Well ... if Duncan marketed it as a copy of Van Halens favorite pickup then ... thats good advertising and it costs. Also perhaps a breach of trust? Wasn't there, dont know but if you said you had copied EVH's favortie pickup and got that word out you'd sell alot more pickups than just announcing a '78 model. I have a suspicion thats exactly what was done, informal announcements to get the public's lips flapping than the unofficial 78 name. Smart marketing by Duncan, understandable upset EVH. It is after all ALWAYS about the money.
Eddie is a Much different person today. I'm certain that he had his reasons for trying to keep his sense of his own signature sound as private as he was able to. The new Wolfgang is so much hotter. I've tried to get one of these but was sent a trembucker I can't use.
@@krotma SD actually had a 1/6 ad in magazines that had VH's name, but to be fair, along with about 6 other artists and the pickups they were associated with. So Eddie sent a cease-and-desist letter to SD. Ironically on;y about a half-dozen years later VH gets SD on board as the de-facto pickups on Kramers. GUH...
Plausible deniability, the EVH estate could sue the shit out of them for claiming things that they can't prove (even though it could be public knowledge)
I have one, and it is EVERYTHING this video describes and more. Running it straight into a Marshal DSL (no pedals needed) with my Custom strat and and I can get every tone I've ever wanted, and not just VH tone... but it definitely delivers that tone in spades. With a some tweaking of the amp it gets that '81-'86 Brown Sound tone as well. It's incredibly articulate...your guitar will sound and FEEL completely different. It becomes an extension of you rather than just an axe. Just be careful to not mount it too close to the strings or it will stomp all over the tone. Give it a little room to breath and it'll deliver.
@@mountain7777 I have actually bought 2 of the 78' models; one is a single conductor and the other a four conductor. The single conductor went into a G&L ASAT Bluesboy (neck) and the 4 conductor went into a LTD EC 256 (bridge). They both sound great!!! Although there is a big volume difference with the neck and bridge pickup for the G&L Bluesboy. The LTD has a Seymour Duncan Alnico 2 Pro neck as well as the 78'. They compliment each other very well!!!!!! They both sound so articulate either in humbucker mode or single coil tapped mode. Both are Alnico 2....that warmth of the Alnico 2 is amazing! If you are a lover of Les Paul type guitars then you should check out the 78'model/Alnico 2 Pro combo!!! If warm, tight, articulate for cleans and throaty thick searing lead tones are what you are after....then..........try that combo!!! I would put my LTD EC-256 against a real Gibson Les Paul Classic any day for tone!!!
Thanks Christopher I appreciate the feedback. I’m gonna get one for my 96 US strat. I am not quite sure what I’m gonna use for the neck position just yet.
Hey thanks Randy! Very kind of you. The delay is an "always on" delay that has a modulation on it. The key to having an always on delay is getting the echoes quiet enough to not really produce an audible repeat but blending with the reverb creating a sense of natural ambience. I actually use my "always on delay" as a sort of early reflection and set the pre-delay on the reverb to be quite long. I'm a big fan of ambient guitar for sure.
I actually bought off of eBay and it was already refinished. Just has an oil based walnut stain and a thin layer of nitro clear... I like how it blends with the fretboard. Thank you for asking bud!
Yeah, the old EMT plates had massive pre-delay times and it is basically the key to getting reverb sounds that don't blend in with the source signal and obscure the fine details. Your Ibanez ad9 is a whoop ass pedal and that sde-1000 is a FINE delay BTW. Sound is straight from the Line 6 with no additional effects or processing for this video. The delay is 400ms.. The other key is removing bass from one's tone until the sound is lean & mean. Ambient FX don't like being driven by a lot of bass.
