$359 for an EVH pickup?

[Christopher Caruana]

Re: $359 for an EVH pickup?

The EVH Frankenstein pick up was manufactured by the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop for EVH Gear.


500 is the actual number that were made.


... and anywhere from $220 to $250 less than the relic version which most retailers are selling for a mere $399!

true, but fender/evh owns the rights to it so they can re-create it if they wanted. That is why SD had to come up with that new custom shop model, the IM-1 or something like that, because they dont have the rights to the EVH humbucker

[oilpit]

Re: $359 for an EVH pickup?

The IM-1 is 14k the '78 is 9k, the pups in the new wolfgang are ceramic. God knows what this one is like
I don't know what an EVH pickup is anymore....

[jjimi1647]

Re: $359 for an EVH pickup?

I will laugh, every time I play on my $45 used C5 or my $35 used PATB-1 and I sound like myself and not like someone else.

Fantastic. Good for you.

[jjimi1647]

Re: $359 for an EVH pickup?

The IM-1 is 14k the '78 is 9k, the pups in the new wolfgang are ceramic. God knows what this one is like
I don't know what an EVH pickup is anymore....

It's 14K as well with a degaussed A2.

[jjimi1647]

Re: $359 for an EVH pickup?

Wow.... I thought $150 for it from Musician's Friend was absurd.

Edit- I had the price $30 too high. Still absurd, though.

Most SD Custom Shop models are $160 and up.

[jjimi1647]

Re: $359 for an EVH pickup?

I'm pretty happy with Duncans............

Well then you'd be happy with the EVH pick-ups- they were made by Seymour Duncan.

[jjimi1647]

Re: $359 for an EVH pickup?

what in the world? where the heck did you find a pickup for 359!?

$359 is nothing... check this out:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Real-Vintage-1957-1958-Gibson-PAF-pickup-8-1-ohms_W0QQitemZ280326885822QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar_Accessories?hash=item280326885822&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%

[sinrman68]

Re: $359 for an EVH pickup?

Lately, EVERYTHING having to do with VH is as dumb as it gets.

Valerie musta took that poor s.o.b for a boatload...he's whoring himself out just to cover wolfies burger king fix...that could be two...maybe three hundy a day. Whoever drops the coin for 'em...I hope they sound just like eddie- cause takin' it in the keister for that kinda loot HAS to hurt...

[jjimi1647]

Re: $359 for an EVH pickup?

Whoever drops the coin for 'em...I hope they sound just like eddie- cause takin' it in the keister for that kinda loot HAS to hurt...

Nobody's exactly holding a gun to their head to force them to buy one!
Besides, people pay that much and more for baseballs, footballs and jerseys autographed by their favorite player so, go figure...

[metlking]

Re: $359 for an EVH pickup?

Well then you'd be happy with the EVH pick-ups- they were made by Seymour Duncan.

Not for that kind of money...........

[jjimi1647]

Re: $359 for an EVH pickup?

Look,... it's being sold at that price not because it's a magical pick-up that will make you instantly sound like Ed, but because it's signed by Ed and it's a limited to a run of 500. It's essentially made for the die-hard collector... nobody else is being forced to buy one!

[metlking]

Re: $359 for an EVH pickup?

Look,... it's being sold at that price not because it's a magical pick-up that will make you instantly sound like Ed, but because it's signed by Ed and it's a limited to a run of 500. It's essentially made for the die-hard collector... nobody else is being forced to buy one!

[JB_From_Hell]

Re: $359 for an EVH pickup?

Most SD Custom Shop models are $160 and up.

Yes, and for $160, they'll wind me anything I want.

[jjimi1647]

Re: $359 for an EVH pickup?

Yes, and for $160, they'll wind me anything I want.

Including the "IM1" which reproduces the sound of the EVH Frankenstein...

[JB_From_Hell]

Re: $359 for an EVH pickup?

Including the "IM1" which reproduces the sound of the EVH Frankenstein...

If that's a Duncan CS model, then probably so.

I like Duncan & DiMarzio prices, and think that once you get above those, it's past the point of diminishing returns for pickups.