to manage that type of tone.

Steve-Mr Pig 2U · « **Reply #6 on:** February 11, 2006, 07:48:48 PM »

The warpig has the most saturated gain, but both the MM and the Warpig have a simular output. I think that the Warpig would be closer to the tone you want.

Mark89 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 11, 2006, 08:34:39 PM »

So its between the Warpig and the nail bomb. Thats a hard choice

Steve-Mr Pig 2U · « **Reply #8 on:** February 11, 2006, 08:50:08 PM »

Do you play a wide varity of music? are clean tones important?

Mark89 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 11, 2006, 10:20:45 PM »

Well my main thing is metal so balls to the wall distortion like 90% of the time but i do use clean every now and then and when i do i like it to sound good. Its one of the things what i always hated about my emgs the clean tone was never quite there. It was good but not as good as it should be if you get what i mean. Also every now and then i jam out some blues. Now ive got a feeling your going to suggest the nail bomb because it is more versatile but it will still pack a punch distorted.

Steve-Mr Pig 2U · « **Reply #10 on:** February 11, 2006, 10:24:07 PM »

Spot on, I would suggest using a Nailbomb. It won't have as much saturated gain as the EMG but you will have a much less compressed tone with very good cleans.

Mark89 · « **Reply #11 on:** February 11, 2006, 10:32:47 PM »

Ill probablly go with that then. Thanks for the help. Im not that fussed itll have less gain than my emgs because i was originally going to get an sh-5 which i know has less gain but i think the nailbomb will have more than enough for my needs specially after listening to the laid to rest cover again, its sounds so much like the original. Now all i need to do is wait for the person to give the shop the rest of the money for my guitar and i can buy one of these bad boys. Maybe even get a BKP for the neck aswell :D

Mark89 · « **Reply #12 on:** February 14, 2006, 10:51:55 PM »

Im actually really considering the warpig because of the extra output etc now. Im guessing it could still do that type of tone but more brutal and not clean up aswell would i be right in saying this???

Steve-Mr Pig 2U · « **Reply #13 on:** February 14, 2006, 10:55:31 PM »

Absoutly, I had a set in my Ibanez and they were as heavy as a really heavy thing!

lepersmeesa · « **Reply #14 on:** February 15, 2006, 12:11:07 AM »

A really heavy piece of dark matter? Would that explain how heavy they are? :)

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