The '78 Model is 9K of 42AWG wire with Alnico II magnet The EVH Frankenstein is 14.4K of 43AWG wire with Alnico II magnet EVH Wolfgang is around 14K of 43AWG wire with Alnico V magnet The '78 Model is a raw snarling dog and is sonically related to the Frankenstein pup. The EVH Wolfgang pickup differs in tone quite a bit, some have described it as nasal and others describe it as bright and percussive. The Wolfgang pickup is pretty much for the modern and recent Van Halen tone.
That is going to be a RIGHTEOUS sound through those two AWESOME amps! Both pickups are similarly voiced, share the same magnets but are wound with two different gauges of wire... not sure if the Franky is plain enamel or not. I suppose I could just check since I have one still in the box. lolz!
Great review! This '78 seems to have a great balance across the strings (punch in the low, without the boomy mud. (great examples from 1:15 to about 2:15)) The playing and the tone is outstanding...
You really rock blocked me starting at 7:15 when you covered up his best EVH playing with flash words. Also, would have been nice to also have him play on a set of them switching from bridge to neck and both since they are also sold as sets.
That would probably sound really nice in a Les Paul style or similar guitar. I might have to put a Maple topped Mahogany superstrat on the bench this year. Anybody have ideas as to whether this will come with four-conductor wiring for coil taps and phase-monkeyingery? Hopefully it will sound nice in (or be made available for) the neck position also....
Warmoth builds great stuff... it's the highest priced stuff out there but the quality is always second to none. The guitar is a Centaura model. made between 1988-1993ish. The fingerboard is actually Pau Ferro which Hamer was experimenting with a bit at the time. Pau Ferro isn't as porous as rosewood and gives a glassier tone than the warm sounding rosewood. It's a subtle difference and the woods are like distant cousins I think. Hamer is done, Fender gave the brand a quick death in 2012. : (
EdMan57 On one hand, you'll have more sustain and warmth, on the other you will lose a little twang, bite and articulation. Personally, 3 times out of 5 I'd take sustain and warmth over twang and bite... the '78 is THE quintessential hot PAF and makes Gibson scale mahogany guitars positively roar with a tight powerful brown sound.
I have a halen "shark" made from Korina.I have tried around 6 different pickups,burstbuckers,various SD including a all white 78 which is in it now. It sounds great but to be honest you can get any high quality HB to get in the ballpark.Chances are you are going to also be running through a tube amp.With my MXR 10 band eq I can make just about any of of HB guitars all sound the same regardless of the wood,neck,pickups,pots etc.....But raw plugged straight in any of my Marshalls the 78 is not as loud,more growling,sizzle? but duller and with less sparkle than the burstbuckers and simular.just my 170+$ worth of info.
Get a Bill Lawrence 500xl. They're only 64.00 bucks, and will blow any Duncan away...There are fake ones out there being sold, so make sure if you try one to use the Bill and Becky site. You can thank me later...It will NOT disappoint...EVER.
the product page description says this: "The ’78 started life as a PAF rewind for a scrappy young player that all of us owe some thanks to." with scrappy young player they mean EVH. he ripped the original pickup pick out of a Gibson ES-355. I really want buy the 78 model because it sound amazing!!!
Great playing, but we get it, it does the VH thing. With 8:00, some clean and OD tones would have been appreciated, since there isn't much available on this pup. Killer chops, though.
Good to hear. I have the franky in my so cal and bumblebee an absolutely love it. Just scoresheet a mahogany San dimas with a 78 in it. Curious to hear it through my Friedman Pink Taco and 5150iii 50.
Can this model sound clean enough to play jazz or is it just for rock? Haven't found the Jazz Model to be very full, and Antiquities and Seth's are not wax potted. Can't find any examples of someone playing jazz with this '78. Thanks.- Charles Bevell
so what model is the guitar? what wood? also can you list your effects chain and what you are playing thru? Then we can really get a flavor for the pickup tone.
what do you think of this '78 vs other overwound alnico ii offerings such as the duncan alnico ii pro or slash model, gibson's 490t, burstbucker 3? from dc resistance alone it would lead me to think its a hotter p/u.
