Prog/Djenty Pickups

Owwwccchhh

Owwwccchhh

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Hey guys, I know it's been a while, but it's getting close to time for my first pickup upgrade. I want to spend around 80$ on the pup, I'll install it myself. I just want to know your suggestions for a bridge pickup that has nice chunk to it. I've watched some videos on the matter, the Keith Merrow one and a small comparison of some DiMarzio stuff.

What I'm leaning towards right now is a DiMarzio Gravity Storm, or SD Custom. Though all suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks for all replies.
 
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Havent found any pickup better at it than the Bareknuckle Aftermath. The Nazgul is SD's stab at making a amath type pickup. The custom is a great pickup and will do tons of things but I wouldnt say it excels at djent. If you are looking for djent out of SD's line the black winters and nazgul are better at it. I really like the gravity storms particularly the neck one but they are made for someone with expressive hands. If you dig hard they will do it. If you tickle the strings they wont.

That being said djent is more than just the pickup, The amp needs to be tight and controlled as does your speakers. If you are playing through a classic 50 with a DS1 stomp box i would fix that before swapping pups.
 
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The Nazgul's have something in the midrange that I'm not a massive fan of. Though the black Winters are sweet from what I've seen. I definitely do dig in when it comes to that sort of playing, so the Gravity Storm may work well for me. The custom just sounds well rounded, and it has a nice sort of boomyness from what I've seen. It sort of lets the notes ring out but I haven't really played them. Just gathering what qualities I enjoyed about the Keith Merrow video.

Edit: forgot to talk about the bit at the end about the amp. It's mostly bias right now, with the 5150 sim through PA speakers. I need to get a new amp, I know.
 
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Would any lower output pickups work well for a chunky metal rhythm? I completely ignored those pickups while I was looking. I do want this pickup to have good leads as well. I know that the discussion of leads can be forgotten when djent is brought up and I think I phrased what I want incorrectly. I want a heavy sounding modern metal-rock pickup for chunky rhythm and precise leads. Not necessarily super djent. More just periphery style leads and rhythm.
 
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I've seen the Pegasus. Something about it isn't my favorite. Same with the Nazgul. I guess I'm not a big fan of Duncan's modern style pickups.
 
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I've looked at the crunch lab. Didn't know if it would suit the style. I'll look into it and see if it's something that I enjoy.
 
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I like the riff. It's more old school than what I'm into but it's good nevertheless. Not a major fan of the tone personally though. Keep up the good work dude! I'd definitely like to see a gravity storm demo.
 
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You might check out the Alpha & Omega set, which was sort of designed for that sound. They aren't crazy hot, and you get some separation of the notes on complex chords. You also get all of the percussiveness you would want.
 
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Owwwccchhh said:
The Nazgul's have something in the midrange that I'm not a massive fan of. Though the black Winters are sweet from what I've seen. I definitely do dig in when it comes to that sort of playing, so the Gravity Storm may work well for me. The custom just sounds well rounded, and it has a nice sort of boomyness from what I've seen. It sort of lets the notes ring out but I haven't really played them. Just gathering what qualities I enjoyed about the Keith Merrow video.

Edit: forgot to talk about the bit at the end about the amp. It's mostly bias right now, with the 5150 sim through PA speakers. I need to get a new amp, I know.
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If thats what your using then the gravity storm might just do the trick. You need output when you need to push a tube amp. If you using a sim it might even be better to go with a lower output set up.

Though "chunky metal rhythm" is different from djent. Pretty much any humbucker (and many singles) can do chunky metal rhythm, Djent and prog on the other are a bit more specific and have more specific requirements. Have you ever tried a Norton? Not super Djenty but will do chunky prog real well and isnt super hot. The Full Shred will do it too but lacks the chink chink that lots of djenters are after.
 
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I love how "djent" is a real thing now- just an onomatopoeia for something desired by hard rockers. I like the Dimebucker, Distortion, JB, & Super Distortion.
 
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baritone said:
I love how "djent" is a real thing now- just an onomatopoeia for something desired by hard rockers. I like the Dimebucker, Distortion, JB, & Super Distortion.
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Well I don't know if it's necessarily a legitimate genre of music, but I do think it's a legitimate style of playing guitar. It's become a technique.



OP, I don't know if anybody's asked this, but what guitar are you playing? That's going to help us with figuring out what pickups can get you there.
 
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They haven't. No. I'm playing a MIM HSH Strat. Still using the stock Fender blacktop humbuckers which are good, but I want something a bit more modern.
 
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Does chunky prog and not super hot sounds awesome. I'll add Nortons to the list of stuff to check out

And yeah. The Gravity Storms sound awesome to my ears. I really like them though I thought a few more opinions would be good, especially considering I've never used anything beyond the stock pickups that I've had
 
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Dimebuckers are cool sounding. Don't know if it particularly fits the more modern sound I want though. A lot of the same goes for the rest, though I do like the way the distortion sounds
 
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