Metalman_666
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There has been so much talk in this forum about these pups... What is it about the Wolfgangs that everyone likes? Does Peavey wind them, or does somebody else do it for them?
Peavey Wolfgang pickups
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rspst14
Tone Cat
Re: Peavey Wolfgang pickups
Peavey winds these...they are pretty hot, but they have great clarity no matter how much gain you add. They don't sound quite like any other high output pickup out there. They were too hot for my tastes, but if you like high output pickups, you'll probably like them.
Ryan
Peavey winds these...they are pretty hot, but they have great clarity no matter how much gain you add. They don't sound quite like any other high output pickup out there. They were too hot for my tastes, but if you like high output pickups, you'll probably like them.
Ryan
Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
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Re: Peavey Wolfgang pickups
They do like good amps alot, then they sound very good really, but hot.
They do like good amps alot, then they sound very good really, but hot.
RG 2570
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Re: Peavey Wolfgang pickups
I like them but the bridge one does not have enough of a tight A$$ :laugh2:
seriously i am selling mine to get a duncan custom/DDn set.
I am told that the custom has a tight A$$ and is much better sounding than the wolfgang bridge overall. :dance:
the one thing i never liked about the wolfgang bridge one is that it has balls,but they are in the wrong frequency or something?
it has a nasally mid range tone that cannot be dialed out :smack:
I like them but the bridge one does not have enough of a tight A$$ :laugh2:
seriously i am selling mine to get a duncan custom/DDn set.
I am told that the custom has a tight A$$ and is much better sounding than the wolfgang bridge overall. :dance:
the one thing i never liked about the wolfgang bridge one is that it has balls,but they are in the wrong frequency or something?
it has a nasally mid range tone that cannot be dialed out :smack:
d-bone
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Re: Peavey Wolfgang pickups
I think they are dry and the mid/highs are hard and cold. They have a strange mid peak that sounds like you are playing through a wha-wha pedal that is fixed in one position. (in my marshall, have not tried wolfgang in a 5150)
The JB in the bridge made my wolfie sound wet and tight and much more van halen than the stock pup's.
I think they are dry and the mid/highs are hard and cold. They have a strange mid peak that sounds like you are playing through a wha-wha pedal that is fixed in one position. (in my marshall, have not tried wolfgang in a 5150)
The JB in the bridge made my wolfie sound wet and tight and much more van halen than the stock pup's.
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Re: Peavey Wolfgang pickups
My Wolfie through a 5150 is pure F.U.C.K. tone...I like it even better through my Marshall...it's a bit darker but has a lot of personality. I thought about trying a JB in it, with a PGn, just for a bit of a change...but I like the stock pup's, too.
Farkus
My Wolfie through a 5150 is pure F.U.C.K. tone...I like it even better through my Marshall...it's a bit darker but has a lot of personality. I thought about trying a JB in it, with a PGn, just for a bit of a change...but I like the stock pup's, too.
Farkus
RG 2570
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Re: Peavey Wolfgang pickups
update i just sold my last set of the wolfs, at first i loved them but after playing on them for some time i found like the one poster said that
"I think they are dry and the mid/highs are hard and cold. They have a strange mid peak that sounds like you are playing through a wha-wha pedal that is fixed in one position."
i agree with that and want to add,that the bridge one can cut steel but has little muscle to it's tone? a lot of presence?
it is actually humorous cause the guy they are made for namely eddie vanheflin
is said to like a warm brown sound
well these are not warm and brown at all , more like icey cold and red :laugh2:
update i just sold my last set of the wolfs, at first i loved them but after playing on them for some time i found like the one poster said that
"I think they are dry and the mid/highs are hard and cold. They have a strange mid peak that sounds like you are playing through a wha-wha pedal that is fixed in one position."
i agree with that and want to add,that the bridge one can cut steel but has little muscle to it's tone? a lot of presence?
it is actually humorous cause the guy they are made for namely eddie vanheflin
is said to like a warm brown sound
well these are not warm and brown at all , more like icey cold and red :laugh2:Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
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Re: Peavey Wolfgang pickups
Eh Brown sound vanished in the 80's fyi.
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And no player is alike, they also say that EMG's are cold and sterile, Carlton and Gilmoure and a few others has produced quite good tones with those.
And so on....remember that these guys has techs and tons of gear beside their signature stuff.
And the pickups sounds good in a Wolfgang.
Eh Brown sound vanished in the 80's fyi.
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And no player is alike, they also say that EMG's are cold and sterile, Carlton and Gilmoure and a few others has produced quite good tones with those.
And so on....remember that these guys has techs and tons of gear beside their signature stuff.
And the pickups sounds good in a Wolfgang.
Metalman_666
Well-known member
Re: Peavey Wolfgang pickups
so they're hot, but CAN be warm?
so they're hot, but CAN be warm?
me wise majic
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Re: Peavey Wolfgang pickups
I wanna know if the Custom Shop can build one for me.
J
I wanna know if the Custom Shop can build one for me.
J
Re: Peavey Wolfgang pickups
The Wolfgang pups have a very thick sound. I love mine. Plus as someone else mentioned they dont lose clarity when gain is added.
The only weak point and this is very minor. The low end is a tad loose. My Hamer Diablo with a JB trembucker has VERY tight lows. Playing both guitars back to back brings out the difference. Otherwise I probably would never have noticed it...
The Wolfgang pups have a very thick sound. I love mine. Plus as someone else mentioned they dont lose clarity when gain is added.
The only weak point and this is very minor. The low end is a tad loose. My Hamer Diablo with a JB trembucker has VERY tight lows. Playing both guitars back to back brings out the difference. Otherwise I probably would never have noticed it...
