Here's the sequel to my Nailbomb NPD thread a few weeks ago, this time featuring the ceramic Warpig 7. I just installed this tonight, I only played it for about an hour but here is my initial impression.
First of all, this is a completely different sound than the Nailbomb, but is equally as awesome in my experience thus far. The Warpig was exactly what I hoped it would be: something that sounded great and provided brutal, aggressive, tight, heavy tone but lacked the cons often associated with ceramic high-output pickups. The Warpig fucking delivers. To my surprise even the clean tone was cool. This pickup is really powerful but it's not overly compressed or thin, it's actually quite open and dynamic for the amount of output it has. I love the pick attack and it's well balanced. The mids are right up my alley, really growly and aggressive but not abrasive or honky like the SD ceramics can be at times. Although this pickup has a similar eq curve than those, the Warpig completely blows them out of the water and sounds really unique.
The Nailbomb is definitely thicker, punchier, and warmer. Both have great lead, rhythm, and clean tones (which is really hard to pull off), however the Warpig definitely has tighter bass response and more bite. Both are great for my playing style which is cool, but both have a unique character to 'em. I'll write up a more thorough review when I get more time in with this. So far however I'm loving this.
Which do I prefer? I really don't know yet. I love them both equally for now, time will tell I suppose. Soon I'll record some comparison clips so you guys can check it out. This pickup may not be for everyone, but I'm really digging it thus far.
I'm looking forward to reading some other folks' reviews of this pickup too however, just in case any potential jackass conspiracy theorists out there think I'm making all this up.
So far with my BKP experimentation I can safely say I'm 2 for 2.
On to the pics...
First of all, this is a completely different sound than the Nailbomb, but is equally as awesome in my experience thus far. The Warpig was exactly what I hoped it would be: something that sounded great and provided brutal, aggressive, tight, heavy tone but lacked the cons often associated with ceramic high-output pickups. The Warpig fucking delivers. To my surprise even the clean tone was cool. This pickup is really powerful but it's not overly compressed or thin, it's actually quite open and dynamic for the amount of output it has. I love the pick attack and it's well balanced. The mids are right up my alley, really growly and aggressive but not abrasive or honky like the SD ceramics can be at times. Although this pickup has a similar eq curve than those, the Warpig completely blows them out of the water and sounds really unique.
The Nailbomb is definitely thicker, punchier, and warmer. Both have great lead, rhythm, and clean tones (which is really hard to pull off), however the Warpig definitely has tighter bass response and more bite. Both are great for my playing style which is cool, but both have a unique character to 'em. I'll write up a more thorough review when I get more time in with this. So far however I'm loving this.
Which do I prefer? I really don't know yet. I love them both equally for now, time will tell I suppose. Soon I'll record some comparison clips so you guys can check it out. This pickup may not be for everyone, but I'm really digging it thus far.
I'm looking forward to reading some other folks' reviews of this pickup too however, just in case any potential jackass conspiracy theorists out there think I'm making all this up.
So far with my BKP experimentation I can safely say I'm 2 for 2.
On to the pics...
