abstract
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Well, this supposedly arrived at my house last wednesday, but since the mailman is antisocial the bell didn't ring (just kidding, I'm a lazy slacker and I overslept). So I went to the post office that evening and received a mysterious package...
...and opened it to find a mysterious box. For some strange reason, it doesn't have a product name on it. I wonder why...?
...inside I find these!
If you hadn't already figured it out, this is the Aftermath set I ordered from the good people at BKP. Turnaround was lightning fast and Tim did his very best to accommodate my needs (a resounding success I might add). The DCR on these two read 15k even - bridge and 11k even - neck. The bridge Aftermath is everything it's being built up to be lately. Since they came out I've seen quite a few NA(ftermath)D threads, and they all touch on it's strengths. Right off the bat: It is SO tight. Easily the tightest pickup I've ever played. My equations prove "the notes can mute so fast that they end before they even begin...and still sound freaking HUGE." It's my theory of Aftermath-Relativity. Basically; Tim has created a pickup so tight it has the ability to travel back in time.
Not only is it tight, but it's also super defined. Chords ring out clear in the thickest of distortion on the lowest of strings. The midrange is pretty balanced compared to the JB that was in the bridge of my Schecter C7 Blackjack before the swap, which I found to be very high-mid heavy and a bit tough to stay in control of. The Aftermath has balanced but pronounced mids that are absolutely crushing, but easy to work into your overall tone. Maybe it's time-travel abilities are what gives it such a good rock crunch tone to compliment it's djenty-br00talz. Switching from AlNiCo in the JB to ceramic in the Aftermath was also a very positive transition for me. I just never get along with alnico pickups. The high-end cut with the Aftermath is also very noticeable. I have to use completely different amp settings moving from my C-Pig and ESP 6 string to my 7 string. That's fine though, since I use a midi footswitch.
Now, on to the neck pickup. I really have to thank Nolly yet again (I've already nominated him for best person alive) for suggesting that I get a ceramic magnet in both pickups. I was asking about which neck pickup to get back over on the BKP boards and I mentioned Misha's "Painkiller-neck" lead tone as something I was going for. Nolly (who'd originally enlightened me as to what pickup and guitar were causing my tone-stiffy) mentioned one of Tim's previous neck-Aftermath prototypes that had a ceramic magnet. As it turns out, it was the immediate precursor to the production Aftermath, the only difference being the magnet. I'm calling it the C-Math from now on because I'm too lazy to type "ceramic-neck-aftermath." The other person I need to thank is the man himself, Tim Mills, for absolutely killing it with this pickup. It just sounds perfect to me. It's bright, open, articulate, very sensitive to pick attack, and a rolled-back sound full of character. My Rock 'n Roll peeps love it, my br00tal m3htulz peeps love it, and I'm thinking of proposing to it.
Sorry I'm a little late, since I've been talking up my ownership of these. This happened about five days ago, but since then I've been alternating between
and 
and back to and again to . I had a bunch of technical problems, routing, and a bout of paranoia to deal with before I could really take these for a test-drive. As of now my Blackjack only has one pot (volume, and it's backwards 
), a 3 way strat switch with electric tape on the end because I lost the tip, and foam from the BKP box behind the bridge and nut to reduce ringing.
...and opened it to find a mysterious box. For some strange reason, it doesn't have a product name on it. I wonder why...?
...inside I find these!
If you hadn't already figured it out, this is the Aftermath set I ordered from the good people at BKP. Turnaround was lightning fast and Tim did his very best to accommodate my needs (a resounding success I might add). The DCR on these two read 15k even - bridge and 11k even - neck. The bridge Aftermath is everything it's being built up to be lately. Since they came out I've seen quite a few NA(ftermath)D threads, and they all touch on it's strengths. Right off the bat: It is SO tight. Easily the tightest pickup I've ever played. My equations prove "the notes can mute so fast that they end before they even begin...and still sound freaking HUGE." It's my theory of Aftermath-Relativity. Basically; Tim has created a pickup so tight it has the ability to travel back in time.
Not only is it tight, but it's also super defined. Chords ring out clear in the thickest of distortion on the lowest of strings. The midrange is pretty balanced compared to the JB that was in the bridge of my Schecter C7 Blackjack before the swap, which I found to be very high-mid heavy and a bit tough to stay in control of. The Aftermath has balanced but pronounced mids that are absolutely crushing, but easy to work into your overall tone. Maybe it's time-travel abilities are what gives it such a good rock crunch tone to compliment it's djenty-br00talz. Switching from AlNiCo in the JB to ceramic in the Aftermath was also a very positive transition for me. I just never get along with alnico pickups. The high-end cut with the Aftermath is also very noticeable. I have to use completely different amp settings moving from my C-Pig and ESP 6 string to my 7 string. That's fine though, since I use a midi footswitch.
Now, on to the neck pickup. I really have to thank Nolly yet again (I've already nominated him for best person alive) for suggesting that I get a ceramic magnet in both pickups. I was asking about which neck pickup to get back over on the BKP boards and I mentioned Misha's "Painkiller-neck" lead tone as something I was going for. Nolly (who'd originally enlightened me as to what pickup and guitar were causing my tone-stiffy) mentioned one of Tim's previous neck-Aftermath prototypes that had a ceramic magnet. As it turns out, it was the immediate precursor to the production Aftermath, the only difference being the magnet. I'm calling it the C-Math from now on because I'm too lazy to type "ceramic-neck-aftermath." The other person I need to thank is the man himself, Tim Mills, for absolutely killing it with this pickup. It just sounds perfect to me. It's bright, open, articulate, very sensitive to pick attack, and a rolled-back sound full of character. My Rock 'n Roll peeps love it, my br00tal m3htulz peeps love it, and I'm thinking of proposing to it.
Sorry I'm a little late, since I've been talking up my ownership of these. This happened about five days ago, but since then I've been alternating between
and and back to and again to . I had a bunch of technical problems, routing, and a bout of paranoia to deal with before I could really take these for a test-drive. As of now my Blackjack only has one pot (volume, and it's backwards ), a 3 way strat switch with electric tape on the end because I lost the tip, and foam from the BKP box behind the bridge and nut to reduce ringing. 
