Seymour Duncan Eddie Van Halen model?

[Toby]

Since a friend of mine owns a Kramer Baretta with a SH-6, he claims that the SH-6 would be the signature model designed for Eddie Van Hallen. I not agree.

Is the SH-6/TB-6 related to Eddie Van Halen in any way?

Is there a Seymour Duncan Eddie Van Halen signature model? What SH-#?

 

[Robert S.]

The SH-6 is definately not a pickup Ed has ever been reported to play. Randy Rhodes maybe, Eddie definately not.

There is a custom shop EVH (evenly voiced harmonics) or 78 model that is reportedly simular to Eds PAF and the Custom Custom does a bang up job on his later tones.

There is no Eddie Van Halen pickup.

 

[captain cavman]

There's no Van Halen PU in Duncan's catalog !

The SH6 is the Distortion model and not related to EVH.

In the custom shop list, you will find an EVH model standing for "evenly voiced humbucker" that reaches the tone characteristics of the red stripped guitar's PU of the "above mentionned guy"

In the Pickup Lounge you will find several topics on "how to get the EVH tone" and some interesting things about hybrid PUs consiting of using "unmatched coils" (one from a '59 and the other from a Custom, as an exemple) that is supposed to be the way Eddie built his famous PU

Good luck !

 

[WARRENLEELYNCH]

Re: Seymour Duncan Eddie Van Halen model?

Since a friend of mine owns a Kramer Baretta with a SH-6, he claims that the SH-6 would be the signature model designed for Eddie Van Hallen. I not agree.

Is the SH-6/TB-6 related to Eddie Van Halen in any way?

Is there a Seymour Duncan Eddie Van Halen signature model? What SH-#?

the only signature pups that are ED's are the dimarzio custom wounds and the peavey wolfgang EVH's
all others are mere speculation

 

[Lewguitar]

Just got the word that my EVH/78 Trembucker has shipped from the Custom Shop! I'm really looking forward to trying it. I was going to put it in my white '88 Strat with the Duncan Antiquity Texas Hots, but John kinda talked me out of it without really trying. I'll try it in my dual humbucker Strat instead and compare it to the 59 Trembucker in my single pickup EVH style Strat. So far, the 59 Trembucker is my favorite humbucker in a Strat...

Lew

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

The closest sound you will get out of an old Kramer, if you want to get the old EVH sound is to use an actual Gibson pickup, which is what Eddie used.

I would use a Duncan Alnico 2 Pro, tho ...

 

[WARRENLEELYNCH]

The closest sound you will get out of an old Kramer, if you want to get the old EVH sound is to use an actual Gibson pickup, which is what Eddie used.

I agree, go on Ebay and look for a 1961 original gibson P.A.F,that is what he used

 

[jeremy]

sure, but i think he potted it and maybe rewound it as well

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

sure, but i think he potted it and maybe rewound it as well

I don't think that was done to his original guitar, tho. Tonally, you will still get closer using a Gibson over anything else, tho I especially like the tone of the A2 Pro, which is less expensive, and will get you within spitting distance ...

 

[Lewguitar]

Aside from chops and talent, IMO, the key requirement for getting an accurate EVH tone is a nice vintage Marshall amp...much more so than getting any specific humbucker. Through my Marshall (or even my '59 Bassman) I can get a really satisfying Van Halen-esque tone using the Duncan 59 Trembucker...very similar to an early 60's a5 Gibson humbucker, but better, IMO. Lew

 

[Maximusgordon 2.0]

Ed's tone definently is 90% the amp he used. If you listen to VH1, he plays a Ibanez Destroyer with a Super Distortion which had a A2 mag from a old PAF on many of the albums song... Thats a very different combo than his single humbucker loaded Strat copy, but still the WHOLE album has THE sound, which relies on pure tube saturation from his Marshall Plexi.

 

[Gearjoneser]

What pickup do I use to get the tone of a guy who's trying to get the Van Halen tone? What pickup for the "Spanish Fly" tone?
What pickup should I buy for my 5150 replica, before smashing it over the head of a guy trying to find the pre-5150 tone?

