Exo-metal
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Of which out of their line has seen the most abuse for modern tones?
stratjacket
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I’ve tried a bunch of them. My favorites are:
Warping - I threw some in a Caparison Horus that was a little bright. It gave it the bottom end and just slays, mean sounding. Big bottom end that you can roll in and out with pedal/amp settings as needed. Never shrill sounding.
Silo - I bought a PRS Custom 24 last year that had a set. I thought I’d change them out but fell in love with them. It’s my number 1 guitar for recording. Does everything well.
Painkiller - works great in darker sounding guitars. Just sizzles.
Ragnarok - I put a set in a PRS Standard. They deliver the goods too. Full sounding, sounds great for metal.
Warping - I threw some in a Caparison Horus that was a little bright. It gave it the bottom end and just slays, mean sounding. Big bottom end that you can roll in and out with pedal/amp settings as needed. Never shrill sounding.
Silo - I bought a PRS Custom 24 last year that had a set. I thought I’d change them out but fell in love with them. It’s my number 1 guitar for recording. Does everything well.
Painkiller - works great in darker sounding guitars. Just sizzles.
Ragnarok - I put a set in a PRS Standard. They deliver the goods too. Full sounding, sounds great for metal.
Uzi Nein Millimetah
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I can only speak of the Nailbomb (ceramic) that I have, it's like the most perfect thrash/heavy metal pickup that never existed in the '80s, but it's here now. It has plenty of everything for me, but not too much. I have it in a Charvel superstrat. Splits very well also, especially with the Cold Sweat neck.
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PiggySmallz
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Had a painkiller in a custom 24 that replaced a 59/09, but it sounded worse. It accentuated the annoying highs of the guitar. It was an ice pick.
Have a set of polymaths in an ash duvell elite. Cool pickups, pretty transparent but that guitar is also very bright being a bolt on so I may swap them out for something a bit darker like silos or a dimarzio AT1.
My regius has a set of the BKP TKOs that are absolutely incredible. Arguably my favorite BKPs ive ever tried.
I had a set of ragnaroks in a baritone regius core as well that I really liked. That guitar had the goods but the 28" scale was a bit too much for me. I miss that one!
On the hunt to try some crawlers in a les paul standard but they dont come up for sale very often.
Have a set of polymaths in an ash duvell elite. Cool pickups, pretty transparent but that guitar is also very bright being a bolt on so I may swap them out for something a bit darker like silos or a dimarzio AT1.
My regius has a set of the BKP TKOs that are absolutely incredible. Arguably my favorite BKPs ive ever tried.
I had a set of ragnaroks in a baritone regius core as well that I really liked. That guitar had the goods but the 28" scale was a bit too much for me. I miss that one!
On the hunt to try some crawlers in a les paul standard but they dont come up for sale very often.
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itsgoodnow
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I’ve had good luck with ceramic warpigs. I also have a lot of polymath pickups but they can be a bit bright in the wrong guitar. Aftermaths are also ones I love.
mnemonic
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I have an aftermath bridge in a Mayones Regius, works fantastic in that guitar but it’s a picky pickup. I have had it in various other guitars and its sounded ‘okay’ to ‘not good’ depending on the guitar. It’s got a strong midrange and upper midrange, sounds clanky in some guitars/amps. My Regius however is pretty balanced but with a dip in the mids/upper mids somewhere so the aftermath just sounds like a tight punchy crunchy metal pickup. It reminds me of a JB but if it was a tight and punchy modern metal pickup from the 2010’s instead of a rock pickup from the 70’s.
I also have an aftermath neck but I find it dark and boring and not really good at anything.
The black dog is also great for high gain despite its low output. Very bright top end, kinda PAF-ish but strong mids. I have also had the pickup in multiple guitars and have never been impressed with its cleans though. I have an alnico iv PAF-alike set in a Les Paul and a SD ‘59 I’ve had in a few guitars and both (bridge) pickups have much better cleans/low gain sounds than the black dog in my opinion.
I also have an aftermath neck but I find it dark and boring and not really good at anything.
The black dog is also great for high gain despite its low output. Very bright top end, kinda PAF-ish but strong mids. I have also had the pickup in multiple guitars and have never been impressed with its cleans though. I have an alnico iv PAF-alike set in a Les Paul and a SD ‘59 I’ve had in a few guitars and both (bridge) pickups have much better cleans/low gain sounds than the black dog in my opinion.
WizardAmpIphoneClip
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Had an alnico Warpig about 15 years ago in a flying V. Pretty dark but punchy
Bought an Ibanez rg with an Aftermath I think and it was pure ass. Super hollow. Might have been the guitar though
Went Emg 81 after that in every guitar and game over
Bought an Ibanez rg with an Aftermath I think and it was pure ass. Super hollow. Might have been the guitar though
Went Emg 81 after that in every guitar and game over
Exo-metal
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I want to try these in my Jackson King Vs. They aren't bright or dark so I hope not to spend good money on the wrong ones. The poplar and alder have a nice warm midrange. So far I want to try three, the Ragnarok, Aftermath and possibly the Painkiller. The nailbomb sounds interesting. How is the wait time to the states if I order custom options?
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