Best Pick up for EVH tone?

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tonebucket said:
Just to tell you guys about eddies plexi head supposedly it originally belonged to the the guy with an SG from birmingham ( hint hint ).

He got a signature amp and sold his old plexi heads as they were then redundant.

Who Iam I talking about guys??????????
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Tony Iommi
 
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BachToRock said:
He was using the Custom/59 Hybrid during the Fair Warning period... it was that tour that he told me about it.
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BTR, i may give this hybrid a go if the custom i have on the way is not up to my liking?
can i ask does the hybrid sing like a JB?
 
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The JB has a very distinct and pronounced midrange resonant peak... the Alnico Custom/59 Hybrid has a very even and flat frequency response so it is more natural sounding and is more vintage than hot...
The JB can help an acoustically lame guitar achieve a decent sound, but the adverse is that it also can mask the tone and response of a great instrument.
That said, I have found the Custom/59 Hybrid not only to be the finest pickup for the Van Halen tone, but also perfect for classic rock, blues, etc... not really for Metallica, etc...
In the hotter realm, the Custom/JB Hybrid is a smokin pickup and can be fine tuned to your liking with either an A5 or the thin Ceramic magnet from the Custom
 
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Aceman said:
EVHolic - could you give a recommended sonic recipe for say, the VHI, 1984 and maybe 5150 tones? Gain/b/m/t/Vol and effects (w/ settings) along with your preferred pup?
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I guess the easiest way would be for you to pick out the clips in my sig or ones i've posted recently that you like the best and i'll tell you what my setting were. There really isn't one specific way to get each tone. I just work with whatever amp i'm using to try and get the best possible tone to my ears regardless of whether it is close or not to VH's tone on the album. I just go for a balls out sound and record it. Sometimes it ends up being close to VH sometimes it doesn't but if i like the tone i'll just keep it. Lately i've been getting a pretty awesome VHI tone out of my 5150combo/Marshall cab setup. I find that the closest i get with the Marshalls is by just blasting them through the greenbacks and then turing the overall volume down with a Variac and then adjust the treble and bass depending on what Guitar/Pickup i'm using at the time. As far as a preferred pickup goes, the only PAF's i've tried are the 59 and a Dimarzio PAF. Out of the two i definitely prefer the 59. I know that there are many more out there that will also get you in the ballpark, i've just never tried them yet.

stung65 said:
Hey Holic,
Just reading (and listening, great job by the way!) about your gear and amps and such. The 5150 combos are becoming few and far between, aren't they?
Any advise for shopping? (Marshalls, etc.)
Thanks
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Thanks stung65. Peavey is still selling them, just under the name 6505 since Ed is no longer with them. Here's a link to the page. They pop up on Ebay from time to time also.
6505 combo
So far the setup that i personally like the best is the combo hooked up to my Marshall 4x12 with Greenbacks. It gets an awesome VH-like sound at any volume plus you get the effects loop. That's just my personal opinion though. If your into the Marshalls and don't mind serious volume, maybe look into the new Marshall Hand Wired Plexi's.
 
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Faraday said:
Tony Iommi
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yeah it was Tony Iommi :fing2: :fing2:

Has anyone any clips of the custom/59 hybrid through a plexi to compare????
 
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Thanks very much for your help, bro.
Your playing is an inspiration for those just beginning.
 
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tonebucket said:
yeah it was Tony Iommi :fing2: :fing2:

Has anyone any clips of the custom/59 hybrid through a plexi to compare????
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So your saying that Eds lengendary Marshall head used to belong to Tony Iommi? I`ve never heard that one before. I`ve read that the head was used has the house amp at local Pasadena club before Ed aquired it.
 
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51501984 said:
So your saying that Eds lengendary Marshall head used to belong to Tony Iommi? I`ve never heard that one before. I`ve read that the head was used has the house amp at local Pasadena club before Ed aquired it.
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I don't think so.

The head belonged to Tonni Iommi.

The statement came from Tonni in a uk guitar mag. :fing25: :fing25: :32: :32:
 
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51501984 said:
So your saying that Eds lengendary Marshall head used to belong to Tony Iommi? I`ve never heard that one before. I`ve read that the head was used has the house amp at local Pasadena club before Ed aquired it.
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Terry Kilgore's words.....

