Would a '59 neck and Evolution bridge work well together?
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strangegrey
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Re: Would a '59 neck and Evolution bridge work well together?
I would imagine that the super powerful evolution would overpower the living crap out of the 59 neck....
The evo neck itself, it seems a good deal more powerful than a 59 bridge...
So you will probably have a serious imbalance there, but I'll wait for others to chime in before saying with serious conviction...
I would imagine that the super powerful evolution would overpower the living crap out of the 59 neck....
The evo neck itself, it seems a good deal more powerful than a 59 bridge...
So you will probably have a serious imbalance there, but I'll wait for others to chime in before saying with serious conviction...
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revolution
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Re: Would a '59 neck and Evolution bridge work well together?
sure it would. set it about 5/32 away from the strings when string is depressed at the 12th fret. The '59 sounds great when it's that close. I'll tell you another excellent , excellent neck pickup is the Air Norton. It was designed for John Petrucci and it is really clean and articulate. It's also hot...but in a VERY good way. Do you ever notice how neck pickups in an overdrive setting tend to struggle? Not this one...notes SLICE right through the mix. Depends on what you want. Do you want Black Crowes "Remedy" jangly and open? Use the '59. The Air Norton is my very favorite neck p'up ever. Nice and focused but still open and not at all "spanky" like most hot pups in the neck position. It will probably balance better with Evolution than '59 but the '59 will be fine...especially if you get it nice and close. I took out all of my tone caps and run my 2 Aero Instrument pickups wide open with only a 1meg volume pot and I love it that way. I have a 2001 Heritage H-150cm(a REAL Les Paul).
sure it would. set it about 5/32 away from the strings when string is depressed at the 12th fret. The '59 sounds great when it's that close. I'll tell you another excellent , excellent neck pickup is the Air Norton. It was designed for John Petrucci and it is really clean and articulate. It's also hot...but in a VERY good way. Do you ever notice how neck pickups in an overdrive setting tend to struggle? Not this one...notes SLICE right through the mix. Depends on what you want. Do you want Black Crowes "Remedy" jangly and open? Use the '59. The Air Norton is my very favorite neck p'up ever. Nice and focused but still open and not at all "spanky" like most hot pups in the neck position. It will probably balance better with Evolution than '59 but the '59 will be fine...especially if you get it nice and close. I took out all of my tone caps and run my 2 Aero Instrument pickups wide open with only a 1meg volume pot and I love it that way. I have a 2001 Heritage H-150cm(a REAL Les Paul).
strangegrey
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Re: Would a '59 neck and Evolution bridge work well together?
I can second the Air Norton endorsement, it's a great neck pickup that remains clear and strong no matter how much distortion you throw at it.
I can second the Air Norton endorsement, it's a great neck pickup that remains clear and strong no matter how much distortion you throw at it.
Re: Would a '59 neck and Evolution bridge work well together?
Thanks for all of the advice, however would there be another Seymour Duncan pickup that you would recommend to work well in the neck position with an Evolution in the bridge. I am interested in having a Duncan in the neck. Thanks again.
Thanks for all of the advice, however would there be another Seymour Duncan pickup that you would recommend to work well in the neck position with an Evolution in the bridge. I am interested in having a Duncan in the neck. Thanks again.
JB_From_Hell
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Re: Would a '59 neck and Evolution bridge work well together?
Not to get off topic, but this isn't true. Petrucci uses tweaked versions of the Steve's Special & Air Norton in his guitars.revolution said:
strangegrey
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Re: Would a '59 neck and Evolution bridge work well together?
The jury is out whether or not the dimarzio's made for EBMM guitars are actually tweaked.....but regardless, prior to Petrucci moving to Ernie Ball, he used production Air Norton's in his Ibanez signature model. That's cold hard fact...
JB_From_Hell said:
The jury is out whether or not the dimarzio's made for EBMM guitars are actually tweaked.....but regardless, prior to Petrucci moving to Ernie Ball, he used production Air Norton's in his Ibanez signature model. That's cold hard fact...
revolution
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Re: Would a '59 neck and Evolution bridge work well together?
Very true,Strangegrey. I spoke to DiMarzio about that. The "tweak" in Petrucci's is that the coils are swapped....allowing the split to be towards the bridge instead of the neck. DiMarzio says to flip the pup around if you want the same effect...but they're identical otherwise.
Very true,Strangegrey. I spoke to DiMarzio about that. The "tweak" in Petrucci's is that the coils are swapped....allowing the split to be towards the bridge instead of the neck. DiMarzio says to flip the pup around if you want the same effect...but they're identical otherwise.
strangegrey
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Re: Would a '59 neck and Evolution bridge work well together?
Yeah, so that means when in regular humbucker mode, the difference wouldn't be noticable at all....
Yeah, so that means when in regular humbucker mode, the difference wouldn't be noticable at all....
Re: Would a '59 neck and Evolution bridge work well together?
Dude, if you wanna sound like 2 different guitars (which some of my buddies love). I like a good blend. If you got the EVO then you gotta get a Air Norton or Virtual PAF neck, I think it's sweeter and a much better match. Also consider the PAF PRO for more bite or the PAF model from Dimarzio, they are nicely voiced, and in the same vein as the 59.
Dude, if you wanna sound like 2 different guitars (which some of my buddies love). I like a good blend. If you got the EVO then you gotta get a Air Norton or Virtual PAF neck, I think it's sweeter and a much better match. Also consider the PAF PRO for more bite or the PAF model from Dimarzio, they are nicely voiced, and in the same vein as the 59.
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