Jeff Hilligan
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I agree with Steve and Pat...just get a chinese duncan and wax it! Wait a minute that's not what they said...the vodka and the stars and making me have memory problems!
Motorpud
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sah5150":1h19fhdz said:Motorpud":1h19fhdz said:I'd say MCP black belts. I have a set in my LP and they're never coming out. I saw a guy on here put up a pretty good van halen clip on YouTube, was like bmf5150 or somethingI'd check that out, sounded the best out of all the VH clips to me
Steve
Motorpud
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Actually, heres the clip I was talking about, says it's an EVH Frankenstein pup 
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Heritage Softail
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sah5150":1oacso18 said:Not even close if you are looking for the tones from the first 4 albums. Here is what I have tried that will really get you there with the right amp and guitar:troublehead":1oacso18 said:SD Custom Custom.........without a doubt
Mojave Pickup
Tom Holmes 455
Duncan '78
Voodoo '59
High Order 8.3K
Basically, you are looking for an 8.3-9.3K resistance, low output PAF-like pickup. There are plenty of them. Probably a Duncan '59 or a Dimarzio PAF would work just as well for this tone as the expensive pickups I've noted here. To me the best for this tone I've tried is the Mojave pickup, closely followed by the Duncan '78...
Here is a clip of the Mojave pickup:
Jamie's Cryin'
Here are clips of the Duncan '78:
Solo Clip I
Solo Clip II
Steve
Steven,
What pup did you use on the Wing Solo? That was a cool unique take on it while still enough like the song to feel the vibe.
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Anonymous
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Thanks man - that is a Duncan '59 neck hum...Heritage Softail":336ixemd said:sah5150":336ixemd said:Not even close if you are looking for the tones from the first 4 albums. Here is what I have tried that will really get you there with the right amp and guitar:troublehead":336ixemd said:SD Custom Custom.........without a doubt
Mojave Pickup
Tom Holmes 455
Duncan '78
Voodoo '59
High Order 8.3K
Basically, you are looking for an 8.3-9.3K resistance, low output PAF-like pickup. There are plenty of them. Probably a Duncan '59 or a Dimarzio PAF would work just as well for this tone as the expensive pickups I've noted here. To me the best for this tone I've tried is the Mojave pickup, closely followed by the Duncan '78...
Here is a clip of the Mojave pickup:
Jamie's Cryin'
Here are clips of the Duncan '78:
Solo Clip I
Solo Clip II
Steve
Steven,
What pup did you use on the Wing Solo? That was a cool unique take on it while still enough like the song to feel the vibe.
Steve
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Anonymous
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The MCPs are very bass heavy pickups. Read what others are saying here and obtain a slight sense of humor...Motorpud":2kxask14 said:sah5150":2kxask14 said:Motorpud":2kxask14 said:I'd say MCP black belts. I have a set in my LP and they're never coming out. I saw a guy on here put up a pretty good van halen clip on YouTube, was like bmf5150 or something
Steve
Steve
Motorpud
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sah5150":1e3r8kfy said:The MCPs are very bass heavy pickups. Read what others are saying here and obtain a slight sense of humor...Motorpud":1e3r8kfy said:sah5150":1e3r8kfy said:Motorpud":1e3r8kfy said:I'd say MCP black belts. I have a set in my LP and they're never coming out. I saw a guy on here put up a pretty good van halen clip on YouTube, was like bmf5150 or something
Steve
Steve
Maybe you missed my attempt at being sarcastic
Also, FWIW mine aren't bass heavy and they're the only pair I've heard that's all I have to go by 
Vrad
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Does Duncan still make the EVH (Evenly Voiced Harmonics)?
Vrad
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donbarzini":1gfrsqc4 said:
I see... I remember hearing clips of it years ago (when it was called the EVH), and it was like dead-on VH.
Vrad
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donbarzini":syygvnm2 said:
"The thrill of just the chase is worth the pain..."
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Perhaps I'm not as schooled in the art of sarcasm as I thought I was, because I had no idea that posting a smilie image feigning masturbation qualified...Motorpud":2yub5o9b said:Maybe you missed my attempt at being sarcastic
Steve
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H Golf Sport
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I have heard the Duncan EVH/78 is a real bright pickup. I thought the alnico 2 magnet would tame the brightness.
Can anyone who has owned both compare it to the custom custom . Thanks.
Aloha, Rob.
Can anyone who has owned both compare it to the custom custom . Thanks.
Aloha, Rob.
Motorpud
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sah5150":1lef7li4 said:Perhaps I'm not as schooled in the art of sarcasm as I thought I was, because I had no idea that posting a smilie image feigning masturbation qualified...Motorpud":1lef7li4 said:Maybe you missed my attempt at being sarcastic
Steve
Looks like I need to take some lessons.
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Motorpud":m88igegw said:sah5150":m88igegw said:Perhaps I'm not as schooled in the art of sarcasm as I thought I was, because I had no idea that posting a smilie image feigning masturbation qualified...Motorpud":m88igegw said:Maybe you missed my attempt at being sarcastic
Steve
Steve
Motorpud
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sah5150":176r06q7 said:Motorpud":176r06q7 said:sah5150":176r06q7 said:Perhaps I'm not as schooled in the art of sarcasm as I thought I was, because I had no idea that posting a smilie image feigning masturbation qualified...Motorpud":176r06q7 said:Maybe you missed my attempt at being sarcastic
Steve
Steve
touché
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Lord Toneking
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What's wierd is that I get more of the "old" EVH sound with my P90 Axis
IntenseJim
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A bit flubby on the low end.troublehead":3opju4hs said:SD Custom Custom.........without a doubt
mentoneman
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sah5150":3nwmyu9g said:Perhaps I'm not as schooled in the art of sarcasm as I thought I was, because I had no idea that posting a smilie image feigning masturbation qualified...Motorpud":3nwmyu9g said:Maybe you missed my attempt at being sarcastic
Steve
i had a pearly gates that was noisy as all get out-humbucker my eye-and sounded like a broken hummer/single coil twangy honk that had lifted weights, but it had some EVH soul. it was as close to the EVH duncan as i've heard in their stock series, but the EVH was more fiery and had a bigger goose under the hood.
custom custom had way more bass end. very mike anthony.
i also have a mojave pu that chubby sold me which i have not yet installed into a gtr. i bought it for my super strat, but gave the gtr to my nephew before i could install the new PU. also have the high order 8.3 but that one sounded more fusiony/legato in a basswood strat i installed it in. nice warm horn tone, just not as brown as i'da thought in that axe. more holdsworth tone than the holdsworth duncan i had! hmm maybe i need to build a holdsworth legato axe...
the pickup thing is such a hassle to experiment with man, but when you finally realize what it's doing to the tone it's a major eye opener.
same with speakers and tubes and woods.
and sadly by the time most of us tone goobers have the whole shebang figured out, we are one hundered and elevendy kabillion years old.
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