Does the EVH have mismatched coils?
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gripweed
Jolvisologist
Re: Does the EVH have mismatched coils?
This thread explains it. Read BachtoRock's first post
https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showthread.php?t=22538&page=1&highlight=evh
This thread explains it. Read BachtoRock's first post
https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showthread.php?t=22538&page=1&highlight=evh
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theodie
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Re: Does the EVH have mismatched coils?
I had a duncan custom shop EVH and it did not have mismatched coils.
I had a duncan custom shop EVH and it did not have mismatched coils.
Willis
New member
Re: Does the EVH have mismatched coils?
It says that is the pickup he was using on Women and Children First and Fair Warning, which isn't the same as the pickup he had on the first two albums, so it would make sense if the EVH isn't, as those are two different pickups.
I'll probably get the EVH as it is, with balanced coils, unless mismatched coils would improve it.
It says that is the pickup he was using on Women and Children First and Fair Warning, which isn't the same as the pickup he had on the first two albums, so it would make sense if the EVH isn't, as those are two different pickups.
I'll probably get the EVH as it is, with balanced coils, unless mismatched coils would improve it.
WICKED LESTER
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Re: Does the EVH have mismatched coils?
My bud grew up with eddie and he says that eddie had seymour wind ONE coil hotter on a STOCK 1961 GIBSON P.A.F.
n00b said:
My bud grew up with eddie and he says that eddie had seymour wind ONE coil hotter on a STOCK 1961 GIBSON P.A.F.
WICKED LESTER
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Re: Does the EVH have mismatched coils?
why not just use a stock demon?
n00b said:
why not just use a stock demon?
Jeff_H
Dean Hardtail Fanologist
Re: Does the EVH have mismatched coils?
I love the EVH debate. It keeps things alive and interesting. FWIW, I think the best VH tones I've heard are from VHFan using a 59'. It's much more in the hands and amp than in the pup.
Eddie has changed his story so many times over the years, it's hard to know to whom he lied, and to whom he told the truth. The myth is part of the fun however.
Here's what I heard about the original pickup:
I had a friend who's girlfriend's second cousin's uncle's neighbor had a friend who's son was the former drummer in Mammoth before it turned into Van Halen. One of the roadie's sisters brothers 2nd cousins twice removed (once becaue of divorce) said that Eddie actually used a stock Fender single coil secretly on the album, and has just been F***ing with everyone for years, laughing his a$$ off!
I love the EVH debate. It keeps things alive and interesting. FWIW, I think the best VH tones I've heard are from VHFan using a 59'. It's much more in the hands and amp than in the pup.
Eddie has changed his story so many times over the years, it's hard to know to whom he lied, and to whom he told the truth. The myth is part of the fun however.
Here's what I heard about the original pickup:
I had a friend who's girlfriend's second cousin's uncle's neighbor had a friend who's son was the former drummer in Mammoth before it turned into Van Halen. One of the roadie's sisters brothers 2nd cousins twice removed (once becaue of divorce) said that Eddie actually used a stock Fender single coil secretly on the album, and has just been F***ing with everyone for years, laughing his a$$ off!
Willis
New member
Re: Does the EVH have mismatched coils?
I don't want to match the Van Halen tone exactly. I play 80s rock like Dokken and Van Halen, and I'm pretty lucky SD has signature pickups from both of them (well, that's not true, I shouldn't associate the EVH with any particular artist :laugh2: ) so I want something like a mix of those sounds.
I have an ADA MP-1, a Behringer multifx (I use it for light compression), and I will have a Peavey Classic 60/60 soon, so I have a pretty versatile amp rig.
I'm going to User Group Day, so I'm planning my pickup, so might as well get something custom designed.WICKED LESTER said:
I don't want to match the Van Halen tone exactly. I play 80s rock like Dokken and Van Halen, and I'm pretty lucky SD has signature pickups from both of them (well, that's not true, I shouldn't associate the EVH with any particular artist :laugh2: ) so I want something like a mix of those sounds.
I have an ADA MP-1, a Behringer multifx (I use it for light compression), and I will have a Peavey Classic 60/60 soon, so I have a pretty versatile amp rig.
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