Has anyone tried the EVH Wolfgang humbucker set?
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Lewguitar
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Lewguitar
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I don't know. That's why I asked. The pickups in my Axis are hotter in terms of DCR than any other humbuckers I own, yet they clean up when I lower the guitar's volume control very well. Eddie knows what he's doing. I read that the EVH pickups use 250K pots. But I only read it. Doesn't mean it's true.
jmh151
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I have them, in my EVH striped, and put them in a few guitars. I also have an EBMM Axis.
They sound very close to the EBMM Dimarzios, just a tad hotter, better for going straight into an amp than the EBMM, which are a bit more articulate but thinner sounding.
I had a Slash set in my Les Paul Custom but felt the bridge was thin. I tried an EVH Wolfgang Bridge, any tonally, and output wise it matches very well with the Slash neck.
IMO the aftermarket $150 ones sound better than the ones they put in the Striped series, even though they’re supposed to be the same. The stock pickup in my EVH stripe squealed, I needed to wax pot it, I’ve had no issue with the aftermarket ones.
They’re overall great well balanced pickups
They sound very close to the EBMM Dimarzios, just a tad hotter, better for going straight into an amp than the EBMM, which are a bit more articulate but thinner sounding.
I had a Slash set in my Les Paul Custom but felt the bridge was thin. I tried an EVH Wolfgang Bridge, any tonally, and output wise it matches very well with the Slash neck.
IMO the aftermarket $150 ones sound better than the ones they put in the Striped series, even though they’re supposed to be the same. The stock pickup in my EVH stripe squealed, I needed to wax pot it, I’ve had no issue with the aftermarket ones.
They’re overall great well balanced pickups
ErikH
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According to the specs on evhgear.com, the guitars have 500K volume and 250K tone. That's a great setup. I've been using 250K for tone pots myself. Has a better response, IME.
Lewguitar
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I love the pickups in my EBMM Axis.
First DiMarzios and first high output pickups I've felt that way about.
I'm more of a paf lover than high output lover.
I don't find the pickups in my Axis to be thin at all!
But maybe that's because I like real pafs and Duncan Antiquitys so much.
Anyways, my interest in the EVH Wolfgangs is because the pickups in my Axis are not available as an aftermarket pickup and I'd like to try them in one of my PRS guitars.
Lewguitar
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Right. But they're not identical.
ErikH
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Not quite, no, but really really close.
Lewguitar
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And you can get them in double cream. lol
ErikH
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Yup. I'm more of a zebra or all black. I have double cream Super Distortions in my Dean ML Chicago Standard but that's because it came with them.
