Best pickup for technical riffage.

Ryan · 03-25-2008, 06:36 PM

Listen to Bob and Drew. If you want tight and mean i'd go to the Evo 7. I have a basswood UV with an Evo 7 and an old 8100. With that TS808 in front, you can definitely get some great tones.

sepherus · 03-25-2008, 07:32 PM

Personally the older valvestates are some of the few marshalls I like, so props on that.

So far every thing that has been mentioned thus far, the BKP Painkiller, and potentially the Drop Sonic blade toward the bridge.

Good luck, finding the right pickups can be a pain in the rear!

7 Strings of Hate · 03-25-2008, 07:38 PM

i gotta admit, the d-sonic totally sounded like an emg to me, it was unbelievebly close, but ofcourse a bit more organic. but it was a hell of a pup too

MR MARCUS · 03-25-2008, 09:19 PM

OK. The Evo and D Sonic have me very interested.

Quote:

Originally Posted by sepherus

Personally the older valvestates are some of the few marshalls I like, so props on that.

So far every thing that has been mentioned thus far, the BKP Painkiller, and potentially the Drop Sonic blade toward the bridge.

Good luck, finding the right pickups can be a pain in the rear!

Oh I love my 8100. I bought it for $125. I had a Madison Divinity at the time and it had to go when I got that thing. I also have a Laney GH100TI and it sits in the closet.

whosdealin · 03-26-2008, 11:35 PM

I dunno about the Evo anymore personally. I liked how it sounded playing at home. When I got to band practice and tried it at my rehearsal space with the band. Ouch......... To much bitting mids and highs. Yeah its clear and all but it is extreemly hot and does not take to boosts well. I am playing through a Framus Cobra........... The Evo has no warmth. It sounds real thin to me. Single notes have no wieght. I like to have a ballsy tone and tight low end but I don't think the Evo goes well with a clear High gain amp.

ibznorange · 03-27-2008, 12:13 AM

you do realize that the cobra is a very non warm amp right?

whosdealin · 03-27-2008, 12:48 AM

Yeah I wouldnt call the Cobra warm. The evo doesnt get along with that amp. I also own a Splawn Nitro though and I'm not crazy about how the evo sounds through that either.
I think I'm just tired of Hot ceramic pickups. You don't need all that drive in a pickup if you have an amp with alot of gain and poweramp girth. Alnico may be the way for me, there's only one way to find out.......... I see a Nailbomb in my future

ibznorange · 03-27-2008, 12:57 AM

I just dont really care much for ceramics in general

just cause a pickup is alnico btw, doesnt mean its low output.
an alnico nailbomb still pushes a LOT of juice

whosdealin · 03-27-2008, 01:03 AM

Thats cool then, Im not sure if I want low output and alnico. Probably something high output but not overly hot with an alnico mag would work for me. The evo is like 440? I don't think I want anything that hot. I wonder what the Nailbomb is.

ToneUniverse · 03-27-2008, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 7 Strings of Hate

i gotta admit, the d-sonic totally sounded like an emg to me, it was unbelievebly close, but ofcourse a bit more organic. but it was a hell of a pup too

+1 quite agree. I find the EMG-707 has a bit more headroom and compression hence better apparent harmonic content and perhaps less organic tone due to being more compressed. D-Sonic is a great pup anyhow, at least worth giving it a try.

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Ryan Hylian Metal Master • Super Moderator • Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Farthest Outpost Posts: 5,874 Main Seven: RG9147 Main ERG: RG7421XL Rig: Engl -> Mesa Thanked: 64	Listen to Bob and Drew. If you want tight and mean i'd go to the Evo 7. I have a basswood UV with an Evo 7 and an old 8100. With that TS808 in front, you can definitely get some great tones.

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sepherus The Elder One Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 325 Real Name: Jason Main Seven: Sherman on order... Rig: 6505+ mesa recto412 Thanked: 5	Personally the older valvestates are some of the few marshalls I like, so props on that. So far every thing that has been mentioned thus far, the BKP Painkiller, and potentially the Drop Sonic blade toward the bridge. Good luck, finding the right pickups can be a pain in the rear!

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whosdealin ss.org Regular Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: LI NY Posts: 112 Thanked: 3	I dunno about the Evo anymore personally. I liked how it sounded playing at home. When I got to band practice and tried it at my rehearsal space with the band. Ouch......... To much bitting mids and highs. Yeah its clear and all but it is extreemly hot and does not take to boosts well. I am playing through a Framus Cobra........... The Evo has no warmth. It sounds real thin to me. Single notes have no wieght. I like to have a ballsy tone and tight low end but I don't think the Evo goes well with a clear High gain amp.

03-27-2008, 12:48 AM	#27 (permalink)
whosdealin ss.org Regular Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: LI NY Posts: 112 Thanked: 3	Yeah I wouldnt call the Cobra warm. The evo doesnt get along with that amp. I also own a Splawn Nitro though and I'm not crazy about how the evo sounds through that either. I think I'm just tired of Hot ceramic pickups. You don't need all that drive in a pickup if you have an amp with alot of gain and poweramp girth. Alnico may be the way for me, there's only one way to find out.......... I see a Nailbomb in my future

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ibznorange Chief Officer/RHLC © Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: AZ Posts: 7,466 Real Name: Max Main Seven: Ir now Sevenless :squint: Main ERG: A Dead Cat Rig: Mesa Rectoverb Combo Thanked: 46	I just dont really care much for ceramics in general just cause a pickup is alnico btw, doesnt mean its low output. an alnico nailbomb still pushes a LOT of juice

03-27-2008, 01:03 AM	#29 (permalink)
whosdealin ss.org Regular Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: LI NY Posts: 112 Thanked: 3	Thats cool then, Im not sure if I want low output and alnico. Probably something high output but not overly hot with an alnico mag would work for me. The evo is like 440? I don't think I want anything that hot. I wonder what the Nailbomb is.


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