awesome man. im definitely a vh tone chaser, modding and amps and what have you but ive never been able to get that delay sound. i have a ibanez ad9 and a rack mount roland sde1000 and while they are both great in their own right they dont nail it. alot of other people have told me to try a reverb with pre delay.i will for sure how much of verb is comming out of the amp and how much is recording effects? thanks for responding
Well, there are some similarities between the videos. "The Best High Gain" video, 35th Anni JB and '78 Model... they are all the same player, same guitar, same rig and all are using the exact same CustomTone patch (POD X3 Live). I am certain that I processed the "Best High Gain" video in post with some plug-ins. The 35th Anniversary JB and '78 Model videos received some limiting... but I don't think I did anything other than limiting to get the levels as loud as possible.You have a good ear!
what amp are you using? any distortion effects? Reverb pedals? what phaser? Sorry about all the questions, but you have 99% brown sound, and I love it!
He might have been trying to match the extra distortion created by the Variac Transformer Eddie plugged his Marshalls into. He also cranked everything all the way up.
On that old days only the holy HAMER was the closest thing to a proper custom shop guitar...on these days what we call custom shop guitars are just a little better ingredients or workmanship or even nothing more than with some more option features than production models.
The amp and effects are key to this sound. The pickup itself isn't doing much more than any other PAF would do. You don't sell the steak, you sell the sizzle.
Thing is the brown sound wasn't actually always the same, (eddies signature traits were however more consistent) and for SOME songs on the earlier albums this pickup does contribute to the biting chimey quality they have, and other times that effect is reinforced more by harmonic runs and eventide pitching
HI what is the difference in this pickup and the EVH Frankenstein pickup? and how do both of those compare to the EVH Wolfgang pickups? Thanks for your help. :)
zmb: I know it's sacrilege to suggest it, but this sounds 'better' than actual VH. Great, tight playing. Maybe it's the POD that's keeping this a tighter, cleaner sound? Whatever. It's beautiful stuff. Thank you for including all the gear notes at the end. But, which Hamer model is this? Is it current? It's Alder, with a maple neck and ROSEWOOD fingerboard? I'm looking for a 'non-VH-looking' guitar to put a VH-like pickup into. I was thinking of building something with Warmoth....
Just got it in today. Both sound great but paired with the Friedman...,wicked . More to come later but thanks for the reply. BTW,Fantastic playing on your videos.
Sounds great! I'm trying to replace the pickups in my Les Paul (was running EMG 81/85 setup). Thinking this guy at the bridge - Suggestions for a neck p/u? Playing through a Soldano SLO.
Okay, now i'm confused. I just found your viewtubetrain video... ...which is also you, but with "stock JB" and NOT the '78, and it also sounds pretty fantastic. Is it just that there's a subtle difference, or none at all, or are my ears failing?
Fantastic combo but make sure you get an SSL-5m which is RWRP so you can have hum canceling in positions 2 and 4. Split the '78 via push/pull, dip switch or even a megaswitch so your position 2 is hum canceling on a 5 way.
zmb1982 you were absolutely right these match very well together. I finally got a super switch trying to figure out which side of the humbucker will sound better split with middle pickup for position 2
You are right about the output differences on the 2 pickups. As I have read and understood from numerous articles, The low output of the "78" and the more volume out of a tube amp, the better his guitar sounded. Hence where his tone came from with his amp setup.
John Hardin Hey John, great to hear from you. I've regrettably been suffering from writer's block and a bit of a crisis of confidence during 2015. I had to step back a bit and redefine my guitar playing and mixing skills. I put more work, energy and time into my videos than anyone else does in the world of "gear demos" so the volume of my output is rather weak. That said, I'd rather put out only 4 masterpieces in a year rather than 8 sort of okay videos.... it literally takes me 2-3 months to complete a video when I "do it right". I'm always looking for a way to videos faster but I'm a hopeless obsessive-compulsive-perfectionist and am always second guessing myself/self-editing at the same time that I try to improve the quality of each successive demo video I complete. Sorry for the long explanation John.
it is clear an eddie van halen like pick up ... i mounted on my old kramer a sd im1 that is the evolution of this one ... btw all knows the sd 78 as the eddie van halen hambucker ;)
AMAZING tone. I'm curious as to what amp this is? Keeping faithful to EVH's early tone I'd like to say a heavily modded Plexi but you seem to have it more modernized! Great Hamer axe too!
