Juggernaut/Emerald or Impulse for Basswood guitar(A tuning/7 string)?

[Studiostriver]

Hi to all.
I got interested to hear are there people who use Impulse pickups on basswood body guitar?

I used so many pickups on this particular guitar and never get totally satisfied.I always get or too boomy or too high end open.

Di marzio D-Sonic bridge was totally ok in B(nice chunky tight mids),but on A tuning sounded little muddier,and has little bit ice picky tone when soloing.Air Norton on neck waw one trick pony,it get wonderful smooth tones for solos,on other side extremely hot pickup and when applaying a lot drive tend to sound fizzy,which I do not liked.I always had to make solo tones with les gain and drive compare to bridge pickup.

JB7/59 where total miss.None of them possess mids and they both sounded tin and fizzy on this guitar.

Fokin custom pickups,I tried 2 of them.Illya Fokin who made them is great dude in general and pickup maker.I just didn`t have luck to made the eq wise choice to fit for my guitar.Other then that I liked both pickups how they sound and react.First set where too much boomy,and second set that I use know are almost ok.
They are very tight on low end,enough low end,nice mids,but bit too ice picky when playing higher notes,especially on bridge pickup and when I angle my pick.Neck has sweet mid tone but also little bit open high end.Maybe I should keep it,don`t know.It sound ok,but it did not leave wow effect on me.But I must 100% get rid of this bridge.Thats for sure.

Oh by the way,guitar is Music Man JP7 tuned to A.Toggle switch for series/parallel/op switch,and pots are push pull for single coil sounds.And I added brass tremolo hook which kind a open guitar to sound little bit clearer and tighter on low end.

Know i want to try some BK.I need  them to be pronounced(not muddy) in A tuning,clear high end open,but not too much trebly.

On Bridge I trying something that will fit to power/thrash metal music like Iced Earth or Blind Guardian,Grave Digger etc...So tight low end,chunky mids and high mids is possible,high end open but withoug getting ice picky!
For Neck I need something warmer,smoother,sweeter,more organic yet to have nice string articulation and agression when playing faster.

My first thought are Juggernaut on Bridge and Emerald on neck.
And second though are these recently made Impulse pickups,just do not not know how they sound on basswood guitars?

Thanks in advance for any comment.

[Yellowjacket]

The Juggernaut bridge pickup is really powerful and phat with purring highs, aggressive mids, percussive low mids, and tight lows.  That being said, some round mud is somewhat endemic to 7 string guitars. 

With the sort of guitar you have, expect a tone somewhat like this:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGFeGtEwcsI

For a more 'classic' neck pickup, the VHII ROCK!  It's one of my favourite pickups from BK. 

[Dave Sloven]

I suspect the Impulse might be a good option here.  According to Josh, his signature pickup has tight lows and rolled-off highs, with controlled lower mids.  Could be just what you need.  I would send an email to BKP and ask them, but Josh might respond over the next few days so I'd wait and see about that.

[Studiostriver]

The Juggernaut bridge pickup is really powerful and phat with purring highs, aggressive mids, percussive low mids, and tight lows.  That being said, some round mud is somewhat endemic to 7 string guitars. 

With the sort of guitar you have, expect a tone somewhat like this:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGFeGtEwcsI

For a more 'classic' neck pickup, the VHII ROCK!  It's one of my favourite pickups from BK.

I wanna say I kind a like that tone when I play rhythm.Its meaty in low end,percussive and enough high end open.I just hope it do not get icy picky when soloing on it.

Does VHII neck can get chimey traditinal straty tone?And how does it split?
Cheers.

[Studiostriver]

I suspect the Impulse might be a good option here.  According to Josh, his signature pickup has tight lows and rolled-off highs, with controlled lower mids.  Could be just what you need.  I would send an email to BKP and ask them, but Josh might respond over the next few days so I'd wait and see about that.

Ok Thanks a lot.

[northlane.josh]

The impulse bridge pickup definitely fits the bill here. The flat mids and relaxed low mid goes well with basswood. It would match up well with either an impulse or blackhawk neck. The impulse is more articulate especially in the lower registers, brighter and scooped in the low mid, smoother top end. The blackhawk is thicker, more fluid and hotter. I prefer a brighter neck pickup

If you use the hotter coil as the split on the neck pickup on the impulse it works quite well as it's asymmetrically wound.

[Studiostriver]

The impulse bridge pickup definitely fits the bill here. The flat mids and relaxed low mid goes well with basswood. It would match up well with either an impulse or blackhawk neck. The impulse is more articulate especially in the lower registers, brighter and scooped in the low mid, smoother top end. The blackhawk is thicker, more fluid and hotter. I prefer a brighter neck pickup

If you use the hotter coil as the split on the neck pickup on the impulse it works quite well as it's asymmetrically wound.

