peavey wolfgang pickups
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shreddin_ED
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Re: peavey wolfgang pickups
I have i tried the bridge wolfgang in my VH replica and now have a set in a OLP MM 1.
the wolf pickups are great man! they are hot but really get the old 1978-81 VH tone?
check out this clip
http://www.guitars101.com/boards/uploads/34266-Ain\'t Talkin\' Bout LoveME.mp3
it is by J-mart over at http://www.guitars101.com/boards/postlist.php/Cat/0/Board/Tributes
he has several other clips with a stock wolfgang and marshall super lead
also at www.plexipalace.con there is a guy named neve who used a wolfgang EXP with a marshall and his clips are also real good.
I hear many guys say the wolfgang pu's are harsh :laugh2: yeah IF you dont use them right any pu can be harsh!
I have i tried the bridge wolfgang in my VH replica and now have a set in a OLP MM 1.
the wolf pickups are great man! they are hot but really get the old 1978-81 VH tone?
check out this clip
http://www.guitars101.com/boards/uploads/34266-Ain\'t Talkin\' Bout LoveME.mp3
it is by J-mart over at http://www.guitars101.com/boards/postlist.php/Cat/0/Board/Tributes
he has several other clips with a stock wolfgang and marshall super lead
also at www.plexipalace.con there is a guy named neve who used a wolfgang EXP with a marshall and his clips are also real good.
I hear many guys say the wolfgang pu's are harsh :laugh2: yeah IF you dont use them right any pu can be harsh!
Maximusgordon 2.0
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Re: peavey wolfgang pickups
Yah, either that or we have already lost all our high frequency hearing! I cant believe so many people think they suck, it beyond me! I love em! If only i had my wolfgang back....
shreddin_ED said:I have i tried the bridge wolfgang in my VH replica and now have a set in a OLP MM 1.
the wolf pickups are great man! they are hot but really get the old 1978-81 VH tone?
check out this clip
http://www.guitars101.com/boards/uploads/34266-Ain\'t Talkin\' Bout LoveME.mp3
it is by J-mart over at http://www.guitars101.com/boards/postlist.php/Cat/0/Board/Tributes
he has several other clips with a stock wolfgang and marshall super lead
also at www.plexipalace.con there is a guy named neve who used a wolfgang EXP with a marshall and his clips are also real good.
I hear many guys say the wolfgang pu's are harsh :laugh2: yeah IF you dont use them right any pu can be harsh!
Yah, either that or we have already lost all our high frequency hearing! I cant believe so many people think they suck, it beyond me! I love em! If only i had my wolfgang back....
Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
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Re: peavey wolfgang pickups
Actually I swapped in my Wolfpickup in my strat the other day.
I wanted a hotter sound for some stuff I am making, and that thing just sounded great in my strat.
Actually I swapped in my Wolfpickup in my strat the other day.
I wanted a hotter sound for some stuff I am making, and that thing just sounded great in my strat.
Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
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Re: peavey wolfgang pickups
Hmm sorry for digging this old one up.
But do anyone know the technical specs for a SuperD Dimarzio??
The thread they used and how it was winded?
Because is it not the same as this??
the wolfgang bridge pickup specs..its 13.85k
> > alnico 5 magnet,nylon bobbins.
> > 7000 turns of 43guage each bobbin.adjustable pole
> > bobbin south polarity.wound top going or ccw from
> > start wire.outside of coils joined together.hot is
> > inside of north bobbin.ground is inside of south
> > bobbin.it has positive phase chec
Except the AlnicoV magnet??
Hmm sorry for digging this old one up.
But do anyone know the technical specs for a SuperD Dimarzio??
The thread they used and how it was winded?
Because is it not the same as this??
the wolfgang bridge pickup specs..its 13.85k
> > alnico 5 magnet,nylon bobbins.
> > 7000 turns of 43guage each bobbin.adjustable pole
> > bobbin south polarity.wound top going or ccw from
> > start wire.outside of coils joined together.hot is
> > inside of north bobbin.ground is inside of south
> > bobbin.it has positive phase chec
Except the AlnicoV magnet??
shreddin_ED
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Re: peavey wolfgang pickups
dimarzio SD,
large ceramic magnet
7000 turns of awg 43
13.8K
the wolfgang bridge pickup is 14.5K not 13.8, but if you put a alnico 5 in a super D they sound very similar.
here take a look at this chart,
if you take out the large ceramic and put in a 5 the mids come down below the bass and treble making it sound scooped like a wolf,it has about the same output as a wolfgang bridge as well with a 5 instead of a ceramic.
Rid said:
dimarzio SD,
large ceramic magnet
7000 turns of awg 43
13.8K
the wolfgang bridge pickup is 14.5K not 13.8, but if you put a alnico 5 in a super D they sound very similar.
here take a look at this chart,
if you take out the large ceramic and put in a 5 the mids come down below the bass and treble making it sound scooped like a wolf,it has about the same output as a wolfgang bridge as well with a 5 instead of a ceramic.
