SLAYER question: What pickups were used by Kerry and Jeff on 'Reign in Blood'???????

[fretburner]

Re: SLAYER question: What pickups were used by Kerry and Jeff on 'Reign in Blood'????

Blame the producer all you want, the fact remains their guitar tone has been ****ing horrible since Divine Intervention onwards.

I love the sound to Diabolus in Musica. The drums and vocals were the best to me.

My fave Slayer album of all time still is "Seasons in the Abyss"

 

[p4vl]

Re: SLAYER question: What pickups were used by Kerry and Jeff on 'Reign in Blood'????

I actually think AoD is the weakest song on there, its only famous because of the lyrics.

You're crazy. The drum break alone makes it one of the best songs they've ever done. If you're looking for weak (comparatively) songs, Epidemic is it. It's not bad, it's just not Raining Blood or Angel of Death.

Oh, and Hanneman definitely had a Bill Lawrence in his Les Paul. King had a Bill Lawrence in the bridge of his first Warlock (with the 3x3 headstock), but the Red Mockingbird was Super Distortion/PAF.

Hanneman was ALWAYS the better player and writer.

 

[Jack_TriPpEr]

Re: SLAYER question: What pickups were used by Kerry and Jeff on 'Reign in Blood'????

Hanneman was ALWAYS the better player and writer.

+1. Backed up by review of songwriting credits on SOH and SITA. I never understood why Kerry is credited so much for Slayer's sound. Only thing I can figure is he got the recognition by being the more out-guying, press friendly guy out of the two of them (?)

 

[youngthrasher9]

Re: SLAYER question: What pickups were used by Kerry and Jeff on 'Reign in Blood'????

Hanneman was ALWAYS the better player and writer.

+2
I totally agree with this statement

 

[youngthrasher9]

Re: SLAYER question: What pickups were used by Kerry and Jeff on 'Reign in Blood'????

For anyone legitimately looking for a pickup that will get them close to the RIB tone, I reccomend the Alternative 8. I was getting into that territory quite easily running that pickup in a guitar with a mahogany body and mahogany neck, running through my Blackstar HT-20 head with the ISF all the way British.

 

[LatsMcGee]

Re: SLAYER question: What pickups were used by Kerry and Jeff on 'Reign in Blood'????

For anyone legitimately looking for a pickup that will get them close to the RIB tone, I reccomend the Alternative 8. I was getting into that territory quite easily running that pickup in a guitar with a mahogany body and mahogany neck, running through my Blackstar HT-20 head with the ISF all the way British.

I've actually been able to nail alot of the tones from SOH and Seasons with the blackout bridge.....I usually have the volume knob a little past half mast and it seems to cop those tones pretty well....

 

[JPH118]

Re: SLAYER question: What pickups were used by Kerry and Jeff on 'Reign in Blood'????

I actually think AoD is the weakest song on there, its only famous because of the lyrics.

Ironically, it's the only track on that album that fits into a conventional preconceived "song" format, the rest are pretty abstract and almost pieced together. Anyhow, when i feel like Slayer, i reach for SOH and SITA.

 

[JPH118]

Re: SLAYER question: What pickups were used by Kerry and Jeff on 'Reign in Blood'????

Hanneman was ALWAYS the better player and writer.

Amen. (or Hail Satan?)

Jeff wrote the classics that still bring down the house every night. he got lazy after SITA though. KK deserves credit for keeping them relevant, but he made a career out of image & filler IMHO.

 

[stormrider]

Re: SLAYER question: What pickups were used by Kerry and Jeff on 'Reign in Blood'????

Amen. (or Hail Satan?)

Jeff wrote the classics that still bring down the house every night. he got lazy after SITA though. KK deserves credit for keeping them relevant, but he made a career out of image & filler IMHO.

Totally agree! I always found Kerrys Lyrics pretty corny imo. I guess you Satan worshiper's out there love him though . Jeff did write Raining Blood which is the greatest Metal tune of all time!

 

[King IzzO)))]

Re: SLAYER question: What pickups were used by Kerry and Jeff on 'Reign in Blood'????

You guys are pissing in my wheaties again...

 

[Jessie's ghost]

Two things:

1.) Jeff Hanneman, FTMFW.
2.) This is one of these times when even I'll jump on the "It's not... it's..." bandwagon and say this:

It's cool if you want to know, out of curiosity, for historical purposes, because you want the same pickups, or whatever reason, what Jeff and Kerry used. But for my money, just about any loud bridge humbucker in a solidbody tuned to E-flat will get me in the neighborhood. The rest is mostly amp, setup, and dealing out the brutality with your pick hand.