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I thought I'd post a little of what I thought of my EVH/ 78 pup. It came stock in my Charvel San Dimas Star. It's a single hum guitar, vintage trem maple/ maple neck and an alder body. At first, I really didn't like the pup. The bass and mids were nice, but the high end treble screamed! It almost seemed too much and kinda left my ears ringing. -Then I started messing around with my amps.
A little tweak here and a little tweak there really brought out the characteristics of the pup. My mind totally changed on it. It sounds fantastic! There's a bit of cut bass and a lot of mids and treble. I can play hard rock/ metal on it and have such a sweet sound. Highs are crisp but not too overwhelming. It can be both sweet and nasty at the same time.
By comparison, I have a Gibson Burst Bucker 3 in my Joe Perry Boneyard LP. The EVH sounds fatter, but at the same time is also great to use clean with effects. I can get some great experimental/ folk/ zeppelin tones. One thing I wasn't expecting with the pup is the shimmering tone I can get when I roll the volume back. It responds nicely to volume changes and can go from clean to nasty.
I added some Schaller locking tuners to the Charvel and it has great sustain too. Notes ring out and are very clear. One thing I like, is that notes stay fat/crisp and clear even with high gain. I can get squeals and harmonics equally well.
Depending on my amp setup, I can get some great Lynch tones out of it. I'm a big time lynch fan, but never cared for the Demon. I had it in my M1 and a custom Dean, but never bonded with it. The EVH does Lynch very well. It handles everything from Dokken to SOW.
If any of you are wondering, this PU nails the early Eddie tone. I used to have an EBMM Axis and that comes nowhere near how this PU sounds.
The only thing I don't like about the EVH is there is still a bit too much high end, but at least it's controllable.
I'm liking the pup so much, I'm thinking of trying some of the other SD CS stuff. How do the RTM and SuperV compare?
A little tweak here and a little tweak there really brought out the characteristics of the pup. My mind totally changed on it. It sounds fantastic! There's a bit of cut bass and a lot of mids and treble. I can play hard rock/ metal on it and have such a sweet sound. Highs are crisp but not too overwhelming. It can be both sweet and nasty at the same time.
By comparison, I have a Gibson Burst Bucker 3 in my Joe Perry Boneyard LP. The EVH sounds fatter, but at the same time is also great to use clean with effects. I can get some great experimental/ folk/ zeppelin tones. One thing I wasn't expecting with the pup is the shimmering tone I can get when I roll the volume back. It responds nicely to volume changes and can go from clean to nasty.
I added some Schaller locking tuners to the Charvel and it has great sustain too. Notes ring out and are very clear. One thing I like, is that notes stay fat/crisp and clear even with high gain. I can get squeals and harmonics equally well.
Depending on my amp setup, I can get some great Lynch tones out of it. I'm a big time lynch fan, but never cared for the Demon. I had it in my M1 and a custom Dean, but never bonded with it. The EVH does Lynch very well. It handles everything from Dokken to SOW.
If any of you are wondering, this PU nails the early Eddie tone. I used to have an EBMM Axis and that comes nowhere near how this PU sounds.
The only thing I don't like about the EVH is there is still a bit too much high end, but at least it's controllable.
I'm liking the pup so much, I'm thinking of trying some of the other SD CS stuff. How do the RTM and SuperV compare?
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