Thank you kindly for an answer.For bridge that is probably what I searching for.Its pitty that I can`t find a demo on You tube,at least for more classic metal style,without djent and all that stuff.
For neck,well we have different taste,I`m more into warm neck sound like Emerald,sweet and mellow ones,yet with decent bite for some shreddy music.

[northlane.josh]

The impulse bridge pickup definitely fits the bill here. The flat mids and relaxed low mid goes well with basswood. It would match up well with either an impulse or blackhawk neck. The impulse is more articulate especially in the lower registers, brighter and scooped in the low mid, smoother top end. The blackhawk is thicker, more fluid and hotter. I prefer a brighter neck pickup

If you use the hotter coil as the split on the neck pickup on the impulse it works quite well as it's asymmetrically wound.

Thank you kindly for an answer.For bridge that is probably what I searching for.Its pitty that I can`t find a demo on You tube,at least for more classic metal style,without djent and all that stuff.
For neck,well we have different taste,I`m more into warm neck sound like Emerald,sweet and mellow ones,yet with decent bite for some shreddy music.

did you see this video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kot1vCp0IQ

You'll probably like the Blackhawk neck with the impulse bridge

[Studiostriver]

did you see this video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kot1vCp0IQ

Hi! Well I now saw it. ;)
This music was in rather punkish metal style,but got some heavier p.m. parts.Bridge sounded just right in terms of frequencies.Nothing muddy or harsh,and plenty tight.Maybe cause of mixing it lack low end little bit,but I guess its hard to judge from YT video.

You'll probably like the Blackhawk neck with the impulse bridge

Hm. ;) I just wish I could find more videos of these pickups for more traditional heavy riffing metal in Halford,Bruce Dickinson solo albums,Grave Digger and stuff like that.

People these days only doing some djenting stuff with Blackhawk pickups.
I wish I have ton loads of cash to buy 3/4 different BK sets and to pick ip the best one,thats why I`m little bit picky,searching the right one.

[Yellowjacket]

The Juggernaut bridge pickup is really powerful and phat with purring highs, aggressive mids, percussive low mids, and tight lows.  That being said, some round mud is somewhat endemic to 7 string guitars. 

With the sort of guitar you have, expect a tone somewhat like this:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGFeGtEwcsI

For a more 'classic' neck pickup, the VHII ROCK!  It's one of my favourite pickups from BK.

I wanna say I kind a like that tone when I play rhythm.Its meaty in low end,percussive and enough high end open.I just hope it do not get icy picky when soloing on it.

Juggernaut bridge is killer for solos.  Definitely not ice picky.  The pickups tend to be dark and warm with a nice bite in the highs.

Does VHII neck can get chimey traditinal straty tone?And how does it split?
Cheers.

VHII strikes me as a warm and purring sort of a neck pickup.  It has a smooth, buttery sort of a clean tone but it gets more and more raunchy as the gain goes up. 
The split is nice but also quite low output.  Whether or not it works for you is entirely dependent on your needs as a player.  Maybe series / parallel would be an option if you require more output with a single coil sound. 

Incidentally, the Juggernaut Neck has stellar cleans and it's also great for leads and shredding.  Both the Juggernaut neck and bridge transition wonderfully from clean to crunch, and then into high gain.  Hands down my favourite BKP set by far. 

[Studiostriver]

Juggernaut bridge is killer for solos.  Definitely not ice picky.  The pickups tend to be dark and warm with a nice bite in the highs.

VHII strikes me as a warm and purring sort of a neck pickup.  It has a smooth, buttery sort of a clean tone but it gets more and more raunchy as the gain goes up. 
The split is nice but also quite low output.  Whether or not it works for you is entirely dependent on your needs as a player.  Maybe series / parallel would be an option if you require more output with a single coil sound. 

Incidentally, the Juggernaut Neck has stellar cleans and it's also great for leads and shredding.  Both the Juggernaut neck and bridge transition wonderfully from clean to crunch, and then into high gain.  Hands down my favourite BKP set by far.

Thank you kindly for an answer.In a coming 10 day I will order my new set.I will probably not know what pickup to buy when time come to purchase them,so I`ll  play Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. ;)

I`m torned between Impulse and Juggernaut on bridge and on neck Blackhawk/Emerald/now even considering Juggernaut on neck as well.

Which of those would work the best for Basswood 7 string guitar is the question.