Author Topic: Metal Pickups Set? (Read 5008 times)

Divine Inferno · « **on:** May 17, 2007, 04:16:48 PM »

I play death/thrash/melodeath/neoclassical/prog/folk and want to have pickups that can be used fairly well for most purposes. I mostly play death/thrash/neoclassical shred (well, neoclassical wank in my case) so I would prefer something that will handle this stuff better than the other styles. My issue is I've been looking at some dimarzio's and others and they look pretty good for getting that smooth, liquid lead sound for shred, but maybe its just the guys who use them but I need to get a really agressive sound from the bridge pickup to get that huge distorted chunk, and I can't tell from what I'm reading and the demos and samples I've heard which ones would be good for these applications. Someone at Ultimate Guitar reccomended I check out Bare Knuckles, so here I am.

I play a Dual Rec right now but I'm picking up and Engl in the near future (either a powerball or a savage so thats changing), and am looking to put these in my PRS standard 24 to see how it goes because I've never swapped the pickups out of one of my guitars before.

What pickup combination would you reccomend so that they were agressive enough for that heavy, high gain, aggressive riffing in the bridge position but can also give you that smooth liquid lead on the neck? I think the guy (sorry I can't remember what your username was if you end up reading this) reccomended a Miracle Man/Cold Sweat set, and someone else reccommended War Pigs and someone reccomended the Holy Diver. What are the advantages and disadvantages of these various pickups for the aforementioned application?

Thanks in advance to anyone that helps up.

BloodMountain · « **Reply #1 on:** May 17, 2007, 04:20:52 PM »

for the most crushingly heavy tone for death metal, the Ceramic Warpig is the way to go: i have one and use it for Death and Thrash purposes, and i couldn't ask for more.

i have heard good things about the Warpig neck, i will find a link for you...

EDIT: here's one
http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7491&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15
it's on the second page, the second post down.

EDIT 2: and another :D
http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6957
this one is a custom warpig neck, read the whole thread, it's got some great info :D

hope this all helps, friend!

Divine Inferno · « **Reply #2 on:** May 17, 2007, 05:12:39 PM »

Thanks a lot for the help man.

MDV · « **Reply #3 on:** May 17, 2007, 05:31:29 PM »

Ceramic warpig/cold sweat combo.

C-Pig for extreme heaviness and aggression
CS for liquid shred

Divine Inferno · « **Reply #4 on:** May 17, 2007, 05:51:06 PM »

Is the miracle man not as good as the ceramic warpig then? Is it an output issue or a tonal difference?

BloodMountain · « **Reply #5 on:** May 17, 2007, 05:56:27 PM »

the CWP is heavier (higher gain and higher output), and i think it has more bass then the MM. it is also slightly more scooped.

Davey · « **Reply #6 on:** May 17, 2007, 05:58:21 PM »

tonal and output difference :)

the MM has a bit more output, due to the massive ceramic magnet. it clocks in at 17ish kilo-ohm.. now add that magnet to a pickup, that goes over 21k and do the math :D

BloodMountain · « **Reply #7 on:** May 17, 2007, 06:05:29 PM »

Quote from: Davey

the MM has a bit more output

than a CWP? :?

Davey · « **Reply #8 on:** May 17, 2007, 06:07:08 PM »

Quote from: BLOODMOUNTAIN

Quote from: Davey
the MM has a bit more output

than a CWP? :?

sorry.. should have said -than a regular WP

Divine Inferno · « **Reply #9 on:** May 17, 2007, 06:14:54 PM »

Could a warpig possibly be too bassy for playing really tight tech death and deathrash rhythms? I don't know of any artists that use either pickup and I live in western canada where no one I know has BKPs so I can't hear them anywhere really.

Davey · « **Reply #10 on:** May 17, 2007, 06:16:17 PM »

no, not too bassy at all. it is pretty well balanced. apart of that soaring midrange :D

Divine Inferno · « **Reply #11 on:** May 17, 2007, 06:27:33 PM »

Do you think the CWP/Cold Sweat set will match well with a PRS Standard 24?

Thanks for all the advice BTW.

MDV · « **Reply #12 on:** May 17, 2007, 08:19:23 PM »

Quote from: BLOODMOUNTAIN

the CWP is heavier (higher gain and higher output), and i think it has more bass then the MM. it is also slightly more scooped.

Ixnay on the scooptay. The MM is the less middy of the two.

No better or worse. The C-Pig is more more powerfull by a far ways, heavier, more attacking and compressed. The MM isnt really an extreme metal pickup. Its too refined. It tops out somewhere round metallica. The C-Pig melts faces and crushes skulls.

ericsabbath · « **Reply #13 on:** May 17, 2007, 11:26:56 PM »

i think cwp is 18k

why not a painkiller?

Crazy_Joe · « **Reply #14 on:** May 17, 2007, 11:34:17 PM »

Quote from: Eric Hellstyle

i think cwp is 18k

why not a painkiller?

CWP is approximately 21k.