Pickup advice and opinions

[Yellowjacket]

Man, an A-Bomb in a mahogany axe would be gorgeous for raw, aggressive punk.   Rebel Yell could manage it but it isn't as pissed off as the nailbomb so it needs to go into a more pissed off amp to compensate. 

What amp (s) are you playing? 

[Slartibartfarst42]

Thing is that punk anything of any era has that certain something.

Exactly!

I honestly think you'll be amazed at what the Stockholm can do but if you want to follow a safer route, just go for the A-Bomb. It won't be as 'unique' as the Stockholm or possibly as special because of that but if you decide it's simply easier to stick with a humbucker, the A-Bomb would be the best option.

[stevelightning]

Thanks again guys for your input. I will definitely check out the Stockholm and A bomb over the weekend. The amp I have is a blackstar series one 100 with bs 4x12 cab. If you woukd like to check out our band to hear the type of music then please feel free to check out The Siknotes on Facebook or YouTube. We have our ep on YouTube. I think you will agree that we still keep the raw British punk sound along with the American influence.

As for the emg I am not overly keen on them. For actives I prefare the blackouts in my ibanez. I just want to try something a little different and it's great that you guys can share your opinions before I go ahead and make the purchase.

Thanks again

Steve.

[Dave Sloven]

If your Eclipse is one of the thinner ones you might be able to get a real Poison Idea type of tone out of the A-Bomb.  When I had one in my SG the tone was spot-on.

[stevelightning]

Yes it is one of the thinner ones. I've been having a listen to the Stockholm, black hawk and nail bomb mainly and they all sound good. I love different aspects of them all. The nailbomb chugs really nice but the black hawk sounds really warm on the chords. I love how raw the Stockholm is too ha ha.  Not checked out A bomb yet but will do.

[Slartibartfarst42]

The 'A-Bomb' is just the alnico version of the Nailbomb whereas the 'C-Bomb' is the ceramic version of the Nailbomb. Sorry but it's just an abbreviation we use to distinguish the two. I sould have made that clearer.

[stevelightning]

Oh thanks slartibartfast42. I was wondering why I couldn't find it last night ha ha. The A bomb does sound good tho. Not really paid much attention to the ceramic side of things now people lean toward alnico for that style.

[Dave Sloven]

Not a great video but it does give some idea as to how the A-Bomb might sound in your axe.

Some nice punky mid-range in there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA2UryJOHGE

[stevelightning]

Thanks agent orange I'll check that out.