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silence2-38554

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7 string BKP for a naturally low-mid heavy guitar?
« on: April 24, 2017, 08:12:05 AM »
The guitar in question is my Sabre Syren 7.  Swamp ash body, wenge neck with thin maple fillets & a maple fretboard.  To put it plainly, this is the darkest guitar (acoustically) I own & am having a tough time pairing it with an ideal set of BKP's.  I believe the wenge neck has a lot to do with it's acoustic tone.  The guitar is a metal workhorse, tuned to drop Ab with a 68 gauge 7th string on a 25.5" scale. 

I originally installed a set of Juggernauts, which were honestly probably the worst pickup for this guitar.  They boost the same frequency range this guitar naturally has a ton of, so it was a flubby mess.  Currently, I have a set of Painkillers installed.  These are MUCH better, but the definition of the low 7 still isn't quite there for me.  The PK bridge has more low-end grunt than I'd expected & it's getting in the way the same way the Juggernaut did. 

So, the next pickup set i'm looking at are the Black Hawks w/ ceramic bridge option.  I'd love to hear any other suggestions you may have!

darkandrew

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Re: 7 string BKP for a naturally low-mid heavy guitar?
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2017, 08:31:09 AM »
Do Impulses come in a 7 string variant? From what I can make out this is pretty much exactly the application they were designed for.

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Re: 7 string BKP for a naturally low-mid heavy guitar?
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2017, 09:05:27 PM »
the aftermath is similar to the painkiller but has a very lean bass, cleaner and more refined mids
impulse should work too

the neck cold sweat sounds amazing in the bridge position
very very articulate in the low end and mids
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silence2-38554

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Re: 7 string BKP for a naturally low-mid heavy guitar?
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2017, 11:27:16 PM »
I am curious about the impulses, but their EQ chart throws me off.  According to that they are scooped with ample bass.  When I tried Aftermaths before I hated everything about them, though the guitar they were in was naturally very bright so they may actually be worth re-visiting for this project.

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Re: 7 string BKP for a naturally low-mid heavy guitar?
« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2017, 11:38:13 PM »
I am curious about the impulses, but their EQ chart throws me off.  According to that they are scooped with ample bass.

The guy that they were designed in collaboration with (sorry, forgotten his name) describes them as having the tone of a Rebel Yell from the mid up and an Emerald from the mid down - which by that description would be pretty much in the ballpark of what you're looking for.
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