Someone with nailbomb, divers and black hawk experience.

[oceansandatlantic]

Can you guys explain to me the difference in the black hawks and the nail bombs

And between the holy diver and the nail bombs.
I'm having a hard time deciding what to put in a mahogany Tele with ebony board.
playing stuff like emarosa/ a day to remember/circa survive/underoath

Also the between the alnico and ceramic magnets of the bombs.

An what are your guys opinions out of the 3 for that type of music(or is there a better choice) sorry I know I asked already but I'm trying to get as much knowledge as I can about everything so I can make a decision.

[Dave Sloven]

These videos might be a good starting point.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qacdnnbe2k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2kvQkpz5sM

[JimmyMoorby]

Depends what kind of guitar, amp and style you're playing.  I can see you're logic in that some of these will be better for certain styles but the nailbomb, diver and black hawk are all awesome.

The holy diver is rooted in 80's metal.  It's basicially a fuller, better JB so everything a JB does well the holy diver will do well if that makes sense but its less harsh and thicker whilst still having lots of cut and hi end.  If you have a juggeranut (And i'm oversimplifying here massively) the holy diver is like a fuller, warmer less tight juggeranut

Nailbomb is IMO the most versatile BKP bridge pickup of all.  Aggressive blues/classic rock to model metal.  Aggressive throaty mids with lots of bottom end.  The pickup cuts through really well but the treble is quite warm...not rolled off but it's less dominant than the bass and mids. 

EDIT - missed mahogony tele.  If those bands are metalcore bands i'd go for black hawks in the tele without a shadow of a doubt.

Think of black hawks as refined active pickups.  Massive bottom mids and treble.  Great for Black Album Metallica tones and more modern extreme styles.

BTW only describing the bridge pickups here........

[Slartibartfarst42]

I have no experience of the Black Hawks so I'll leave them.

The Holydiver is a pickup with plenty mids and the mids are pretty evenly spread. The result is a pickup that is smooth and articulate with a lovely organic tone. It works in most guitars but apparently not in an SG. There are tighter pickups out there but it certainly isn't loose. I don't think it absolutely nails the 80's Metal tone as it's a touch too modern for that in my view but it is very reminiscent of it so if you like things smooth, warm and middy with plenty articulation, this is a great choice.

The Nailbomb is very different, though I can only comment on the alnico version. It's more open sounding, hence the links with hot Blues and Classic Rock but it's also much tighter and far more aggressive sounding than the Holydiver with all those upper mids giving it the modern aggression. Where the Holydiver is smooth, the A-Bomb is angry and hairy. I REALLY didn't like it in my Jackson Soloist BUT, I think the problem was that I had it in the wrong guitar as maple neck-thru guitars tend to be a bit upper-middy anyway and the A-Bomb was too much. This is a great pickup in the right guitar and I am considering one for my Les Paul so if your mahogany Tele has enough meat to it, the A-Bomb could work well.