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shreddin_ED
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Re: peavey wolfgang pickups
here is what EVH said himself about the super D in gutar player mag,
GP: Did you make another guitar for Van Halen II and your second world tour?
EVH: Yeah. Well, see, it was my idea to have it rear-loaded, so I wouldn't have a pickguard. So Charvel routed it for me, because at the time I couldn't afford a router. So they claim that they built it for me, which is actually bull****. You know, all they did was what I told them to do. That's the guitar on the second album cover. The pickup that's in the picture is not really what I used. When we did the photo session for the album cover, I just finished painting it and slapping it together, and I just stuck some garbage pickup in there I wasn't actually playing, just so it looked like a complete guitar. But I've tried a bunch of different pickups in there. I took the pickkup out of the first one and put it in there, and it didn't sound too good. So I got a DiMarzio pickup, and I don't really go for those, because they're real distorted. See, I like a clean sound, but with sustain. I hate the fuzz box, real raspy sound. I don't particularly go for that.
GP: It's old now.
EVH: Yeah. The DiMarzio pickups have real big magnets that's how they get their power - so I took the DiMarzio pickup and put the P.A.F. magnet in it.
GP: So what pickup did you finally end up putting in it?
EVH: A DiMarzio with a P.A.F. magnet, wound with copper tape around the windings. Well, I dipped it in paraffin before I put the copper tape on.
here is what EVH said himself about the super D in gutar player mag,
GP: Did you make another guitar for Van Halen II and your second world tour?
EVH: Yeah. Well, see, it was my idea to have it rear-loaded, so I wouldn't have a pickguard. So Charvel routed it for me, because at the time I couldn't afford a router. So they claim that they built it for me, which is actually bull****. You know, all they did was what I told them to do. That's the guitar on the second album cover. The pickup that's in the picture is not really what I used. When we did the photo session for the album cover, I just finished painting it and slapping it together, and I just stuck some garbage pickup in there I wasn't actually playing, just so it looked like a complete guitar. But I've tried a bunch of different pickups in there. I took the pickkup out of the first one and put it in there, and it didn't sound too good. So I got a DiMarzio pickup, and I don't really go for those, because they're real distorted. See, I like a clean sound, but with sustain. I hate the fuzz box, real raspy sound. I don't particularly go for that.
GP: It's old now.
EVH: Yeah. The DiMarzio pickups have real big magnets that's how they get their power - so I took the DiMarzio pickup and put the P.A.F. magnet in it.
GP: So what pickup did you finally end up putting in it?
EVH: A DiMarzio with a P.A.F. magnet, wound with copper tape around the windings. Well, I dipped it in paraffin before I put the copper tape on.
shreddin_ED
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Re: peavey wolfgang pickups
he used this super D with alnico 5 in the black/yellow charvel and the ibanez destroyer
he used this super D with alnico 5 in the black/yellow charvel and the ibanez destroyer
Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
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Re: peavey wolfgang pickups
Hehe man I gotta try that...I think I have one of those lying around somewhere, and I have a loose AlnicoV too.
Thanks for the additional info
Hehe man I gotta try that...I think I have one of those lying around somewhere, and I have a loose AlnicoV too.
Thanks for the additional info
shreddin_ED
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Re: peavey wolfgang pickups
super D wind with a alnico 5 magnet
yeah it is said that it is where he got the idea for the wolfs bridge pup.Rid said:Hehe man I gotta try that...I think I have one of those lying around somewhere, and I have a loose AlnicoV too.
Thanks for the additional info
super D wind with a alnico 5 magnet
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HeadBanginologist
Re: peavey wolfgang pickups
Is it harder/easier to replace a magnet in a dimarzio than it is to do a duncan?
Is it harder/easier to replace a magnet in a dimarzio than it is to do a duncan?
Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
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Re: peavey wolfgang pickups
Hehe that would explain these doublecreams :laugh2:
Hehe that would explain these doublecreams :laugh2:
shreddin_ED
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Re: peavey wolfgang pickups
same,the thing is and i hope you understand this,on a super D much like the duncan distortion it has that oversized ceramic magnet,which is the thickness of two regular alnico 5's if they were stacked on top of one another , so when you put a 5 in the place of the ceramic on a super d you have to insert something under the magnet to shim it snug.
I use a wood spacer and had great results :cool3:
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same,the thing is and i hope you understand this,on a super D much like the duncan distortion it has that oversized ceramic magnet,which is the thickness of two regular alnico 5's if they were stacked on top of one another , so when you put a 5 in the place of the ceramic on a super d you have to insert something under the magnet to shim it snug.
I use a wood spacer and had great results :cool3:
Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
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Re: peavey wolfgang pickups
Maybe an Air SuperD is in order :newangel:
Maybe an Air SuperD is in order :newangel:
WARRENLEELYNCH
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Re: peavey wolfgang pickups
:wrf: :wrf: :wrf: a dimarzio SD does not have the same wind as a wolfgang?
geezzzuussss now I HAVE HEARD IT ALL!
:wrf: :wrf: :wrf: a dimarzio SD does not have the same wind as a wolfgang?
geezzzuussss now I HAVE HEARD IT ALL!
