Members lincoln40 Posted November 9, 2010 Members Share Posted November 9, 2010 Is there any pickups that sound like Eddie Van Halen's humbucker on the first 6 albums, the famous brown sound. I have seen some companies claim they have a pcikup that does, but have any of you experienced for sure, a pickup that souds like the brown sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted November 9, 2010 Members Share Posted November 9, 2010 Eddie's sound is as much amp and technique as it is pickups. JMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mister Zero Posted November 9, 2010 Members Share Posted November 9, 2010 There are a few pickups that ought to get you into the ballpark. The Duncan '78, the EVH Frankenstrat humbucker, Bareknuckles VHII all come to mind. For less money I've heard that the GFS VEH is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members smorgdonkey Posted November 9, 2010 Members Share Posted November 9, 2010 Most people get a hot humbucker and while that will get you 70% of the way there, a medium output humbucker with an amp that can supply a lot of gain will get you 85% there. The last 15% is subtleties and tweaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fly_with_v Posted November 9, 2010 Members Share Posted November 9, 2010 Buy a USA made Wolfgang. It is all in there. I have one for sale if you are interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lincoln40 Posted November 9, 2010 Author Members Share Posted November 9, 2010 Buy a USA made Wolfgang. It is all in there. I have one for sale if you are interested. Too expensive. I'm gonna make my own Frankenstrat thats why I ask Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Prages Posted November 9, 2010 Members Share Posted November 9, 2010 Buy a USA made Wolfgang. It is all in there. I have one for sale if you are interested. I love the pickups in the Wolfgang, but they aren't exactly what I would consider good for getting early EVH tone. I've got a couple of guitars with Seymour Duncan Custom Custom (SH11) in them and they get reasonably close with the right amp and setting. Somebody Get Me A Doctor And this one is actually a Dimarzio Tone Zone: Little Dreamer Both of those are recorded through a Peavey Classic 30 too. I'm not saying it's a perfect EVH tone, but it gets in the ballpark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lodom Posted November 9, 2010 Members Share Posted November 9, 2010 What about the EVH line of pickups? I believe Guitar center has the Wolfgang and another model that's close to the earlier EVH sound. They have great reviews. I'm thinking aobut buying one and installing it in a strat style guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metal0822 Posted November 9, 2010 Members Share Posted November 9, 2010 ive also heard of the custom custom being a good one for the evh tone, which is why i bought one. but i no longer have any superstrats, let me know if you wanna buy my custom custom, id let it go for cheap to a forum member, just PM me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rikv Posted November 9, 2010 Members Share Posted November 9, 2010 why not create your own sound instead of mimic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metal0822 Posted November 9, 2010 Members Share Posted November 9, 2010 maybe the music he created would sound really good with that tone. maybe thats the sound that inspires his creative side. maybe he plays guitar for fun, and his idea of fun is playing van halen songs. he asked a question, your response is not an answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jds22 Posted November 9, 2010 Members Share Posted November 9, 2010 Many swear by the Duncan 59. I tried the GFS VEH and it wasn't bad but a little bright for my tastes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Deadbeat Son Posted November 9, 2010 Members Share Posted November 9, 2010 What's it matter? He's an old, irrelevant sack of {censored}. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stingxnj Posted November 9, 2010 Members Share Posted November 9, 2010 What's it matter? He's an old, irrelevant sack of {censored}. Who changed an entire music scene, defined a style, and influenced and inspired millions of people to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlueSky1963 Posted November 9, 2010 Members Share Posted November 9, 2010 Any pickup will sound that way. It just needs exposure to enough airborne nicotine....... So start puffin', kid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members noisebloom Posted November 9, 2010 Members Share Posted November 9, 2010 Who changed an entire music scene, defined a style, and influenced and inspired millions of people to play. FWIW, it was a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sgt mukuzi Posted November 10, 2010 Members Share Posted November 10, 2010 imo Dimazio Super 2 IS THE ONE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members panther_king Posted November 10, 2010 Members Share Posted November 10, 2010 FYI, all the pickup tone signatures, out puts, resistances, magnets and coil winding techniques of ALL the pickups recommended so far have been ALL OVER the board. Which goes to show, people are either getting EVH tone with whatever pickup and using mostly their amp and EQ controls, or NOT getting EVH tone at all. My opinion? a Medium output PAF styled bucker will do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members noisebloom Posted November 10, 2010 Members Share Posted November 10, 2010 To obfuscate things even more, the DiMarzio 36th Anniversary PAF gets very close, although it's Alnico 5. It's a great deal at around $65, depending on where you look. There's also Gibson's '57 Classic Plus, which on paper is a virtual match with Ed's original Frankenstrat pickup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lincoln40 Posted November 10, 2010 Author Members Share Posted November 10, 2010 What's it matter? He's an old, irrelevant sack of {censored}. He just had one of ther best selling tours in a decade. I'd say he's still pretty damn relevant. bwa ha ha ha...you fail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members robertkoa Posted November 10, 2010 Members Share Posted November 10, 2010 The Bridge Humbucker in my Carvin Bolt C22 B )can sound quite a bit like the EVH Brown although it's not a tone I use . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted November 10, 2010 Members Share Posted November 10, 2010 FWIW, it was a joke. It may have been a joke but I never cared for him then and he is terrible now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lincoln40 Posted November 10, 2010 Author Members Share Posted November 10, 2010 It may have been a joke but I never cared for him then and he is terrible now. And yet you listen to a pole smoker....alrighty then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members straycat113 Posted November 10, 2010 Members Share Posted November 10, 2010 Dimarzio Tone Zone and Air Nortan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brewski Posted November 10, 2010 Members Share Posted November 10, 2010 evh slapped two single coils together, one ceramic and one Alnico V, over modded the Marshall and used about 3 pedals for that tone. Recommend you use a Duncan distortion and then throw a monkey wrench into a Tuber amp and enjoy. I personally disagree with anyone trying to replicate another persons tone but if its your think go ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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