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12.14.19, 08:07 PM #1
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What Kind Of Pickup Did EVH Use On "Sucker In A Three Piece?"
I've got a Mexican Strat, with a humbucker, whose tone I don't care for.
The guitar has a maple neck, and an alder body, with 500k pots (for the humbucker).
I've listened to a bunch of video's on youtube; I am a really picky guy about tone.
Ideally, I would love to get the sound of a Seymour Duncan '78, but I won't spend $160 on a pickup. SD's Trembucker SD-4 sounds good, but it has a little too much on the bottom end. The SD Custom Custom sounds almost perfect, but I wish it had a little more on the bottom end. The SD Custom 5 has a tinge too much distortion for my tastes, and EVH's Frankenstein pickup is simply too expensive.
I love the tone Ed had all throughout 1984, as well as on Sucker In A Three Piece. Would a Custom Custom give me the tone that I am looking for, or is it a little too compressed, and lacking on the bottom end?
Thanks in advance"It wasn't Ed's playing that inspired me, it was his spirit. The playing was merely a manifestation of that spirit." - Speedway
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12.14.19, 08:08 PM #2
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"It wasn't Ed's playing that inspired me, it was his spirit. The playing was merely a manifestation of that spirit." - Speedway
"when I heard Me Wise Magic on I-81 in 1996...I am thinking "what a fucking waste of time the last ten years were for Van Halen." - Dave's Dreidel
"Eddie may have passed, but he will NEVER die!"
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12.14.19, 09:41 PM
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