In all honesty i am having difficulty finding anything that comes close to the wow tone of the P-Rails pickups. The P-Rails range are just pure power in a hum-bucker. Way better than the sound coming out the pickup in this vid.
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"Not associated with any artist"
As Van Halen is played in the background
+RJ Maksym I think that was the joke.
+Soham Bhattacharya I know it's a van halen themed pickup, 78 was the year the first album came out
Well ... if Duncan marketed it as a copy of Van Halens favorite pickup then ... thats good advertising and it costs. Also perhaps a breach of trust? Wasn't there, dont know but if you said you had copied EVH's favortie pickup and got that word out you'd sell alot more pickups than just announcing a '78 model. I have a suspicion thats exactly what was done, informal announcements to get the public's lips flapping than the unofficial 78 name. Smart marketing by Duncan, understandable upset EVH. It is after all ALWAYS about the money.
Eddie is a Much different person today. I'm certain that he had his reasons for trying to keep his sense of his own signature sound as private as he was able to. The new Wolfgang is so much hotter. I've tried to get one of these but was sent a trembucker I can't use.
@@krotma SD actually had a 1/6 ad in magazines that had VH's name, but to be fair, along with about 6 other artists and the pickups they were associated with. So Eddie sent a cease-and-desist letter to SD. Ironically on;y about a half-dozen years later VH gets SD on board as the de-facto pickups on Kramers. GUH...
"This pick up should not be associated with any particular artist" (immediately plays VH I riffs)
He only plays Van Halen riffs through all the video 😅😅😅
Should not be associated with any Especific Virtuous Heavy guitar player.
Plausible deniability, the EVH estate could sue the shit out of them for claiming things that they can't prove (even though it could be public knowledge)
😂😂😂
Question is this the paf that was rewound ? That was in the 335?
I have one, and it is EVERYTHING this video describes and more. Running it straight into a Marshal DSL (no pedals needed) with my Custom strat and and I can get every tone I've ever wanted, and not just VH tone... but it definitely delivers that tone in spades. With a some tweaking of the amp it gets that '81-'86 Brown Sound tone as well. It's incredibly articulate...your guitar will sound and FEEL completely different. It becomes an extension of you rather than just an axe. Just be careful to not mount it too close to the strings or it will stomp all over the tone. Give it a little room to breath and it'll deliver.
I WANT THIS SOOOOOO BAD NOW EVEN MORE!!!
Have you tried the Seymour Duncan Frankenstein?
If so which do you prefer??
Anyone?
@@mountain7777 I have actually bought 2 of the 78' models; one is a single conductor and the other a four conductor. The single conductor went into a G&L ASAT Bluesboy (neck) and the 4 conductor went into a LTD EC 256 (bridge). They both sound great!!! Although there is a big volume difference with the neck and bridge pickup for the G&L Bluesboy. The LTD has a Seymour Duncan Alnico 2 Pro neck as well as the 78'. They compliment each other very well!!!!!! They both sound so articulate either in humbucker mode or single coil tapped mode. Both are Alnico 2....that warmth of the Alnico 2 is amazing! If you are a lover of Les Paul type guitars then you should check out the 78'model/Alnico 2 Pro combo!!! If warm, tight, articulate for cleans and throaty thick searing lead tones are what you are after....then..........try that combo!!! I would put my LTD EC-256 against a real Gibson Les Paul Classic any day for tone!!!
I have not tried the Frankenstein.
