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The Seymour Duncan seems to have more personality, more sparkle, seems to push the amp a bit less. I have a few guitars with the Wolfgang pickup, I like the clarity but it is missing some growl and personality I agree with the reviewer, I think that the custom custom has something in the character of the sound and I think eds best tones are on the 1984 album which he is rumoured to have used the Duncan

Any better chorus effect than a boss ce2 for modern pop music?

What brand tubes are in it? And what cabinet and mike’s do you use?

Sounds good and you play also good man! ✌️🎼💥

I had one it kept making a loud pop every 20 minutes or so, I emailed Friedman and didn’t hear back so I returned it. Honestly my Marshall dsl40 cost less than half the price and sounded better side by side 😊

Thank you. I was debating about this amp and your video is the best out there for what it truly sounds like. Sold. lol. Thank you !

Seymour Duncan ! the sound it s better definitely !

Great review and awesome recreation of the sound. Ive owned so many of Dave's amps (Dirty Shirley, Twin Sister, Wildwood Smallbox 50, BE100, BE100 DLX, BE50, Runt 20, Wildwood 20, Pink taco...jeez did I miss any?), and must say this one has always been my favorite. I gigged it years ago when they first came out, and I literally just bought it again today...for the 3rd time, lol. This time she stays...🤘🎸

Hello , I'm new to your channel and I think I'm gonna press the sub button at 3..2..1..Done ! Hihi ! I love mad scientists like you who love chasing tone ! I just finished watching your Plexi with Variac video , did you ever try the 78 ? Anyway, you have a new sub from Quebec and I'm very impressed how you take the time to answer your followers. That's great !

Great video...and man can you play.

Excellent sound and beautiful guitar, what height of strings at the 12th fret do you recommend for playing in the Van Halen tapping style?

So, how would the tone be if you routed a pickup hole right in front of the bridge pickup and run them both at the same time? It would be even better than either pickup just by itself, right?

this never-ending decay reverb trend must stop

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Dude, awesome demo! Sounds great! Cheers!

good smile!!

awesome amps and nice playing. Just something to think about....I had the wolfgang special and never quitw got the VH sound I wanted. I just got the evh striped series with the same wolfgang pickup and this guitar has the exact 84 VH sound I always wanted. Same exact pickup but this one is wired directly to the volume knob and has no tone control. You can do the same thing to that wolfgang and just wire the pickups straight to the volume knob.

Great video thanx man

When doing these “tests” why doesn’t anyone ever show that the pickup is ABLE to replicate the desired tone as in Unchained? The gain was CLEARLY too high on both pickups but especially so for the CC. C’MON MAN! Has lo bien, primo!

Nice job! I actually preferred the Seymour Duncan, which is interesting, I think they’re pretty great pick ups in general, though. Great video!!!

Muy buen video, gracias. De los amplificadores friedman de 20W, según tu opinión, con cual te quedas? Runt, Pink Taco o JJ Junior (por alguna razón el runt es el más barato)

Brilliant video! Well done on finding a sound that gets you in the EVH zone!

You talk too much

Sh11 es una muy rica Humbucker. Sería buenisimo un versus entre la sh11 y la sh16. A todo esto cuál de esas dos recomendarías más para una buena les Paul? Saludos!

amazing channel...great review

Now get an Alnico 2 magnet to swap out the JB's Alnico 5. Eddie did use the JB, but like with his custom (originally a ceramic pick, hence custom custom) he had Seymour build his JB using an A2 magnet (at that time it was an Allan Holdsworth prototype pickup, the same model Warren DeMartini and Jake E Lee used on their guitars at that time). Both the duncan custom shop and EVH brand now sell three Ed pickup flavors, a PAF type with A2, a Custom type with A2 and a JB type with A2. I have done this to my JB and it does acquire some of the CC character, less compressed, a bit more ballsy and slightly smoother but brighter resonant peak. Works amazing for strats. Saludos desde Brasil, hermano.

Is this the stock Wolfgang pickup that came with the guitar. If so it's not the same as the USA Wolfgang pickup. Sounds totally different that the USA pickup. I have to agree that the Duncan sounds better not as loose on the low end. Again if this is the stock pickup in the special it doesn't represent the pickup Van Halen actually used as the USA pickup sounds different.

