Nailbomb v Warpig for killer Opeth metal rhythm tone

[Antag]

OK, I was generalising -  of course there are no rules & some will use the neck for leads more than others.  However, the point I was trying to make was that no neck pickup is going to give you a "killer metal rhythm tone" that sounds anything like Opeth, Pantera (or anyone else you care to name....) :)

[MDV]

I also EXCLUSIVELY use bridge humbuckers for metal rhythm.

Neck pickups turn to mud for heavy rhythm. Offensively flabby and muddy with high gain chords and low string lines.

[Neemo]

I have a Nailbomb in the bridge position, I use it for rhythm stuff and lead work, in the neck I have a DiMarzio Humbucker from hell, which holds it's own when I need crystal clear clean sounds.

I've never fancied the neck pickup lead tone, it just sounds too... clean, too rounded. Bridge pickup retains an edgy characteristic and sounds better for ripping some serious shred licks.

[Deadstar]

Well it depends on the type of music you play really if you want to use the neck pickup for playing lead, I know I certainly do get that really smooth tone from it, especially from a les paul cause of the position it lies in.

Also use the middle position but thats cos I got a three-bucker, has a little more natural mid I find it cuts through a little better without any boosts if you know what you're doing setting up. Certainly use the bridge aswell for that edginess neemo was talking about find it usually needs a mid boost if playing in a two guitar band.

There is a way to use the neck pickup for rhythm, but you have to cut a lot of bass and it usually tends to be in the recording studio as a double track to thicken the sound up a little. You definitely won't get the Opeth/Pantera Rhythm with a neck pickup thats bridge all the way.

[BloodMountain]

ok... what a response!!!! wow!!! ok... one more question... about the dimebucker, i dont have the money to replace that too. would the dimebucker fit in the neck?

[BloodMountain]

or is there a BKP that sounds VERY similar to the Dimebucker, just better, but still keeping that characteristic dimebag lead sound?

[gingataff]

Neck pickup for smooth clean jazz runs and for high gain sweep picked arpeggios (both in my dreams :) ). Bridge for everything else:twisted:  :twisted:

[Orpheo]

I have a nailbomb neck and an emerald bridge. its a VERY versitile combination! From blues to metal. Thin lizzy, slash, led zeppelin, opeth, zakk wylde. its great.

but not my taste! At least, the emerald bridge isn't. I'm thinking of replacing the pickup with a nailbomb bridge.

but what I can tell about the NB Neck: its FAT. its like shite scooped through a funnel. and the emerald is that aswell...so, thats why I need something more screaming, and less fatty.

[BloodMountain]

is the nailbomb neck brutal enough?

[MDV]

Brutal comes from the bridge, my friend.

[Sifu Ben]

Yeah, brutal is the trebly bark of the bridge pickup. The neck is good for leads where you do lots of legato (or sweeping, or tapping) high up the neck on the treble side, where the bridge pickup can sound a little thin, and the neck makes the notes nicely flow into each other.

[BloodMountain]

righty then. heres the plan. when i get the razorback, the dimebucker is going in the neck, and make way for the NAILBOMB!!!

[MDV]

I dread to think what a dimebucker would sound like in the neck.

Just leave whatevers in the neck there and put a NB in the bridge.

[BloodMountain]

surely a dimebucker in the neck would sound better than a dean stock unit...

[MDV]

I've found dean pickups are actually OK.

Dont be fooled by names!

Just listen to them.

I'll bet a stock dean neck sounds better than a dimebucker in the neck.