Thanks Christopher I appreciate the feedback. I’m gonna get one for my 96 US strat. I am not quite sure what I’m gonna use for the neck position just yet.
I have this pickup in the bridge position of a 95 Gibson Les Paul Standard. Freaking incredible.
I suspected it would suit a Standard. I have palpitations thinking how one of these would sound in my '96. Pair it with the Jazz, I think.
Incredible demo of a great pickup! That's the "78" sound right there!
This is my favorite video on TH-cam.
This pick up really should not be associated with Eddie VanHanlen........... Got'cha! Wink! Wink!
The best demo for the is pup I've seen yet! Thanks much!
Absolutely nailed the tone!
Hey thanks Randy! Very kind of you. The delay is an "always on" delay that has a modulation on it. The key to having an always on delay is getting the echoes quiet enough to not really produce an audible repeat but blending with the reverb creating a sense of natural ambience. I actually use my "always on delay" as a sort of early reflection and set the pre-delay on the reverb to be quite long. I'm a big fan of ambient guitar for sure.
My ‘78 Custom Shop was wound by the AMAZING Maricela Juarez and it is TOTAL SONIC NIRVANA. Excellent Pickup.
Astounding tone and playing. Well done!
I got one, it's awesome! Not bullshit...
That is some amazing tone! Just killing it man and thank you again for the info about the pu.
This is an incredible pickup.
Great demo , loved the playing :)
Really captures the tone and characteristics of the stripy guitar guy's early pups.
I actually bought off of eBay and it was already refinished. Just has an oil based walnut stain and a thin layer of nitro clear... I like how it blends with the fretboard. Thank you for asking bud!
zmb1982 Can this preset be loaded into the Spider V 240? If not, care share the effects chain?
This is a great demo of the pickup, but its missing info on what amp/distortion/etc is being used.
Wow bro that was awesome! Great playing! Killer tone!🥰🤟👍
Man, I keep coming back to this video for the amazing tone. What amp is this? It sounds so good.
Yeah, the old EMT plates had massive pre-delay times and it is basically the key to getting reverb sounds that don't blend in with the source signal and obscure the fine details. Your Ibanez ad9 is a whoop ass pedal and that sde-1000 is a FINE delay BTW. Sound is straight from the Line 6 with no additional effects or processing for this video. The delay is 400ms.. The other key is removing bass from one's tone until the sound is lean & mean. Ambient FX don't like being driven by a lot of bass.
Sick demo! Pretty sure this is what I need for my Charvel. Otherwise, considering the Full Shred.
This pickup is chilling on my desk waiting for the pots and pickguard I ordered to show up in the mail :)
If I didn't already love the Slammer pups in my USA Hamer Cali, I'd give those SDs a try. Keep up the great vids, Zen!
Any demos of this in a Les Paul Standard?
The '78 Model is 9K of 42AWG wire with Alnico II magnet
The EVH Frankenstein is 14.4K of 43AWG wire with Alnico II magnet
EVH Wolfgang is around 14K of 43AWG wire with Alnico V magnet
The '78 Model is a raw snarling dog and is sonically related to the Frankenstein pup. The EVH Wolfgang pickup differs in tone quite a bit, some have described it as nasal and others describe it as bright and percussive.
The Wolfgang pickup is pretty much for the modern and recent Van Halen tone.
That is going to be a RIGHTEOUS sound through those two AWESOME amps! Both pickups are similarly voiced, share the same magnets but are wound with two different gauges of wire... not sure if the Franky is plain enamel or not. I suppose I could just check since I have one still in the box. lolz!
Great review! This '78 seems to have a great balance across the strings (punch in the low, without the boomy mud. (great examples from 1:15 to about 2:15)) The playing and the tone is outstanding...
this is what my 1968 Les Paul Reissue Triburst Guitar has!!!
Hamer USA ... Uhhhh ... what a fine guitar ... grrrrr
Thank you for the link to mic+amp non digit demo.
My mistake I posted this before finishing the video! Great tone from the Pod!
