Видео

Fantastic comparison! The Polymath takes the W here for me. It sounds perfectly balanced, clear and tight.

That Chug section for the ''A pickup" (without spoil), is insanely tight, clear and martial, damn I've never hear this pickup like that in action, I would love to hear this one agains't the Warpig !

Judging by the string guage I'm going to guess G# or drop G?

heavy as 🤟🏼

Your tone could use some figuring out. At the volume it's at, there's no reason why the drums would be burying it like this. It's barely audible.

Yeah Mayonaise! LOL! i am love Mayones guitars loaded with bareknuckles. Nice playing and sounds.

These riffs are amazing

Christ this style of music is so boring nowadays

zajebiscie!

turn down a little the highs and the gain and your as good as new

Sounds just like James’ tone in his guitar center video. Nice!

For battery you gotta palm mute a bit harder will chug way more

👌🔥

So I came back to watch this video this morning because I ended up buying the Aftermaths after watching this comparison. However, I also found a cheap Ibanez at guitar center with Polymath PUPs and talked em down to $500 (I also needed the neck for one of my old Iron Labels), and I gotta say... if you're playing leads, the Polymaths are the way to go man. It has lower output overall but the high freq output of the Aftermaths when playing leads with an alder body guitar and maple neck sound like cats fighting without some serious EQ. I put the Polymath pups in my Ibanez RG5320 to replace the Aftermaths and OMG are those things amazing for leads or rhythms with a lot of punch in the mids. The Aftermath PUPs I put in my Basswood body Iron Label guitar and it truly makes a difference tapering the high freq tones inherent to the Aftermaths. Suffice it to say, both are awesome, and I make my choice based on this video. But IMO, if you're putting them in an alder/swamp ash/african mahogany body guitar with a maple neck (especially roasted maple) and the typical ebony fretboard... the Polymaths are what you want. But if you have a Mahogany, Rosewood, or Basswood body then get the Aftermaths (especially if you tune to D standard or Drop C). The tonal differences in the tonewood itself are slight, but when it comes to the quality of BK PUPs, those tonal variations are actually apparent. These two PUPs along with the Ragnaroks are AMAZING (as is every BKP set I've ever purchased) PUPS and worth every penny, but pay close attention to the tonal properties listed on their website, because they genuinely sound like their Low-Mid-High bar charts describe them. Anyways, I just wanted to return to the video that contributed to my decision and post my observations based on my guitars which they were used in. Thanks again, awesome channel bro, and great demo 🤘

Nice comparison. A lot of ppl complain that the aftermath is a one trick pony but it is actually pretty versatile. I thought the triple magnets would destroy my DAW too but it didn’t do that either. I play more black metal/crust music and the aftermath wins this comparison.

Great job, dude!!

Sounds great! Did you double track the guitars for the cover or just placed it in the middle?

The aftermath sounds great in this. Listen to this through a proper set of speakers and you'll hear it properly. The aftermath has much better low end attack, and is a thicker throughout. It also seems to handle the high gain better. Not a fan of the polymath, in anything I've heard really. Great sound test of the Aftermath, about time it was done justice.

Man what was that song in Riff 2? If it’s your progression well done (but really good job on the video either way).

🔥🔥🔥

Dude, you did an amazing job, I actually been wanting to learn this song for a long time. It happens to be one of my favorite John Brown rhythms. Great playing brother what tuning is that? Please remind me.😂

I'm learning this one at the moment but I'm having hard time figuring out the rhythm in the beginning. It is so weird :/

Holy shit is that a Mayo?

This is huge

Still like the aftermath better. The polymath is a little brighter with better clarity on on the neck pickup but it just seem as tight on the low end. I need to run the signals through a spectrum analyzer because they’re pretty damn close. But overall I was digging pickup A more than the B on most examples. I do like the cleans better on the polymath but I’m a metal guy so that’s not really a major contributing factor to which I’d choose… 🤷🏻‍♂️

Pro :)

Awesome playing man!

jezu chłopie, zapomniałem o tym utworze, dzięki za przypomnienie :D

🤘😁

Great! I saw you are using guitars with BKP pickups. What is your favorite set? As you tried a lot of options I see :)

Hi Michal, thanks for doing a really good comparison video of the Aftermath and the Polymath. I was able to tell which riff is Aftermath and which riff is Polymath. I hear from others who tried the Polymath, it's slightly less output and requires a bit more effort on your part when playing. And they are not forgiving pickups. How did it feel to you when you played them both?

They both sound great on high-gain! The Splitcoil on pickups A sound better to me than the B's though. Overall I liked the A's better even though they are pretty similar, can't go wrong with either.

Which is pickup A and which is pickup B??

Perfect cover, love It! May i Ask where did you get the backing track?

Hi, I just got the Polymaths because of this video. However, my pickups sound very lofi compared to your di tracks. Your di's have so much detail and complex highs, I have none of that. I have fresh NYXL strings, pickups as close as possible, running through Countryman Type 10 into RME Fireface UFX 2. Still my di sounds like plating rubber bands. Are you running the di's through Axe FX 3, using it as the interface? I noticed that your di's are clipped too, I wonder what causes that. I appreciate hugely any help!

What’s the body spec of this regius? I also using regius 6 with SD sentient/nazgul set and considering between those two sets!

that aftermath sounds so good in the mix at the beginning. Poly seems like it needs more umph tbh... like a little thin. Nothing wrong with either though. I would consider the aftermath for like Inferi songs and the polymath for cleaner djent songs. If you want more power and more fizz, maybe aftermath.

Great video!

Thanks, thinking about getting the Polymaths, pretty much knew which one was which on the first clean strum. Can't go wrong with either, but I really like the Polys.

I love the intro! It has a Deftones vibe. 🤘

Nailed it. I got it right after the first A riff. also, very cool audio too. Reminds me a bit of Rabae Maasad

This was a great comparison. :-) got them right. The polymath will fit perfect in a mix. But i like the high end of the aftermath.

Блин, какие рифаки афигенные!

Cymbals are soooooo loud. Eating up all the guitar

I get the feeling the Polymaths were designed to fit inside of a mix with less eq’ing

Were your DI tracks for this recorded directly from the Axe Fx 3, with no altering of the input signal? I'm comparing with an AFX3 as well and want to make sure it's an accurate comparison.

you can tell the difference by looking at the pole screws. I think I prefer the Polymaths

I got the difference between the two correct, but I'll have to say... A was better for the single note riffs, and B was perfect for thick chords.

Trying to decide between polymath and juggernauts

Glad to see this comparison! I have a set of Aftermaths in my 7 and just put a set of Polymaths in my 6. Both sound.. absolutely sick.