Nailbombs handling punk?

[Adam Tree]

Hi, im pretty sure on the choice of pickups im after, fitting my cort mgm1 with some nailbombs, but all of you guys who use them seem to play metal, whereas i play mostly punk such as new found glory millencolin the offspring, etc etc, but i do occassionaly go into heavier stuff like metallica, so im just wondering how the nailbombs are for playing a variety of songs and not just crazy metal stuff.

[Ratrod]

I can't remember the name of that band but there's a ska punk band that uses Nailbombs in SG's. Sounds very cool.

[maliciousteve]

Nailbombs would do that perfectly. The pickups used for the metal clips on this site just have more gain, so turning the gain down would give a punk tone too.

[Adam Tree]

cheers for the replies, looks like ill be getting some nailbombs in my guitar then! haha tried to see how much i could sell my current ones for on ebay, mighty mite standards....5 dollars on ebay...woo freakin hoo! :x

[indysmith]

haha i play some punk with my nailbombs! they rock out, no two ways about it - they are the way to go for punk mate

[Adam Tree]

good stuff, been emailing Tim n he has been really helpful. I only have one problem though, my guitar will be amazing with the new pickups, no doubt about that, however, i am only using a small marshall amp at the moment and using the boss - me 50 as an effects unit, im just praying that once i get the new pickups, im not disappointed purely because my amp cant handle the power of the pickups to give there true sound. Any advice of a better amp i could get for around 200 quid?

[indysmith]

a laney LC15 or VC15 depending on your tastes. old-skool or nu-skool. don't be put off by the low 15W rating - remember a 10W valve amp is half as loud as a 100W valve amp

[38thBeatle]

Possibly a Laney LC15- not a high gain amp but you ought to be able to get a decent punk tone. 15watts of valve amp will kick it out.