You really rock blocked me starting at 7:15 when you covered up his best EVH playing with flash words. Also, would have been nice to also have him play on a set of them switching from bridge to neck and both since they are also sold as sets.
That would probably sound really nice in a Les Paul style or similar guitar. I might have to put a Maple topped Mahogany superstrat on the bench this year. Anybody have ideas as to whether this will come with four-conductor wiring for coil taps and phase-monkeyingery? Hopefully it will sound nice in (or be made available for) the neck position also....
Warmoth builds great stuff... it's the highest priced stuff out there but the quality is always second to none. The guitar is a Centaura model. made between 1988-1993ish. The fingerboard is actually Pau Ferro which Hamer was experimenting with a bit at the time. Pau Ferro isn't as porous as rosewood and gives a glassier tone than the warm sounding rosewood. It's a subtle difference and the woods are like distant cousins I think. Hamer is done, Fender gave the brand a quick death in 2012. : (
Great stuff! Btw,how well would the '78 work with a 24.75 scale set-neck mahogany based guitar?
EdMan57 On one hand, you'll have more sustain and warmth, on the other you will lose a little twang, bite and articulation. Personally, 3 times out of 5 I'd take sustain and warmth over twang and bite... the '78 is THE quintessential hot PAF and makes Gibson scale mahogany guitars positively roar with a tight powerful brown sound.
I can get the brown sound with my amp but i want to try one out for my v soon as the fucking corona is all done but hey i got lots of time to jam ...
Thumbs up for DnB beat behind the description :D And Hamers are the best guitars IMO!!
which SD middle single coil is better with this pickup???
I have a halen "shark" made from Korina.I have tried around 6 different pickups,burstbuckers,various SD including a all white 78 which is in it now. It sounds great but to be honest you can get any high quality HB to get in the ballpark.Chances are you are going to also be running through a tube amp.With my MXR 10 band eq I can make just about any of of HB guitars all sound the same regardless of the wood,neck,pickups,pots etc.....But raw plugged straight in any of my Marshalls the 78 is not as loud,more growling,sizzle? but duller and with less sparkle than the burstbuckers and simular.just my 170+$ worth of info.
Get a Bill Lawrence 500xl. They're only 64.00 bucks, and will blow any Duncan away...There are fake ones out there being sold, so make sure if you try one to use the Bill and Becky site. You can thank me later...It will NOT disappoint...EVER.
jojo mama around 18 to 19k...
@@eddiesteele7428 Have the Bill n Becky, sounds so freaking awesome, works for some Van Halen and Pantera :D
the product page description says this:
"The ’78 started life as a PAF rewind for a scrappy young player that all of us owe some thanks to." with scrappy young player they mean EVH. he ripped the original pickup pick out of a Gibson ES-355. I really want buy the 78 model because it sound amazing!!!
"This model shouldn't be associated with any particular artist" >plays nothing but Van Halen
r/hmmm
It has a van halen like sound
Forget the pickup.... What is that guitar and where can you find one ?!?!?
(Ok don't forget the pickup)
Great playing, but we get it, it does the VH thing. With 8:00, some clean and OD tones would have been appreciated, since there isn't much available on this pup. Killer chops, though.
Good to hear. I have the franky in my so cal and bumblebee an absolutely love it. Just scoresheet a mahogany San dimas with a 78 in it. Curious to hear it through my Friedman Pink Taco and 5150iii 50.
Can this model sound clean enough to play jazz or is it just for rock? Haven't found the Jazz Model to be very full, and Antiquities and Seth's are not wax potted. Can't find any examples of someone playing jazz with this '78. Thanks.- Charles Bevell
so what model is the guitar? what wood? also can you list your effects chain and what you are playing thru? Then we can really get a flavor for the pickup tone.
