how are the peavey wolfgang pups?

[roadstar II]

I may buy a set of a member here and wanted to know what these sound like?
are they anything like the EVH custom wound dimarzio's i bought off a lester?

 

[TheArchitect]

Re: how are the peavey wolfgang pups?

I may buy a set of a member here and wanted to know what these sound like?
are they anything like the EVH custom wound dimarzio's i bought off a lester?

From what I understand the Wolfgang pups are a bit hotter than the Dimarzios in the EB model. I can safely say the pups in my Wolf are hot and fat with no PAF qualities to be found. They smoke for high gain application but I have no use for them clean. I have other guitars that do that better.

 

[roadstar II]

Re: how are the peavey wolfgang pups?

From what I understand the Wolfgang pups are a bit hotter than the Dimarzios in the EB model. I can safely say the pups in my Wolf are hot and fat with no PAF qualities to be found. They smoke for high gain application but I have no use for them clean. I have other guitars that do that better.

so would i like these since i love the EVH dimarzio set?
or would i be better off trying the CC?

 

[TheArchitect]

Re: how are the peavey wolfgang pups?

so would i like these since i love the EVH dimarzio set?
or would i be better off trying the CC?

I have no idea what you would prefer. If the DiMarzio set is your gold standard then maybe not. They are different

 

[walt]

Re: how are the peavey wolfgang pups?

The biggest difference that I noticed with the wolf pups is in the midrange. The wolfie pups don't have as much midrange as the Dimarzio EVH set. With this in mind the wolf pups will have more of a clean overdriven/distorted tone if that makes sense (think the end of the Van Hagar era). To me they didn't have a bad clean tone (it's passable) but I never played them clean that much. I personally like the tone of a PAF and in particular, the VVPaf and VVHPaf from Dimarzio, which is why I'm selling them (wolf pups).

 

[Majestic]

Re: how are the peavey wolfgang pups?

What's interesting is that the Wolf pickups actually measure around 14k, while the EBMM pups measure around 17k.

For whatever reason, the Wolf pickups have less mids, and more high-end. It's smooth high-end, but it's MORE high-end, nonetheless. Those pickups "quack", but the EBMMs don't.

One thing that both pickups have in common, is that there really isn't any "offensive" frequency in either of them, which I suppose is a trademark of Eddie's sound. I'm personally bothered by the lack of clarity on them, particularly when trying to hear ringing harmonics dance off of each other when playing chords, but that's me. I don't care for the (unmodded) 5150 anymore either.

I don't care for the Wolf pickups anymore, nor do I care for the EBMM pickups in either of my Ernie Balls. I need to shut my mouth and switch. Gotta get higher frets first.

But I have to say, neither pickup sounds harsh or offensive, which is the one constant in Eddie's tone.

 

[roadstar II]

Re: how are the peavey wolfgang pups?

What's interesting is that the Wolf pickups actually measure around 14k, while the EBMM pups measure around 17k.

For whatever reason, the Wolf pickups have less mids, and more high-end. It's smooth high-end, but it's MORE high-end, nonetheless. Those pickups "quack", but the EBMMs don't.

One thing that both pickups have in common, is that there really isn't any "offensive" frequency in either of them, which I suppose is a trademark of Eddie's sound. I'm personally bothered by the lack of clarity on them, particularly when trying to hear ringing harmonics dance off of each other when playing chords, but that's me. I don't care for the (unmodded) 5150 anymore either.

I don't care for the Wolf pickups anymore, nor do I care for the EBMM pickups in either of my Ernie Balls. I need to shut my mouth and switch. Gotta get higher frets first.

But I have to say, neither pickup sounds harsh or offensive, which is the one constant in Eddie's tone.

I have a CC on the way from a fellow member that i am hoping will have "the EVH tone"?
if not i may buy the wolf set.
really all im needing is the "eddie" vibe?
the dimarzio set the wicked sold me is real good but not quite older VH toned i guess i need a slighlty lower output?
i dont want to nail his tone but i would like to at least get into that territory?:bowdown: