"Seymour Duncan Special Van halen pickup 1979"
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MetalManiac
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Re: "Seymour Duncan Special Van halen pickup 1979"
Congrats..hope your findings impel you onward to have an interest in this fascinating subject.
I think the only way we will truly know is to strap Ed down and shoot him with truth serum, and even then, I doubt he'd remember nuthin' from his alcohol fueled drug crazed youth.
Those things you wrote are pretty much de rigeuer tip of the iceberg common knowledge for people getting into this stuff. I must have done 40 hours research on this by now.
The Ibby destroyer was used on all Vh-1 not requiring tremolo, and the stock pickups are generally accepted as Super70's A8's. Some even think thats what Ed transferred to his Boogie Strat for the rest of it.
The Destroyer was said by Ed to be Korina, but Ibanez never made a Korina 'Splorer". Its accepted that the Exploere was a wood called "Sen", the equivalent of a japanese cheaper -in-price furniture grade wood called Japanese Ash that has warmer
Limba-esque properties.
( see, I pulled this all outta my a**- I told you I researched all this backwards and forwards)
Congrats..hope your findings impel you onward to have an interest in this fascinating subject.
I think the only way we will truly know is to strap Ed down and shoot him with truth serum, and even then, I doubt he'd remember nuthin' from his alcohol fueled drug crazed youth.
Those things you wrote are pretty much de rigeuer tip of the iceberg common knowledge for people getting into this stuff. I must have done 40 hours research on this by now.
The Ibby destroyer was used on all Vh-1 not requiring tremolo, and the stock pickups are generally accepted as Super70's A8's. Some even think thats what Ed transferred to his Boogie Strat for the rest of it.
The Destroyer was said by Ed to be Korina, but Ibanez never made a Korina 'Splorer". Its accepted that the Exploere was a wood called "Sen", the equivalent of a japanese cheaper -in-price furniture grade wood called Japanese Ash that has warmer
Limba-esque properties.
( see, I pulled this all outta my a**- I told you I researched all this backwards and forwards)
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Re: "Seymour Duncan Special Van halen pickup 1979"
he borrowed that other destroyer from chris holmes the guitarist in WASP
he borrowed that other destroyer from chris holmes the guitarist in WASP
Re: "Seymour Duncan Special Van halen pickup 1979"
heres a good VH tone
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=6822593
heres a good VH tone
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=6822593
Re: "Seymour Duncan Special Van halen pickup 1979"
all it means to me is the sound on those albums are not one guitar, one PU, one amp, one mic, one studio,... to me all it means is if i want to catch some VH vibe i grab my Charvel and my Epi Explorer, crank up my Marshalls and 5150... add a few MXR pedals and hit the gas...
all it means to me is the sound on those albums are not one guitar, one PU, one amp, one mic, one studio,... to me all it means is if i want to catch some VH vibe i grab my Charvel and my Epi Explorer, crank up my Marshalls and 5150... add a few MXR pedals and hit the gas...
MetalManiac
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Re: "Seymour Duncan Special Van halen pickup 1979"
yes it is, it is a 61 strat the one he used on the intro to "women in love" trust me:cool2:
yes it is, it is a 61 strat the one he used on the intro to "women in love" trust me:cool2:
Re: "Seymour Duncan Special Van halen pickup 1979"
Sure you can do that without doubt,but i think what PITTBULL was really after hear is that distinct VH1 tone and which ceramic pu would get him there.
i vote for either the DSD or the SH5 both of those will rip out the VH1 tone in a ash strat:14:
Sure you can do that without doubt,but i think what PITTBULL was really after hear is that distinct VH1 tone and which ceramic pu would get him there.
i vote for either the DSD or the SH5 both of those will rip out the VH1 tone in a ash strat:14:
j9fd3s
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Re: "Seymour Duncan Special Van halen pickup 1979"
i just looked it up, the VIDEO is from two nights, the audio is from the second night.
so like any movie, the video is just spliced together. good eye though, except for maybe sammy's pants it sure doesn't look like it
mike
i just looked it up, the VIDEO is from two nights, the audio is from the second night.
so like any movie, the video is just spliced together. good eye though, except for maybe sammy's pants it sure doesn't look like it
mike
Re: "Seymour Duncan Special Van halen pickup 1979"
Ian try the PG with a UOA5 before spendin $160 on a IM-1.:cool2:
Hey, I found an awesome YouTube demo of the Custom Shop IM1!!!!
Ian try the PG with a UOA5 before spendin $160 on a IM-1.:cool2:
IanBallard
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Re: "Seymour Duncan Special Van halen pickup 1979"
I'm tempted to stick a regular alnico 5 in my hybrid. What the hell, right? My guitar has a lot of natural midrange and my amp has a mid-boost. Sometimes the A8 is a *smidge* too much in the lower-mids. I really liked the stock '59B and there is a difference in response from magnet to magnet and I liked the "feel" of the A5.
I'm tempted to stick a regular alnico 5 in my hybrid. What the hell, right? My guitar has a lot of natural midrange and my amp has a mid-boost. Sometimes the A8 is a *smidge* too much in the lower-mids. I really liked the stock '59B and there is a difference in response from magnet to magnet and I liked the "feel" of the A5.
Re: "Seymour Duncan Special Van halen pickup 1979"
Definitely! I have the bach to rock CC/59 hybrid and if you have one try the UOA5 this magnet has both the A5 and A2 traits and sounds great in his hybrid. is your with the hotter coil toward the neck?
Definitely! I have the bach to rock CC/59 hybrid and if you have one try the UOA5 this magnet has both the A5 and A2 traits and sounds great in his hybrid. is your with the hotter coil toward the neck?
IanBallard
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Re: "Seymour Duncan Special Van halen pickup 1979"
Yep. The '59 coil is going to give you more clarity, being closer to the bridge and you can fine-tune the string-balance with the screws if needed. The other coil beefs it up. I'll give a regular A5 a shot and if it needs more mids, I'll go after an UOA5. I'm still pretty happy with the A8 but next string change I might go nuts and swap.
Yep. The '59 coil is going to give you more clarity, being closer to the bridge and you can fine-tune the string-balance with the screws if needed. The other coil beefs it up. I'll give a regular A5 a shot and if it needs more mids, I'll go after an UOA5. I'm still pretty happy with the A8 but next string change I might go nuts and swap.
j9fd3s
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Re: "Seymour Duncan Special Van halen pickup 1979"
bottoms up is a strat with a tele bridge pickup. that i can't find a pic of.
he's also got a les paul Jr, its the alternate for the VH cover shoot at least.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43908441@N00/418138715/in/set-1198559
that shot is from 1990-1993. so frankie is there, the music mans are there, the ripley guitar, a couple older les pauls, the flying V. both marshalls, the 5150's, the soldano (i think) and over in the corner, the les paul JR. rather an odd choice yes? why would he include a guitar he didn't use?
bottoms up is a strat with a tele bridge pickup. that i can't find a pic of.
he's also got a les paul Jr, its the alternate for the VH cover shoot at least.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43908441@N00/418138715/in/set-1198559
that shot is from 1990-1993. so frankie is there, the music mans are there, the ripley guitar, a couple older les pauls, the flying V. both marshalls, the 5150's, the soldano (i think) and over in the corner, the les paul JR. rather an odd choice yes? why would he include a guitar he didn't use?
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