Vowel-y Cocked Wah sounding humbuckers

[Crunchberries_McGlyn]

Re: Vowel-y Cocked Wah sounding humbuckers

An Antiquity bridge in my old PRS SE through the crunch channel of the Yamaha THR10 had a hint of that vowel-y sound that the OP spoke of. I think it had more to do with the amp than the pickup, but it was more vowel-y than the 498t I had. The Ant sounded particularly great whenever I played Bring It On Home by Zeppelin.

 

[SAVAGE DISTORTION]

Re: Vowel-y Cocked Wah sounding humbuckers

IMHO the Dimarzio PAF Pro is made for what you are describing.
it has that cocked wha tone and is even part of the description of the pickup.
"The transparency of its sound lets the PAF Pro® slice through heavy processing, where darker-sounding pickups get lost in the mud of the effects chain. Low notes have both snap and chunk, and there is a spike in the mid-range that gives the pickup a subtle “aw” vowel sound, like a wah-wah pedal stopped in the middle.
another pickup that may be even more suiting is not listed on the Dimarzio site but they still make this model
it is called "The Double whammy" DP-150. this can be bought new on Ebay,reverb or ordered fro Dimarzio's custom shop.

 

[Ascension]

Re: Vowel-y Cocked Wah sounding humbuckers

Will add the Dimarzio PAF Joe and the Mo Joe to the list. Joe Sat seems to love that cocked wah tone in his sig pickups.
Definitely hear that tone in the Paf Joe I have in the neck on my Carvin ST 300.
Shows here in this Mo Joe/ PAF Demo also

 

[DavidRavenMoon]

Re: Vowel-y Cocked Wah sounding humbuckers

Just wire your tone control with a small value cap, like .01uF, or even .005 uF. When you turn the tone all the way off you will get that resonant wah tone.

Hotter pickups work better for this.

I also use a Vox wah for that tone. [emoji6]


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[Masta' C]

Re: Vowel-y Cocked Wah sounding humbuckers

Joe Sat seems to love that cocked wah tone in his sig pickups.

Very true. Even the new Satchur8 has some of that. Also, he played the PAF Pro on songs like Always with Me, Always with You, which really exemplify that effect, in my opinion