I am currently considering getting some new PUPs for a Warmoth build. It is a super strat with an Alder body, and a carved maple top. It also has a maple fret board, so it is a bright guitar.
I have pretty much had experience with all of the contemporary line, minus the crawler. I have had a few combos in this guitar, as well. I have had a rebel yell bridge and a VHII neck; which didn't quite do it for me. I have also had an alnico nailbomb bridge and a cold sweat neck in this guitar. I recently put the latter pickups in a new guitar I purchased, so I decided to pick up black hawks for the warmoth build. I purchased the ceramic option, which leads me to my current situation.
I like the black hawks, but in retrospect I should have probably purchased the alnico bridge option. The ceramic option is a bit harsh, and just a tad too much upper frequencies that I can't really seem to effectively dial down in my amp (Engl Savage 120).
I have had luck with both warpig options before, and I am seriously considering the ceramic bridge version (I have not tried the warpig neck). I suppose I would like to hear which pickup everyone else would go for between the alnico black hawk, or the ceramic warpig. If I end up getting the warpig I will get the bridge and neck. If I get the black hawk I will only be replacing the bridge (since the black hawk neck is currently installed), so the black hawk is the cheaper option - if it matters. I am also curious to know what the community would think could work best in this guitar, or perhaps a pickup that I am over looking all together, like say from the vintage line.
In my band, I play melodic death / black metal.
Thanks!
