'High Gain'/Metal oriented Hybrids- My own project + Who else has dabbled?

[ekulggats]

Hey all-

Recently had someone make a cool set of hybrids that I'm very happy with out of a Nazgul and Omega. I like the fuller, more complex tone you get from a hybrid and I'm happy with the result.

They both have an interesting sound, the one with the Omega slug coil is the winner of the two but the other one is just unhinged and brutal in a cool way.

Anyway. I've not heard of too many people using hybrid coil pickups for metal, Curious what else has been done out there?

I've heard of the Naz/Black winter ones. Looking for something that has a brutal voice retaining enough clarity for effective chording with distortion.

BTW I may be able to post a clip I made with mine. Working on it.

 

[zizyphus]

I haven't gone down the hybrid rabbit hole myself, but I'm curious about your thoughts / other comments

Some of my favorite tones come from unbalanced 'buckers, e.g., Pearly Gates, Air Norton, various burstbucker iterations. I do like the "fullness" of incomplete frequency cancellation

I have a a 490R/490T set that I'm think of transforming into a 490RT and 490TR set (lol). I actually love that wind, but not the magnet choice. I think they sound great once you've put something other than the stock A2s in them. I also wonder, though, if I'd like them even more if they were "opened up" by making them hybrid.

Anyway, back to your original question, I do think the Air Norton with an A9 can be a HEAVY sounding pickup, and its actually quite versatile. It's obviously not a hybrid in the strictest sense, but its an unbalanced coil design, so its the same idea

 

[ekulggats]

Here's a clip I made with the Omega slug/nazgul screw, omega mag-

https://www.instagram.com/p/CRpxoNwhnlt/

 

[80's_Thrash_Metal]

Sounds great man!

 

[Cynical]

Most of the high-output Bare Knuckles and DiMarzios already have mismatched coils, so most metal players who want that sound are probably going with one of those brands, which is probably why you don't see as much experimenting with SD hybrids from metal players.

 

[SweetClyde99]

I’m using a JB/Full Shred hybrid that works well for high gain, though I’m really not a metal player.

 

[Artie]

I did some hybrids quite some time ago for forum bro Travis. (Haven't seen him in awhile.) He supplied the pups. I did the surgery. I got to keep the mutts that he didn't want. They were all cool. Don't know where they are now. None were "metal-centric".

 

[Demanic]

I'll bet that, as a stock option, the 59/Custom would do metal quite well. Lots of harmonics. Solid top and low end. Distort that sound and you've got serious modern metal.