Does EVH....

[80's_Metal]

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The bridge pickup in a guitar using a single bridge pickup often sounds better than the same bridge pickup in a guitar using a neck and bridge pickup. That's why alot of guys like Esquires better than Teles...the magnets in the neck pickup of a Strat or Tele chokes the strings and affects the sustain and intonation slightly. As far as EVH goes, Erik is right...no coil splitting.

HEY! thats what I heard when I decided to build my own custom guitar.
I actually emailed back and forth a few times with the guys here at Duncan and decided to go with a detonator in the bridge, nothin under neck, ONE volume, and NO tone pot. . . . I have been really impressed so by the sound so far. Not necessarily with my own handiwork, but the sound is good.

 

[Lewguitar]

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The other thing about using a single pickup is that the tone settings we use on our amp are usually a bit of a compromise because we're trying to make both a neck pickup and bridge pickup sound "good". With just a bridge pickup we can dial in one KILLER tone and nail it. Lew

 

[JB_From_Hell]

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The other thing about using a single pickup is that the tone settings we use on our amp are usually a bit of a compromise because we're trying to make both a neck pickup and bridge pickup sound "good". With just a bridge pickup we can dial in one KILLER tone and nail it. Lew

That was Ed's reasoning for using one pickup, pretty much verbatim. Also, he did not add a neck pickup to the red & white stripey guitar. It was already there, but he chose not to connect it.

 

[Lewguitar]

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That was Ed's reasoning for using one pickup, pretty much verbatim. Also, he did not add a neck pickup to the red & white stripey guitar. It was already there, but he chose not to connect it.

Cool! Great minds think alike...:beerchug: :laugh2:

 

[JB_From_Hell]

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Cool! Great minds think alike...:beerchug: :laugh2:

Going off on a slight tangent... what about sending the neck and bridge pickups to two separate outputs, each feeding a seperate amplifier? The neck could go to a crunchy Bassman or Sunn, the bridge to a gain-laden JCM 800 or Dual Rectifier...

 

[Lewguitar]

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Going off on a slight tangent... what about sending the neck and bridge pickups to two separate outputs, each feeding a seperate amplifier? The neck could go to a crunchy Bassman or Sunn, the bridge to a gain-laden JCM 800 or Dual Rectifier...

That's the concept behind the stereo guitars Gibson makes...like the ES-345 or 355.

Lew

 

[JB_From_Hell]

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That's the concept behind the stereo guitars Gibson makes...like the ES-345 or 355.

Lew

Cool... I think I may have to try stick a second output jack on my current project Then I need to score a second amp. Dammit... always a catch

 

[ErikH]

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Also, he did not add a neck pickup to the red & white stripey guitar. It was already there, but he chose not to connect it.

Yeah, I mentioned that on the first page.

 

[Guitar Toad]

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ooo, you really got me now
you got really wanting to try it now.

Bro's you really got me now
you really got me wanting to try
a single bridge HB loaded guitar
with 59 JB or a CC in there now.

Now I need another guitar...

 

[ErikH]

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ooo, you really got me now
you got really wanting to try it now.

Bro's you really got me now
you really got me wanting to try
a single bridge pickup guitar
with 59 JB or a CC in there now.

Now I need another guitar...

:lmao: Go with the 59b or CC. :fing2:

 

[remingtonbo2001]

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59/CC Hybrid. It's the best of both worlds.

 

[JacksonMIA]

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...best of both worlds.

Or pretty much any of their other songs.

 

[John_E_Guitar]

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As far as I know he's always played full HB's, no splitting or phasing. His reasoning for having just a bridge pickup in the beginning was because he couldn't find a perfect enough match for the bridge. That's what I read in an old Guitar mag interview anyway.

Is this Erik from Music World in Sunnyvale???

Dude, this is Johnny!!!

Drop me a line at rampantsounds@yahoo.com when you can, brother!!!

 

[ErikH]

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Is this Erik from Music World in Sunnyvale???

Dude, this is Johnny!!!

Drop me a line at rampantsounds@yahoo.com when you can, brother!!!

Well, I'll be an SOB. You must've recognized the guitar in my avatar. How the heck are ya? I replied to the email you sent me. Looking forward to catching up.

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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Simple can be extremely effective...that is why I have long since lost intrest in splits and parallel stuff...
My Kramer Pacer is also getting the one pickup treatment later

 

[jmh151]

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I'm building a Korina bodied Kramer Baretta copy, single pickup.