What's funny. Is Edward only used the bridge pickup. Why have a neck pickup?
what do you think of this '78 vs other overwound alnico ii offerings such as the duncan alnico ii pro or slash model, gibson's 490t, burstbucker 3? from dc resistance alone it would lead me to think its a hotter p/u.
awesome man. im definitely a vh tone chaser, modding and amps and what have you but ive never been able to get that delay sound. i have a ibanez ad9 and a rack mount roland sde1000 and while they are both great in their own right they dont nail it. alot of other people have told me to try a reverb with pre delay.i will for sure
how much of verb is comming out of the amp and how much is recording effects?
thanks for responding
Do you think this pickup might sound good in a Les Paul?
Dave check out Doug Rappoport! He uses them on a Les Paul kinda guitar! You'll love it!
Nice demo.
Well, there are some similarities between the videos. "The Best High Gain" video, 35th Anni JB and '78 Model... they are all the same player, same guitar, same rig and all are using the exact same CustomTone patch (POD X3 Live).
I am certain that I processed the "Best High Gain" video in post with some plug-ins. The 35th Anniversary JB and '78 Model videos received some limiting... but I don't think I did anything other than limiting to get the levels as loud as possible.You have a good ear!
what amp are you using? any distortion effects? Reverb pedals? what phaser? Sorry about all the questions, but you have 99% brown sound, and I love it!
these would be great for a EVH tone.
For early EVH stuff
Good playing and pickup but way too much pre amp gain,Ed had about half that amount of gain back in the good old days "78-83" !
Excellent call good ears way to much pre gain no power tube brown and we'll Eddie's rip hands.
He might have been trying to match the extra distortion created by the Variac Transformer Eddie plugged his Marshalls into. He also cranked everything all the way up.
To Dave…variac didn’t add distortion…he cranked voltage DOWN not up:)
500k pots for tone and volume. : )
Little more treble (maybe presence) for that old EVH stuff. Great sounds nonetheless. :cheers:
OH MY GOD.....
I WANT IT !! :O
8.5 k ,I have 26 of them in my guitars ! VH !
Michael Douglas Skewes damn that’s good enough a testimonial for me!
Did Ed ever use a SD '59 in the bridge? Thought I heard that before
On that old days only the holy HAMER was the closest thing to a proper custom shop guitar...on these days what we call custom shop guitars are just a little better ingredients or workmanship or even nothing more than with some more option features than production models.
The amp and effects are key to this sound. The pickup itself isn't doing much more than any other PAF would do. You don't sell the steak, you sell the sizzle.
Thing is the brown sound wasn't actually always the same, (eddies signature traits were however more consistent) and for SOME songs on the earlier albums this pickup does contribute to the biting chimey quality they have, and other times that effect is reinforced more by harmonic runs and eventide pitching
HI what is the difference in this pickup and the EVH Frankenstein pickup? and how do both of those compare to the EVH Wolfgang pickups?
Thanks for your help. :)
zmb:
I know it's sacrilege to suggest it, but this sounds 'better' than actual VH. Great, tight playing. Maybe it's the POD that's keeping this a tighter, cleaner sound? Whatever. It's beautiful stuff. Thank you for including all the gear notes at the end. But, which Hamer model is this? Is it current? It's Alder, with a maple neck and ROSEWOOD fingerboard? I'm looking for a 'non-VH-looking' guitar to put a VH-like pickup into. I was thinking of building something with Warmoth....
Just got it in today. Both sound great but paired with the Friedman...,wicked . More to come later but thanks for the reply. BTW,Fantastic playing on your videos.
Sounds great! I'm trying to replace the pickups in my Les Paul (was running EMG 81/85 setup). Thinking this guy at the bridge - Suggestions for a neck p/u? Playing through a Soldano SLO.
What about the pots value?500k?
can you tell me the two first riffs from which songs are?
Feel Your Love Tonight, and Little Dreamer. Both Van Halen off their debut album
is this semple made with 250k or 500k pot? thanks
Okay, now i'm confused. I just found your viewtubetrain video...
