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octavio_amzer

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« on: July 20, 2007, 11:52:55 AM »
Hi guys,

need help choosing a pickup.

The guitar has just 1 Humbucker... and thats all! just a single bucker loaded on this guitar! Guitar offers Master Volume and Master Tone. (would be nice to make it a single coil with push pull knob)

So I need the most versatil humbucker and configuration! Metal, blues, Jazz, rythm, leads, cleans... everything you can! but mostly METAL  :evil: (very into Opeth)

I was thinking that a contemporary alnico humbucker can satisy me.

what is your opinion? I'm thinking warpig...

going to a Korina neck and body with archtop mapletop, ebony finger board - randy rhoads guitar   8)

thankyou
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« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2007, 12:02:10 PM »
If you want something that does as many styles as possibly its probably best not to go for one of the hottest pickups available.  I would be leaning more towards the VHII/ abraxas end of the scale
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« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2007, 01:18:02 PM »
Sounds like a bright sounding guitar?

A Nailbomb would be great in there I think...
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« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2007, 02:41:02 PM »
VHII was my first reaction, but ... korina neck/body .... I'm gonna say Crawler or VHII.
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octavio_amzer

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« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2007, 08:37:20 PM »
thanks for the suggestions.

The pickup must be on the contemporary side... and wanted to know which one of them is the most versatil.
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« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2007, 09:55:07 PM »
We just told you!!
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octavio_amzer

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« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2007, 10:38:34 PM »
Quote from: TwilightOdyssey
We just told you!!


sorry  :oops:

maybe I should be more specific?

Nailbomb, Warpig, Cold Sweat, Painkiller, Holy Diver

VHIIs, crawlers etc are on the vintage hot side
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« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2007, 09:42:26 AM »
I think nailbomb would be the best of the contemporary pickups for what you're looking for. Its very versatile and great for metal. Can get close to opeths tone with it. Warpig may also work but I havn't tried that so can't really say.
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« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2007, 12:18:22 PM »
Well I managed to get this tone with Mules which I think is about right for Opeth.. http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=493678&songID=4951909

Cant see the need for anything higher gain than that!
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« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2007, 03:59:19 PM »
+1 on Nailbomb
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« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2007, 08:42:15 PM »
Holy Diver is what I'd put in a single pickup guitar.

Those fat thick mids give a geat lead sound, it's got enough grunt for pretty much any flavour of metal & the warmest bridge clean sound you'll ever hear.
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« Reply #11 on: July 22, 2007, 01:16:30 AM »
Crawlers can hack metal just fine. The other week I was playing origin styled tech death with them in an epi LP and my bandmate on an 81: it held in there just fine.

Nailbomb is also a candidate.

Split and parralel warpigs sound fantastic too, so thats an option.
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octavio_amzer

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« Reply #12 on: July 22, 2007, 06:59:55 AM »
thanks for your posts!

I forgot to mention I'm the only guitarist in the band...

I'm thinking Crawlers and Nailbomb, Even the mule, Warpig is also an option
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« Reply #13 on: July 22, 2007, 08:42:59 AM »
decided to go for Nailbomb  :twisted:

what options can I use with Nailbomb? what is this parallel, coil taping, etc thingies exactly? I would like to asign push/pulls on volume and tone for versatility but I don't know how they would work ro what uses or advantage they give.
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« Reply #14 on: July 22, 2007, 11:18:12 AM »
this is a diagram for a series/single coil/parallel switch with bkp wiring colours:



if you use a push/pull pot or two way switch it will just be a series/parallel switch but that works well too.

If you can add a mini switch easily you can get a on-on-on switch for the single coil operation as well on the same switch

So with a nailbomb the switch would give you

humbucker in series - full 16k hum cancelling operation
(Single coil - around 8k non-hum cancelling)
humbucker in parallel - around 4k hum cancelling
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