Pickups for Bodom?

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Alexi Laiho uses an EMG HZ-4, surprisingly enough.
 
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Why don't you just get the Hz-4? You could probably get one for 1/2 the price.
 
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The DD will probably get you closest out of any Duncan, but remember that most of his tone comes from his amp setup.

Lee Jackson Perfect Connection preamp
Peavey Classic poweramp
Marshall cabs.

I have seen live pics, however, of ENGL's and Recto's onstage.
 
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DeadSkinSlayer3 said:
...remember that most of his tone comes from his amp setup.

It cracks me up everytime I see a review on Harmony Central akin to "I put EMG 81s in my Hondo strat copy, now I sound just like Kirk Hammond [sic]" :D
 
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wixomwhat said:
dont like the way emg's look.

It is all about the TONE my friend.

Personally I think the EMG' s look great'
I had HZ4's in my Zakk Wylde LP, but I have intalled a JB though.

Another thing: I remember having read somewhere that Alexi used others than the HZ4 to record his albums. After that he used the HZ4.
But I ' m not sure about that.
 
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when alexi had his jackson's he was using there jb-50c humbuckers with a jackson booster switch in it as well (i believe it was the jb-1000) after they were stolen and he got his esp's he switched to emg 81's with a pa-2 for a while then switched over to the hz-4 with the pa-2 gain switch when i play bodom songs i use a dimarzio x2n with a booster switch that i got from neal moser and it absolutly kills for getting that uber heavy metal tone, in fact when i met alexi and the bodom boys there were suprised how huge a tone i had, if you play heavy metal of anykind i have to suggest the x2n, it nails it completly plus with my booster emg's cant touch the output i get!
 
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goth_fiend said:
when alexi had his jackson's he was using there jb-50c humbuckers with a jackson booster switch in it as well (i believe it was the jb-1000) after they were stolen and he got his esp's he switched to emg 81's with a pa-2 for a while then switched over to the hz-4 with the pa-2 gain switch when i play bodom songs i use a dimarzio x2n with a booster switch that i got from neal moser and it absolutly kills for getting that uber heavy metal tone, in fact when i met alexi and the bodom boys there were suprised how huge a tone i had, if you play heavy metal of anykind i have to suggest the x2n, it nails it completly plus with my booster emg's cant touch the output i get!

Dude, that is one hella-long sentence! :D

As far as EMGs not touching an X2N with a booster switch, no sh*t. Put a booster on a super low output single coil, and it'll be louder than anything without a booster.
 
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DeadSkinSlayer3 said:
The DD will probably get you closest out of any Duncan

if you do not want the HZ4 get a dimarzio X2N and set it away from the strings.
these two are very very similar tonally and trust me i own both. NO duncan sounds like the H4.
under the cover of the H4 is two large blade poles and it uses a ceramic magnet
these are the same design features of the X2N.
the only real difference between the H4 and the X2N is the output.
so if you set the X2N a bit further away it will dupe the tone of the H4.
 
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Speaking of the children I'm looking forward to their new album this year. I liked alexi's tone on follow the reaper best, but i'm not sure what he was using as a pickup then.
 
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EMG makes a booster switch which can be found on their website. I think its a +10 gain but I'm not sure.
 
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i got mine off of www.nealmoser.com


emg makes 2 boosters the pa-2 and the afterburner, the pa-2 is *I believe* a 12db boost and the afterburner replaces your tone knob with a gain control (which goes up to 20db) my booster is a 10x booster (whatever output i have multiply by 10)
 
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I think it boosts the overall output of your pickup cause when people mix passives and actives they recommend a booster for the passives so they will be "as hot" as the active. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
 
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