CS vs C-Bomb (bridge) Just Looking for simple useful description

[JimmyMoorby]

In order of importance it has to be amp then guitar then pickups for sure.

I find the alnico nailbomb in alder super strats to be extremely versatile suitable for bluesy rock to hair metal to extreme metal.

Have to say though I tried the ceramic nailbomb/alnico nailbomb in an explorer and wasn't that bothered BUT maybe I just don't like explorers that much?  Had a very cool bottom end and got some cool harmonics but the mids were just dull to my ears.  I definitely prefer the alnico nailbomb to the ceramic nailbomb though.  I have to say the guitar sounded awesome at home but in a band mix it just wasn't my cup of tea compared to my SG and especially compared to my les paul.

Off topic but I swapped the cold sweat in my les paul custom for a holy diver yesterday and I'm extremely happy....it was actually spot on before but this is more suited to my style I only mention this because it's all well and good talking about pickups but how they react with the amps and guitars is important.

[ericsabbath]

Off topic but I swapped the cold sweat in my les paul custom for a holy diver yesterday and I'm extremely happy....it was actually spot on before but this is more suited to my style I only mention this because it's all well and good talking about pickups but how they react with the amps and guitars is important.

glad you finally tried it
the diver always did the job for me in les pauls
it can do any post-PAF modern tone with the right rig

[jase2677]

Is the cs basically the only bumped upper and slightly depressed lower mids pickup in the bkp line-up?

I like the cs upper mids and depressed lower mids and was thinking the c-bomb would be pretty similar and almost hard to tell the difference between them. Like the cs can do a good solid state metal distortion sound like maybe Pantera as an easy comparison. My l500l can kind of do it too, but there is something about the bass or lower mids that is a bit too chunky for what I want even though Pantera has this quality to it as well. The bkp's with a depressed lower mid-range like the cs do a really good job, just have another guitar and maybe it's redundant having 2 sets of cs equipped guitars although my current cs guitar is a 22 fret and the l500l is a 24....so........?

[JimmyMoorby]

There is the emerald but it really doesn't have the bottom end of the cold sweat/nailbomb.  IMO the emerald is a quite niche....a bit of a fetish one could say!

[Kiichi]

There is the emerald but it really doesn't have the bottom end of the cold sweat/nailbomb.  IMO the emerald is a quite niche....a bit of a fetish one could say!

An interesting niche though. As one application for it is way dropped down and extended range guitars, just because it does not have an inherently big bottom, but is tight. When I first started here that was talked about a lot. Take a guitar, drop it way down and you get a tight tone that separates itself from others because of its tonal character.

[ericsabbath]

emerald sounds like a good bet if you want less chunk
usually an overlooked option
I bought a used one once, but the seller accidentally sent me a ceramic nailbomb instead

the vhII has a lot in common with the cold sweat, but has a riff raff-like open PAF character and a lot of bass

have you considered the blackhawk or the new impulse?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvoZPM-sVRc

[mariak]

 it is not precise enough for complex riffing. I becomes little blurry. Great for rock, hard rock and metal, but not for complex technical metal. It is really aggressive.

[jase2677]

it is not precise enough for complex riffing. I becomes little blurry. Great for rock, hard rock and metal, but not for complex technical metal. It is really aggressive.

Which is NOT precise enough? c-Bomb? Also mentioned was HD, PK, VH ii, Blk Hk's

The CS I have and like in my Ibanez S has an upper mid-range voice.... Other freq's boosting or cut from this pickup's  response support that voice and do not clutter it. For instance, the cs has bass, but it is not intrusive to the cs's voice, it is noticeable that it's there, but does not pop out at you.... Or hold you back or slow you down. It's not whopping or huge, more muscular, but again you are not going to say wow that's awesome bass. Thos is looking at the bass for example of how the cs's freq response works.