Im used to play 6 drop c but now im going to buy a really nice 7 string guitar! thinking of an ibanez j custom... Ive played 7 strings a bunch but I have never experimented with pickups on them... I know the nazgul and black winter are good 7 string options... any others? I play technical death metal/death metal/melodic death metal.... Anything heavy... I like my high strings to not sound overly piercing but I want the low strings to be extremely tight and crunchy sounding... with some grind for trem picking...
Going 7 string! what pickups though?
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Re: Going 7 string! what pickups though?
I'm my opinion, the Black Winters are your best bet. They've got a nice snarl to them, great articulation, and a good full sound that doesn't go off the deep end with either the highs or lows. Also way more versatile than they get credit for. They clean up very nicely (the Nazgul not so much). The Nazgul is a mean little pickup though, has a tight low end that holds together at low tunings, but also has a piercing high end you'll have to figure out how to tame.
I'm my opinion, the Black Winters are your best bet. They've got a nice snarl to them, great articulation, and a good full sound that doesn't go off the deep end with either the highs or lows. Also way more versatile than they get credit for. They clean up very nicely (the Nazgul not so much). The Nazgul is a mean little pickup though, has a tight low end that holds together at low tunings, but also has a piercing high end you'll have to figure out how to tame.
Re: Going 7 string! what pickups though?
I've only ever had a single 7 before I passed it on, however, it was a 99 BC Rich, so of course it came with Dimarzio Blaze pups because that was pretty much what went in everything back then. I few years later, I managed to get a C7/Jazz7 set and it was like a different guitar. There are plenty of fantastic pickups out there that lend their character to the odd tonality of a 7, very well.
They didn't make my fingers any longer, however.
I've only ever had a single 7 before I passed it on, however, it was a 99 BC Rich, so of course it came with Dimarzio Blaze pups because that was pretty much what went in everything back then. I few years later, I managed to get a C7/Jazz7 set and it was like a different guitar. There are plenty of fantastic pickups out there that lend their character to the odd tonality of a 7, very well.
They didn't make my fingers any longer, however.
Re: Going 7 string! what pickups though?
I would suggest the Black Winter Set or the Nazgul/Sentient set for those tones-. Go with the Winters if all you do is heavy. Go with the Nazgul/Sentient if you use the neck pickup for cleans once in awhile.
I would suggest the Black Winter Set or the Nazgul/Sentient set for those tones-. Go with the Winters if all you do is heavy. Go with the Nazgul/Sentient if you use the neck pickup for cleans once in awhile.
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Re: Going 7 string! what pickups though?
The Black Winter neck is supposed to be higher output than the Sentient.
The Black Winter neck is supposed to be higher output than the Sentient.
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Re: Going 7 string! what pickups though?
The Nazgul is not very versatile though, IME. Though for death metal and the like, I would probably go Nazgul myself. (I own a nazgul 6 and 7. I do not own a sentient in either configuration or BW7)
The Nazgul is not very versatile though, IME. Though for death metal and the like, I would probably go Nazgul myself. (I own a nazgul 6 and 7. I do not own a sentient in either configuration or BW7)