...which is also you, but with "stock JB" and NOT the '78, and it also sounds pretty fantastic. Is it just that there's a subtle difference, or none at all, or are my ears failing?
just bought this pickup today..give it few weeks and I'll post something on YT about it..lol !! gonna rip it up !
Did you refinish that Hamer Centaura USA???
what was the guitar model used at start of video? what wood is the body, neck etc.?
Hamer Diablo. Alder maple neck rosewood
@@RezaKhan2024 Wrong model, right body wood & neck, pau ferro fingerboard though. It's a Hamer USA Centaura!
What set up are you playing through?
Hey, what are the songs played in this video?!?
How does this compare to the brobucker?
Lovely sound...
This is some fantastic playing. Now I want this pickup and I just bought a JB and a Custom Custom. Nooooo! lol.
Does a nice tribute to EVH sound. God I loved EVH, 2020 has sucked.
Is it tight enough and have enough mids to play some death metal with full distortion?!
Are SSL 5s in the middle and neck a good match for this pickup?
Fantastic combo but make sure you get an SSL-5m which is RWRP so you can have hum canceling in positions 2 and 4. Split the '78 via push/pull, dip switch or even a megaswitch so your position 2 is hum canceling on a 5 way.
zmb1982 you were absolutely right these match very well together. I finally got a super switch trying to figure out which side of the humbucker will sound better split with middle pickup for position 2
Can this be coil tapped?
Love this review! ...not to be associated to any specific... :-)😎🎸🤘
eddie pickup he had made in 1978
Grt sound Duncan/hammer
It sounds Incredible I just wish they wouldn't have used so much gain. A tiny bit cleaner would sound Unbelievable in my opinion!!! 🇬🇧👀
can't see his face. You'd swear it's King Edward himself.
Thank you, sir.
Wonder which is better, this or the evh frankenstein pickup?
Thank you for the detailed comparison!
You are right about the output differences on the 2 pickups. As I have read and understood from numerous articles, The low output of the "78" and the more volume out of a tube amp, the better his guitar sounded. Hence where his tone came from with his amp setup.
if you want a spot on pup..look up JALEN 78
Have you tried the Eclair (Seymour's version) set?
No I have not, but I would love to try a set.
zmb1982
Are they on the schedule or not even considered? What set or single pickup is next for demonstration?
John Hardin
Hey John, great to hear from you. I've regrettably been suffering from writer's block and a bit of a crisis of confidence during 2015. I had to step back a bit and redefine my guitar playing and mixing skills. I put more work, energy and time into my videos than anyone else does in the world of "gear demos" so the volume of my output is rather weak. That said, I'd rather put out only 4 masterpieces in a year rather than 8 sort of okay videos.... it literally takes me 2-3 months to complete a video when I "do it right". I'm always looking for a way to videos faster but I'm a hopeless obsessive-compulsive-perfectionist and am always second guessing myself/self-editing at the same time that I try to improve the quality of each successive demo video I complete. Sorry for the long explanation John.
zmb1982
No problem. Good luck.
Thanks John, I'm gonna need that luck!! : )
anyone know how to get a delay sound like this?? sounds amazing!!
Sounds better than the Wolfgang
it is clear an eddie van halen like pick up ... i mounted on my old kramer a sd im1 that is the evolution of this one ... btw all knows the sd 78 as the eddie van halen hambucker ;)
Except that VH-1 was recorded with a Dimarzio Super Distortion.
Perfect for EVH Brown Sound
AMAZING tone. I'm curious as to what amp this is? Keeping faithful to EVH's early tone I'd like to say a heavily modded Plexi but you seem to have it more modernized! Great Hamer axe too!
PRESETS wont load into my HELIX.. Make a HELIX version
This paired with the pearly gates neck....this is the way!
In all honesty i am having difficulty finding anything that comes close to the wow tone of the P-Rails pickups. The P-Rails range are just pure power in a hum-bucker. Way better than the sound coming out the pickup in this vid.