warpig in mahogany

[dguitar]

Do you guy think a bridge position warpig (opinions about either alnico or ceramic are welcome) would be too dark in a 7 string mahogany neck through with swamp ash wings, an ebony fretboard and a walnut top? I'm looking to really thicken up my sound over my current cold sweat. I play lead (and solo with the bridge) in a black/ death metal band, and also am starting a doomy kind of project. I've been suggested the aftermath, but it sounds far too tight and djenty for my tastes. I have a fairly open mind about what to get other than that, but have been very impressed by warpig clips lately.

[Hammerheart]

When I first bought my BKP set for a (BC Rich WMD Warbeast - £600) neck through maple-neck/ebony-fingerboard/mahogany wings guitar (not heavy in weight) I was advised by Tim to get a Warpig set with a ceramic for the bridge. It worked out great for my Autopsy to Slayer style riffing. Couldn't fault the recommendation.

After selling that guitar I put my Warpig set into an Ibanez RGA42 (£400) that came with ibanez brand EMG copy pups. In that guitar I get much better tone than I do from the EMG81 (bridge only) equipped Jackson RR24 that I own. The tone is louder, less sterile, but (to my ears) warmer and more flesh to it than the EMG81. I know the Ibanez is a 'budget' (£400) mahogany body/maple neck bolt-on guitar but I bet the floyd equipped RR24 (£800) judging by the weight of it, isn't much better (and twice the price but similar spec to the BC Rich I owned!!) in materials and finish.

The Warpigs made both these guitars sound much better.

My only look-back hindsight I would have for buying Warpigs is.... If the guitar is made of cheap wood get a ceramic for the bridge and if its a quality SG or something more vintage get the non-ceramic in the bridge pup. When Satan calls, just chin him.

Drink more wine*

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In my experience (in 3 pickup purchases in wildly different style guitars and amps) BKP know their own product. PHONE THEM. They will advise you better than anybody on this board (no disrespect guys, but you get wildly differing opinons on here) will ever do. It's only a phone call. They are certainly not snotty asshole's IMO.

Optional experience adds... If you want squeally pick harmonics 80s tone, buy a Holy Diver bridge. If you play Black Metal buy a Holy Diver bridge. It will give you Emperor tone provided your amps not shiteee. Also if you own a strat and you want Black Metal tone... Holy Diver

:drunk:

[Hammerheart]

PS. I get Sabbath tones from a Stormy Monday in an Orange TH30. What amps you playing?

[dguitar]

  Thanks for the reply Hammer, I am playing with an older axe fx through a Mesa 2:100 and a custom cab with what are pretty much greenback speakers.  I can achieve a fair variety of tones, but pickups make a huge difference.
  I am going to pull the trigger on this and get the warpig. Of the tons of clips I've listened to over the years they are the only one that I never hear any annoying or awkward frequencies, but I always talk myself out of them. I'm definitely not looking for 80's tone, I'm a modern type of guy, and the band I play in does more of its black metal side with technique and structure while using a mostly modern death metal tone. That to me puts out the HD based on what I've heard.
  I'm going with ceramic based on an email to BKP, just because I'm worried about things getting too dark, although the woods I have are quality, they can tend to be darker or sweeter than say, a guitar with any amount of maple in it.

[EffigyForgotten]

For prog/black metal my PRS with HD is pretty much the perfect guitar. I mainly play brutal/slam death metal though and I'm still wondering if the ceramic warpig is tight enough for that kind of stuff considering every band in that genre uses a 81 in the bridge, in a month (my b-day) i'm probably going to get  a RR3 in crimson swirl \m/ for this sound.

The HD is good for music with a lot of big chords and lead/clean work (think Opeth/Mirrorthrone/Enslaved etc) and do thrash really well too.

The HD is like a thicker/tighter JB with smoother high end, how could you get a more perfect pickup? If your band sounds kinda like this the HD will suit you well. Id go for a Cold Sweat in the neck though if your mainly playing leads over cleans.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0FLuPJR0W0

[Dr.Pain]

I've been here with a C-pig in a 7 string V (maple neck-through with mahogany wings and ebony fretboard).  Lots and lots of bass and I could never make it sound right for me.  An aftermath will be better for the bass response unless you want a mega dark monstrous tone.  The pig was a beast in my 7 string but I wanted something more in the vein of Fear Factory, which I now have but using blackout actives.  I do miss the output of the C-pig but I couldn't control the bass.