Frankenstein Classic vs Seymour Duncan 78

The pickup in Frankie later was 16k. Basically a CC. It was the paf wound version earlier on

I never chased or studied his tone, so I am curious why his taste in pickups changed drastically. The Custom Custom sounds and feels nothing like a 78 to me.
 
I never chased or studied his tone, so I am curious why his taste in pickups changed drastically. The Custom Custom sounds and feels nothing like a 78 to me.

I think pickups and necks changed along with his amps. At some point he was using Peavey, then his own brand, etc. So without the original Marshal/Variac setup, he would probably need to change other elements to balance and get the same sound he wanted; or the next sound he was chasing.
 
I never chased or studied his tone, so I am curious why his taste in pickups changed drastically. The Custom Custom sounds and feels nothing like a 78 to me.

Why does anyone change? I change stuff all the time. I suspect that the Destroyer had a distortion style pickup in its so I don't think its as big a change as many think it is. I suspect the Floyd could have had something to do with it but I hear it change on Fair Warning to my ear.
 
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I think pickups and necks changed along with his amps. At some point he was using Peavey, then his own brand, etc. So without the original Marshal/Variac setup, he would probably need to change other elements to balance and get the same sound he wanted; or the next sound he was chasing.

The pickup changed happened long before Peavey was a thing.
 
The pickup changed happened long before Peavey was a thing.

That's not exactly what I meant. I meant most changes in general necessitated a pickup change or amp change (like tubes, settings, setup, or amp itself) to balance. So changing a neck, changes the sound, need to change something else to balance the sound.
 
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