The EVH pickup is clearly designed to only work with the full EVH setup. It's also clearly tuned to work properly with the 100 watt vintage style Marshall and nothing else. Stop your lunacy. Control yourself. There IS consumer law. All companies must abide by the laws. You can't compare EVH pickups that are only going to work in the EVH brand and nowhere else. Of course you like and prefer cause you're not using the EVH thing in an EVH setup. The custom custom IS designed to work in both of your old technology amplifiers. But, we know, the CC is NOT THE SAME AS the original. It's a low fidelity version which has reduced noise when compared with Eddie's original. The million dollar guitar pickup is safe. So don't worry that you have exactly the same pickup as Eddie cause you DON'T. EITHER you FINISH BUYING the EVH setup or you get out of all things EVH. EVH will only work with the 100 Watt vintage Marshall and nothing else. That means the custom custom pickup can't possibly work with anything EVH. Eddie only gave permission for the vintage Marshall and nothing else. The old flangers don't work with EVH. The old phasers don't work with EVH either. So, don't fool yourself. They're not your friends. If you want the old sound, you've only got 1 choice, and that's to buy Eddie's exact equipment. All other products are slightly wrong. You have the choice of EVH or nothing. Grow up kids. Consumer law exists and you're not getting around it with your experiments.

Fun fact, Eddie had an SH-11 Custom Custom he stuck in the neck of the early prototypes of the Music Man guitar. He told the DiMarzio guys he wanted that sound but a tad brighter. It took about 30 prototypes to unseat the Custom Custom as Eddie's preferred neck tone. So even though it's an awesome EVH bridge pickup, that's kinda what he likes in the neck too! The DiMarzio Air Norton is the closest model they sell which was the runner up to what EVH eventually approved.

To get that authentic brown sound, I put some Ex-Lax in my Marshall, I actually put it between the head and the cabinet, it works best there, then, just let the music flow !

One guitar can do it all from fender to les Paul love it that my dream guitar,oh please take that red star out that look 😂😂leave the 5150

EVH Wolfgang special one of kind there with bird eye don’t see that often by the way nice sound both humbucker and single coil I wish I have one

Im ver happy with my BE50 DLX.. I imagine the difference is very insignificant I only wish all the dip switches were on the front panel

I liked them both. Your tone is so good it's so sparkly and clear. I want that. I have a Wolfang standard, is there really that much of a difference between it and a Special? Or is it more in the amp and other things. I have a new Iconic 5150 amp 60w 2x12. That Friedman amp sounds good what model is it?

They sound a little different, but both sound very good.

Hello!! Excellent job and playing! Between the JB - CC and 59/hybrid which one did you kept? I had CC and now JB in a copy strat but i believe that JB is more compressed and CC has better note separation. Especially at the high frets where CC is singing....

Scallop board?

Just getting into the variac, never thought I'd be going down the rabbit hole.

Freaking awesome review 🔥. Just one question on how does it take dirt drives and fuzzes like tone bender and fuzz faces type circuits?

love the tone control of the vol and tone knobs

May be a bit off topic: I have seen you use the g string Gate. I am play who use the volume knob on the guitar a lot. Is it dynamic enough to play that way or does it cut off the signal when turning to 3 or 4 ??? Thanks from germany

Amazing! What pickup do you have in the white Strat?

Have you tried the UA Lion yet? Really interested in that as a potential tradeoff for the 100 watt Plexi.

So nice to hear more than one or two styles of playing and scales in these demos..

Creo que no es el cordobés

Excellent video....great playing and great tones. My BE-100 DLX arrives Monday, I can't wait.

The Wolfgang pickup sounds the best. Eddie designed it to have less punch than a alcino 5 but same volume and a little more high end clarity. At any volume the wolfgang pickup brings out the tone of the wood from the body and neck so it can sing. The Seymour duncan has a more muddy sound but more output. I think the EVH pickup is really good with extreme high gain because it's not over modulated gain.

Eddie used Reverb heavily for sure!

JB win! )

Que chevere....te felicito....un abrazo respetuoso desde Puerto Rico.