Members GilmourD Posted April 7, 2010 Author Members Share Posted April 7, 2010 Well, I decided to go with the VEH. We'll see how that works out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GilmourD Posted April 8, 2010 Author Members Share Posted April 8, 2010 Well, I've installed the VEH. I have to say that the only unfortunate thing is that it's after 2am and I have a sleeping wife... LOL However, I did turn up my retubed Vox AC4TV8 for a good crunch on the 1/10 watt setting and let an Amaj ring out for just long enough to hear it but short enough to not get a shoe wedged between my lower set of cheeks. LOL The improvement is amazing. Much brighter but still fat and humbuckery. The string-to-string separation is immensely improved. At a lower volume (and thus less gain) it matches well with the neck pickup with the switch in the middle position. It actually even makes me appreciate the neck pickup a bit more than I had, probably because I was so disappointed with the plugged-in bridge tone of the stock pickup. I'll certainly let 'er rip tomorrow, but the verdict is that I made a good choice here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GilmourD Posted April 8, 2010 Author Members Share Posted April 8, 2010 Bump for the day crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Preacher Posted April 8, 2010 Members Share Posted April 8, 2010 Awesome, dude! I'd like to hear back once you open it up a little bit today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted April 8, 2010 Members Share Posted April 8, 2010 pics?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members undergod12 Posted April 8, 2010 Members Share Posted April 8, 2010 I have a set of VEH's in my Douglas and I love them. Let us know how yours works out when you have a chance to crank up the volume. If you feel up to even more modding, you might consider swapping in a push-pull pot so you can split the pickup. I almost prefer the sound of the VEH's split and use their split sounds far more than on any other humbuckers I own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GilmourD Posted April 8, 2010 Author Members Share Posted April 8, 2010 pics?? I posted these in my NGD thread last week. I didn't take new pics since the pickup looks the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GilmourD Posted April 8, 2010 Author Members Share Posted April 8, 2010 I have to get running to take care of some stuff, but I just wanted to let you guys know that this pickup is awesome in this guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted April 8, 2010 Members Share Posted April 8, 2010 Have you been able to let 'er rip, yet? :poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GilmourD Posted April 8, 2010 Author Members Share Posted April 8, 2010 Have you been able to let 'er rip, yet?:poke: Yeah, it's pretty sweet. Exactly what I was looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IPlayMetronome Posted April 8, 2010 Members Share Posted April 8, 2010 I ordered a VEH for my Explorer kit.Glad to hear its relatively bright,the description made it sound a bit dark/bassy.That said,the Hot Liverpool Retrotron is the best bridge pickup i've ever used. I have it in a knockoff Flying V and it KILLS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GilmourD Posted April 19, 2010 Author Members Share Posted April 19, 2010 Since 1.0 is now back, let's get back to things. The more I play the guitar, now, the more I like this pickup. It might not be perfect for everybody or every guitar, but damn if this wasn't just a good {censored}ing match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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