New Seymour Duncan pickups for a Music Man EVH
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ErikH
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Welcome to the group. What are you going after? Keep in mind that the tables on Seymour Duncans will have to be modified to fit in the pickup cavity.
If you don't want to snip the tabs, and want the sound without shelling out a lot for pickups (used pickups from that guitar go for a pretty penny when they show up and sell fast) grab a DiMarzio Tone Zone or Air Zone for the bridge and an Air Norton for the neck and call it a day.
If you don't want to snip the tabs, and want the sound without shelling out a lot for pickups (used pickups from that guitar go for a pretty penny when they show up and sell fast) grab a DiMarzio Tone Zone or Air Zone for the bridge and an Air Norton for the neck and call it a day.
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Ok, great and thank you.
Just trying to know if SD have similar pickups if not I will be grabbing some DiMarzio's
Trying to get the same sound / vibe but with SD's, will check your recommendations.
devastone
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As mentioned, just be aware you will need to modify the tabs on the SDs to fit in the cavities, and after you modify them they won't qualify for the 21 day exchange.
I will 3rd (or 4th, whatever) getting the DMZs and calling it a day, that will be as close as you are going to get to the original pickups, I like SD and DMZ, but they are quite different IMHO, not much model cross over.
If you want something a little different but still similar to the originals, I would go with a Norton in the bridge and the Air Norton in the neck, the un-aired Norton is one of my favorite bridge pups.
I will 3rd (or 4th, whatever) getting the DMZs and calling it a day, that will be as close as you are going to get to the original pickups, I like SD and DMZ, but they are quite different IMHO, not much model cross over.
If you want something a little different but still similar to the originals, I would go with a Norton in the bridge and the Air Norton in the neck, the un-aired Norton is one of my favorite bridge pups.
Thank you!, will check your options too.
alex1fly
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How do you know the tabs would need snipped? Is it common knowledge around this particular model?
Mikelamury
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I don't know about the neck but in the DiMarzio EVH article it says the pickup it was designed after(in the bridge,)was a JB that had the string caught under the coil during a show damaging it in a way that eddie liked. You should read the ''remembering eddie van halen' article on the DiMarzio website. I can't remember off hand but it will tell you more about the sound of the damaged JB that eddie liked so much. Maybe get a custom JB made it to hit all the properties that the damaged one had. Or the custom shop sells a frankenstein humbucker set that was approved by EVH designed for his tone.
ErikH
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The pickup route on the body is routed to match that of the tabs on the stock DiMarzios, rounded off pointy shape. They are not square. It should be common knowledge by now considering it hit the market 30 years ago and hasn't changed aside from the name and the switch location.
I think that to get the "damage" exactly as Ed's, will be difficult. And yes i'm looking the custom shop Pickups too - Thanks!
Wow, never heard of Pariah or Planet Tone.. Will check them right now!
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If you were to order specific models from the Custom Shop, they could always cut the tabs so they fit. You can also swap the baseplate out to one with the correct tabs. This is one of those areas where there are no standards, and that EVH model was made with very specific pickups.
Honestly, I'd try to find someone selling a set of the very pickups that are missing from your guitar.
Honestly, I'd try to find someone selling a set of the very pickups that are missing from your guitar.
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