 

[shreddin_ED]

Ed's tone definently is 90% the amp he used. If you listen to VH1, he plays a Ibanez Destroyer with a Super Distortion which had a A2 mag from a old PAF on many of the albums song... Thats a very different combo than his single humbucker loaded Strat copy, but still the WHOLE album has THE sound, which relies on pure tube saturation from his Marshall Plexi.

while i agree about the marshall amp, i want to clear the pickup statment up,
EVH used a REWOUND dimarzio SD
with a PAF magnet(which may have been a II or 3 or 5?????)

GP: Did you make another guitar for your second album?

EVH: I made the yellow-and-black Strat. It has an ash body by Charvel. It was my idea to have it rear-loaded so I wouldn't have to have a pickguard, and Charvel routed it for me. The pickup that's on the photo is not really what I use -- I had just finished slapping it together and painting it when they shot the album cover, and just stuck some garbage pickup in it to look like a complete guitar. Then I took the pickup out of my first guitar and stuck it in there, but it didn't sound too good. I don't really go for DiMarzio pickups, because they're real distorted. I like a clean sound with sustain -- I hate the fuzz box, real raspy sound. So I put a PAF magnet in a DiMarzio pickup and rewound it by hand, which took a long lime. I actually ruined about three pickups, and by the fourth time it worked. I didn't count the windings -- I just did it by sight.

 

[Lewguitar]

while i agree about the marshall amp, i want to clear the pickup statment up,
EVH used a REWOUND dimarzio SD
with a PAF magnet(which may have been a II or 3 or 5?????)

GP: Did you make another guitar for your second album?

EVH: I made the yellow-and-black Strat. It has an ash body by Charvel. It was my idea to have it rear-loaded so I wouldn't have to have a pickguard, and Charvel routed it for me. The pickup that's on the photo is not really what I use -- I had just finished slapping it together and painting it when they shot the album cover, and just stuck some garbage pickup in it to look like a complete guitar. Then I took the pickup out of my first guitar and stuck it in there, but it didn't sound too good. I don't really go for DiMarzio pickups, because they're real distorted. I like a clean sound with sustain -- I hate the fuzz box, real raspy sound. So I put a PAF magnet in a DiMarzio pickup and rewound it by hand, which took a long lime. I actually ruined about three pickups, and by the fourth time it worked. I didn't count the windings -- I just did it by sight.

I really wonder how much of that is truth and how much is fiction. "...rewound it by hand, which took a long time." I'll bet! I think Eddie was putting alot of us on back in those days and alot of what he said about his gear was a mixture of truth and fiction.

I know he has stated that other guys in the band encouraged him to keep his gear secrets just that...secrets.

 

[Davey]

like lew said.. the amp and his EQ do the trick.. you can use a CC or a '59 in your geetar and with a nice vintage marshall and the 'frown' EQ, you'll nail his tone pretty much bang on

 

[shreddin_ED]

like lew said.. the amp and his EQ do the trick.. you can use a CC or a '59 in your geetar and with a nice vintage marshall and the 'frown' EQ, you'll nail his tone pretty much bang on

it will not sound right with a Custom-custom using the frown EQ shape.
that pu already has boosted mids and very little bass.
If i can recomend it i say get a seth lover bridge and do the frown EQ shape.
the seth lover is basically a original P.A.F
the custom- custom is not:14:

 

[Toby]

Thanks for the replies.

I am not searching for the EVJ sound for myself. A friend of mine is a EVH fan, and he thinks that the SH-6 was Eddies signature pu. I just wanted to know if he is right or not.

 

[Davey]

it will not sound right with a Custom-custom using the frown EQ shape.
that pu already has boosted mids and very little bass.
If i can recomend it i say get a seth lover bridge and do the frown EQ shape.
the seth lover is basically a original P.A.F
the custom- custom is not:14:

ya.. got to think before powt >.< it gets a boost in the mid section from the A2 magnet.. but he could try a C5