The obligatory "which pickups for metal" thread

Drew_TNBD

C'mon then.... spit 'em out.... I fancy a change. Pickups for metal... GO!

octatonic

EMG's.

Drew_TNBD

octatonic said:

EMG's.

Not Axe FX?? )

steamabacus

Anything with powerful ceramic magnets and at least 8 coils ...

octatonic

Drew_fx said:

octatonic said:

EMG's.

Not Axe FX?? )

Not this time.

:-)

Just checking you DID mean for Bass.

For guitar I have a whole different bunch of suggestions.

fretmeister

Nordstrand 

Drew_TNBD

Yup did mean for bass. Nordstrand huh? Never heard of 'em!

Bass Gallery were completely unhelpful when I emailed them about this. So they're not getting my business.

ThePrettyDamned

I asked a similar question a while back, and I think this is the nicest bass metal tone I've heard, regardless of which 'genre' of metal it is.

Whatever he uses and a darkglass preamp!

Otherwise, I used to get a really nice bite from my old Musicman 3 band active eq and humbucker.  Can't test my Bartolini P-Bass pickup yet as I don't have tuners for the bass, but I suspect being hum cancelling, all I'll need to do is wire it and keep the tone control up

digitalscream

Honestly? You don't need high output for metal these days, given the amount of gain on tap in modern gear. I'd say go for some mid-output pickups - say, 14k bridge and 9-10k neck. I find they give you more definition (particularly at the low end) and dynamic control than higher-output stuff.

I actually have an Oil City pair in mine - NightFighter in the bridge (13k) and Scrapyard Dog in the neck (7.5k). Nobody's ever accused me of not sounding heavy enough.

Also...try to avoid ceramic magnets. I've noticed a slight increase in acoustic sustain (subjective, mind) since I swapped out the original bonkers ceramic pickups I had in my S2 for the Oil City alnicos.

Drew_TNBD

digitalscream said:

Honestly? You don't need high output for metal these days, given the amount of gain on tap in modern gear. I'd say go for some mid-output pickups - say, 14k bridge and 9-10k neck. I find they give you more definition (particularly at the low end) and dynamic control than higher-output stuff.

I actually have an Oil City pair in mine - NightFighter in the bridge (13k) and Scrapyard Dog in the neck (7.5k). Nobody's ever accused me of not sounding heavy enough.

Also...try to avoid ceramic magnets. I've noticed a slight increase in acoustic sustain (subjective, mind) since I swapped out the original bonkers ceramic pickups I had in my S2 for the Oil City alnicos.

Are you talking guitar Lee, or bass? Confuzzled.

digitalscream

Drew_fx said:

Are you talking guitar Lee, or bass? Confuzzled.

I'm a dick. Came from Recent Discussions, didn't spot the category.

Yes, that's right. I can't even use the forum I helped build properly.

octatonic

digitalscream said:

Drew_fx said:

Are you talking guitar Lee, or bass? Confuzzled.

I'm a dick. Came from Recent Discussions, didn't spot the category.

Yes, that's right. I can't even use the forum I helped build properly.

LOL.

Drew_TNBD

digitalscream said:

Drew_fx said:

Are you talking guitar Lee, or bass? Confuzzled.

I'm a dick. Came from Recent Discussions, didn't spot the category.

Yes, that's right. I can't even use the forum I helped build properly.

hahahahhaa. It's okay. Tony is still around so at least someone knows what the piss is going on!

I'm actually good for guitar pickups. Although I do think I wanna replace my pots, but that is a guitar discussion

digitalscream

I hope you appreciate the fact that I didn't just sneakily delete my post and your quote of it to hide my stupidity

Drew_TNBD

fretmeister

Drew_fx said:

Yup did mean for bass. Nordstrand huh? Never heard of 'em!

Bass Gallery were completely unhelpful when I emailed them about this. So they're not getting my business.

Nordstrand are now the standard fit in a lot of Ibby SR premium basses.

The have a real depth of quality to the sound. When I have some more money I'm going to take out the delano's in my Marleaux and load it with Nordstrand Big Singles

fretmeister

http://nordstrandpickups.com/products/big-singles/

Drew_TNBD

I was thinking Seymour Duncans. You think the Nordies are worth the extra?

fretmeister

I like them a lot, and I also like SD Quarter Pounders a lot.

Get down to a local shop that stocks Ibby SR1200 basses and have a listen!

Drew_TNBD

This sounds sickkk

Drew_TNBD

Same bass as the one I have too.