Pairing nailbomb or Emerald Neck with Tremonti Treble pickup, which is better?

[hussamj]

Greetings Forum,

I have a PRS Custom 24 and I'm swapping the stock bridge pickup with a tremonti treble pup which is high-output. I mainly play high gain stuff, metal, modern hard rock/nu metal etc....I have nailbomb and Emerald neck pickups laying around and was wondering which would match better with the tremonti treble, in terms of out-put and being "balanced"? Should this even be a concern?

Thanks..
J

[Yellowjacket]

Why not an A-bomb bridge?    ;)
If you get a BKP neck pickup, you're only going to be using the neck pickup   
Try the A-Bomb neck and see what you think.   You can always swap in the Emerald neck if you dislike it.

[ericsabbath]

they are somewhat similar, but the neck nailbomb is a bit hotter, more trebly and scooped, while the emerald is warmer and a bit more balanced
both should work fine, but they won't match the bridge tremonti output
the tremonti full set isn't evenly matched tone or output-wise at all, anyway, so you shouldn't worry

[Slartibartfarst42]

I'd go with the Emerald neck because it's just incredible and once it's in there, I imagine the Tremonti pickup will start to look very ordinary.

[hussamj]

Thanks all for the feedback! I do have the nailbomb bridge as well...but Im going for more of a scooped rhythm sound which the tremonti bridge should be. I'm gonna go for the emeralds first and see how that sounds. I guess I'll just have to experiment and see what sounds best. Thanks again!

[ericsabbath]

the tremonti is very middy, more than an alnico nailbomb
it reminds me of the painkiller, but more compressed, like the ceramic nailbomb
my bandmate replaced the tremonti with a miracle man and his PRS sounds way way better with that
the tremonti is not bad, though

[Slartibartfarst42]

The scooped reference made me think Miracle Man too.