Plenty of people round here know the score though! I mean Tim posts regularly!!!
Yeah, but I know you're one of the guys with in-depth knowledge of the extreme end of the BKP spectrum! :twisted:
He he cheers philly. I do love the heavy BKs (and my Irish tours :lol: )
Dan,
"I love Fear Factory's tone but I hate how sterile EMG's are"
"harmonics galore, Clear and clean sounding on each note, Growly and extremely Crunchy, Aggressive without being harsh, tight bass response as well"
With those requirements and the refference of Fear Factory (philly is quite right, they use 707s, which are 7 string 85s, to all intents and purposes) I think you would be DELIGHTED with a ceramic warpig. Its supplies harmonics, clarity, tightness and aggression in droves. Mahogany will allow it to be utterly crushing and maple and ebony will allow its highs to really cut through. harmonics are gonna be leaping out. And its anything but sterile. For refference, I have my cWP in --I wrote a long description then remembered I could just show you this -
http://www.legraguitars.co.uk/mdv602.htm - which isnt exactly a world apart from your woods (SA is the biggest difference, and I went for a dense peice of it for extra lows, so its closer to mahogany than a normal piece of SA). That guitar does all the things that you describe with aplomb (bar wammy antics!).
I think a normal warpig could do it, and you'd undoubtadly love it, but the ceramic version will give you the extra clinical precision that fear factories sound is full of. The A5 version is very powerfull and aggressive, but very organic with it. Great stuff, but a little further from FFs precision than the ceramic version.
I dont think a miracle man is powrfull enough.
By that logic, the nailbomb may be a little gentle too, but I;ve never played one, so I dont know. I understand its supposed to be more organic than the pig, too.
A replica of my overwound miracle man would also do the job brilliantly with more highs and a less in-your-face, smoother midrange. An innately shreddier pickup, no matter how powerfull you wind it.
I think a painkiller may suit you well, too, but I cant say much on that, other than from clips that have compared it with the cWP its less powerfull, but still got lots of juice, middier and similarly tight, maybe a little less aggressive and more open, less compressed. But I'm only going on clips that have compared it with a pickup I have there. There are a few people around here that have one, and I know Dakine has a PK and a cWP bridge, send him a pm, hes a very helpfull chap!
Edit: I'm listenning to Demanufacture right now, and I reckon a ceramic warpig will make you sound more like fear factory than fear factory. Do not pass go. Do not collect a 707. Proceed directly to the cWP :twisted:
