Author Topic: Which neck pup to with nailbomb at bridge (7 string) (Read 2378 times)

necrophonic · « **on:** June 20, 2007, 02:07:27 PM »

Hi all,
I'm considering upgrading the pups on my Ibanez S7420 (7 string) and I'm pretty much set on a nailbomb at the bridge but... what for the neck?

Ideally I'm looking for something that'll mainly be used clean, with a good smooth sound. At the moment I'm using a DiMarzio FRED on my 6 string for this purpose so something similar in response to that would be great.

Any recommendations on a BKP that fits the bill?

Antag · « **Reply #1 on:** June 20, 2007, 02:11:42 PM »

Either a Nailbomb or a Cold Sweat neck to go with a NB bridge.

NB is slightly better IMO at neck leads, but CS is an absolutely wonderful neck pickup - for clean or lead. It compliments all the high output bridge models really well, a fantastic allrounder. CS would be my choice.

kmanick · « **Reply #2 on:** June 21, 2007, 12:40:53 AM »

I've got a Carvin 7 with a Nail Bomb going in the bridge and I matched it with a Cold Sweat for the neck (per Tims suggestion)

PhilKing · « **Reply #3 on:** June 21, 2007, 05:47:37 PM »

I don't have a 7 string, but in my Ibanez I have the Nailbomb/Cold Sweat combo and it sounds great.

necrophonic · « **Reply #4 on:** June 21, 2007, 09:03:40 PM »

Thanks for the suggestions :)

Does anyone have any clips of Cold Sweat in the neck postion played clean?

Antag · « **Reply #5 on:** June 21, 2007, 09:15:38 PM »

There's some CS neck in this clip I posted a while back...

necrophonic · « **Reply #6 on:** June 25, 2007, 01:36:32 PM »

Thanks for the clip.
Any clips of the CS neck clean strummed?

I've heard a few lead lines with it now but I'd like to see how it rounds out on chords.