ok here is the long and short of it,i have posted this thread before some months back,edward purchased this 68 from the people that used to run the rose palace,john zatas people the rose palace was a big building down on south raymond in pasadena that used to build the floats for the rose parade ,sound logical? anyhow i think that everyone from jimi hendrix to jimi page and the whole faction that was giggin back then used that amp and a couple of others ,ed was 15 years old i believe when he acquired it,i saw led zeppelin and jethro tull on the same bill there in 69 wow we didnt barley know he these guys were,the rose palace was used for rock concerts there from 67 to almost 70 ,when they finally folded they sold off all there house equipment,ed got that amp with two cabs,wow for a young guy like that to save all that money from a paper route was somethin,i have a friend in washington dc tommy nyurges his name was that has a collection of photos in a book he dubbed shooting stars,that is absoulutly stunning i mean everyone that was anyone beck hendrix deep purple lee michaels crazyhorse you name it ,if tommy wanted to he could probably make a gozillion dollars they were such incredible black and white 8 by tens,it was so funny to see the audience from the reverse side of the photo pits,all the guys with regular boys haircuts and the girls with bee hives,yet the bands were all long haired and clothed in the wild fashion .nothing you would notice out of the ordinary these days,but man they stuck out like sore thumbs back then,what memories you guys stir up in this old cabeza of mine,.also ed always said to me yea i like that phillips tube ,he was talking about the 6ca7s ,good thing number 7 wasnt around back then or he might never have found a set,anyhow thats the way it was,i may have lost a great deal since then but my memory it was like yesterday,i had no idea i was a witness to future rock and roll history,cheers from the mind of grampy ,tt
 
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kevlar3000 said:
Terry Kilgore's words.....

ok here is the long and short of it,i have posted this thread before some months back,edward purchased this 68 from the people that used to run the rose palace,john zatas people the rose palace was a big building down on south raymond in pasadena that used to build the floats for the rose parade ,sound logical? anyhow i think that everyone from jimi hendrix to jimi page and the whole faction that was giggin back then used that amp and a couple of others ,ed was 15 years old i believe when he acquired it,i saw led zeppelin and jethro tull on the same bill there in 69 wow we didnt barley know he these guys were,the rose palace was used for rock concerts there from 67 to almost 70 ,when they finally folded they sold off all there house equipment,ed got that amp with two cabs,wow for a young guy like that to save all that money from a paper route was somethin,i have a friend in washington dc tommy nyurges his name was that has a collection of photos in a book he dubbed shooting stars,that is absoulutly stunning i mean everyone that was anyone beck hendrix deep purple lee michaels crazyhorse you name it ,if tommy wanted to he could probably make a gozillion dollars they were such incredible black and white 8 by tens,it was so funny to see the audience from the reverse side of the photo pits,all the guys with regular boys haircuts and the girls with bee hives,yet the bands were all long haired and clothed in the wild fashion .nothing you would notice out of the ordinary these days,but man they stuck out like sore thumbs back then,what memories you guys stir up in this old cabeza of mine,.also ed always said to me yea i like that phillips tube ,he was talking about the 6ca7s ,good thing number 7 wasnt around back then or he might never have found a set,anyhow thats the way it was,i may have lost a great deal since then but my memory it was like yesterday,i had no idea i was a witness to future rock and roll history,cheers from the mind of grampy ,tt
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I think I believe tonni Iommi anyday especally as tonni says I remmeber a spotty teenager by the name of eddie van halen wanting to buy one of my old amps.

This reminds me of when America wouldn't let concorde in as it's to loud.
The concorde was no louder than a 707 and america still would'nt let it in and eventually only to new york????

( I think america should of band 707 from flying then??????)
Why not band EddIe Van Halen he was just as loud and from europe to did you know??????

:bsflag: :bsflag: :banghead: :chairshot
 
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Well Tony Iommi was is Jethro Tull for a short spell. If that is true how cool is that! Iommi IMO invented metal riffs. Back to the topic of this thread , how might a Screamin Demon sound with an A2 magnet. It`s fairly low output , could it do the VH thing?
 
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Tony actually used a heavily modded and rewired Marshall 59 plexi on the "Heaven and Hell" album recorded 79-80 and released in 1980 and it has some of Iommi's best recorded tone ever IMO. If anything, I believe Eddie's live Marshall rig got Iommi to experiment with Marshalls around this time.
 
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51501984 said:
how might a Screamin Demon sound with an A2 magnet. It`s fairly low output , could it do the VH thing?
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I've heard clips....it rawked. It's a better option, IMO, then using a '59 (too bright/quacky) or putting an A2 in a '59.

At 10k, it doesn't even approach being overly compressed or too high in output.
 
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Has anyone ever tried a genesis mr. brownie pickup? There is minimal info out there. I would love to here some sound clips if they exsist. Please post them if they do.
 
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madaxeman said:
Has anyone ever tried a genesis mr. brownie pickup? There is minimal info out there. I would love to here some sound clips if they exsist. Please post them if they do.
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Did you read the reviews? Everyone gave it thumbs up!
 
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