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brettf2010

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Need Help Picking Pickups
« on: May 31, 2017, 04:03:39 AM »
*I have Juggernauts, and I do not like them, so please do not recommend them

The neck pickup needs to be fat and glassy, but with plenty of pick attack and dynamics

The bridge needs to have muscle, punch, ****snarl and percussion (most important) and clarity to spare

What should I go with?

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Re: Need Help Picking Pickups
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2017, 05:01:37 AM »
What is the guitar that these pickups are going in? 

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Re: Need Help Picking Pickups
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2017, 05:10:11 AM »
What is the guitar that these pickups are going in?

Aristides 060, 080s and 070
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Re: Need Help Picking Pickups
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2017, 08:53:27 AM »
There should be something wrong... everybody likes Juggs

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Re: Need Help Picking Pickups
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2017, 10:57:57 AM »
There should be something wrong... everybody likes Juggs

HAHAHA, I love Juggs but with what the OP is saying, A-PIG, C-Bomb, A-bomb, or C-Pig all will sound better, depending on the tonality of his guitars and his amp (s). 

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Re: Need Help Picking Pickups
« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2017, 04:51:33 PM »
There should be something wrong... everybody likes Juggs

HAHAHA, I love Juggs but with what the OP is saying, A-PIG, C-Bomb, A-bomb, or C-Pig all will sound better, depending on the tonality of his guitars and his amp (s).

What about Painkiller neck and Cold Sweat bridge?

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Re: Need Help Picking Pickups
« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2017, 08:12:25 PM »
Painkiller will have clarity and punch.  Also, Rebel Yell has even more clarity and punch.

Warpig will be dark and gutteral.

Nailbomb will have snarl.

I really like the Painkiller in darker guitars.  It has more of an upper mid focus than the Jugg.  But really, you don't find Juggs to be muscular with clarity and punch?  Granted, they don't snarl so much and they are bit polite, but what is it exactly that you don't like and want improved?  This should provide a great starting point. 

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Re: Need Help Picking Pickups
« Reply #7 on: May 31, 2017, 08:57:38 PM »
Painkiller will have clarity and punch.  Also, Rebel Yell has even more clarity and punch.

Warpig will be dark and gutteral.

Nailbomb will have snarl.

I really like the Painkiller in darker guitars.  It has more of an upper mid focus than the Jugg.  But really, you don't find Juggs to be muscular with clarity and punch?  Granted, they don't snarl so much and they are bit polite, but what is it exactly that you don't like and want improved?  This should provide a great starting point.

I want more snarl, bite, and gnarlyness. The juggs are a bit too smooth for me. Going for something akin to the Alpha/ Omega set style of pickups

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Re: Need Help Picking Pickups
« Reply #8 on: May 31, 2017, 11:53:42 PM »
I would say you`ll be happy with Cold Sweat bridge, maybe the whole set even. When it comes to neck pickup I instantly thought VHII but apparently Jugg neck is based on VHII so we probably have to score that out.
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Re: Need Help Picking Pickups
« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2017, 12:42:40 AM »
I would say you`ll be happy with Cold Sweat bridge, maybe the whole set even. When it comes to neck pickup I instantly thought VHII but apparently Jugg neck is based on VHII so we probably have to score that out.
CS set?

Yeah, I like a lot of pick attack and bite, yet glassiness and fatness out of my neck pickup

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Re: Need Help Picking Pickups
« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2017, 06:37:17 AM »
Painkiller will have clarity and punch.  Also, Rebel Yell has even more clarity and punch.

Warpig will be dark and gutteral.

Nailbomb will have snarl.

I really like the Painkiller in darker guitars.  It has more of an upper mid focus than the Jugg.  But really, you don't find Juggs to be muscular with clarity and punch?  Granted, they don't snarl so much and they are bit polite, but what is it exactly that you don't like and want improved?  This should provide a great starting point.

I want more snarl, bite, and gnarlyness. The juggs are a bit too smooth for me. Going for something akin to the Alpha/ Omega set style of pickups

A bomb or C bomb bridge.  So much hair, rasp, snarl, and attitude.

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Re: Need Help Picking Pickups
« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2017, 08:56:06 AM »
I would go for the warpig, in my experience nailbombs love a few guitars and sound like shitee in most others

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Re: Need Help Picking Pickups
« Reply #12 on: June 01, 2017, 03:42:27 PM »
I would say you`ll be happy with Cold Sweat bridge, maybe the whole set even. When it comes to neck pickup I instantly thought VHII but apparently Jugg neck is based on VHII so we probably have to score that out.
CS set?

Yeah, I like a lot of pick attack and bite, yet glassiness and fatness out of my neck pickup

I can concur that the Cold Sweat is indeed very nice, with a strong pick attack
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Re: Need Help Picking Pickups
« Reply #13 on: June 01, 2017, 04:31:37 PM »
So coldsweat/ painkiller?

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Re: Need Help Picking Pickups
« Reply #14 on: June 01, 2017, 04:32:19 PM »
I would go for the warpig, in my experience nailbombs love a few guitars and sound like shiteee in most others

This is likely the case but I really don't know how the OPs guitars sound so it is difficult to advise.  I was thinking the C-Bomb would be more appropriate for what he wants. 
If his guitars are brighter, the Warpig would sound epic.

As for snarl and attitude, a Juggerset through a ReVv Generator 120 has tonnes of snarl, aggression, and attitude.  Good fun ^_^