The LEAST Versatile Pickup

[weepingminotaur]

When I had the Nazgul, I never really tried to play pretty clean passages, crunchy tones, or soulful blues solos on it, admittedly.

Having said that, I don't really see why it would be less versatile than the Black Winter which people claim is great at many things other than Metal. I find that, while they're certainly not the same, they have many things in common. If anything, I'd say the Nazgul is a tad less compressed and focused, which is kinda what makes the Black Winter great doing aggressive Metal, IMO.

JMO, of course.

The BW bridge is a very special pickup for me. Somehow it does searing metal fine while also being able to handle blues, rock, even funk if you're careful with the volume and tone knobs. Even dimed all the way on tone, it's not ice-picky, yet it cuts through a mix nicely.

I think folks object to the Nazgul because of how bright it is clean with tone at 10. When you roll off tone, it gets a lot more usable for non-metal applications, though it will obviously never be mistaken for a low-output pickup with dynamics. It certainly wouldn't be my first choice for pretty cleans. But I'm usually on the neck pickup for cleans anyway, so.

 

[NotDemanic]

First off, the Slug.
And next the X2N.