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Thanks for the advice the other day on wiring Dimarzios where Duncans used to be...I dropped-in the Evolution in place of the JB and thought I would tell you guys what I thought...
1. I HATED taking the JB out of that guitar...(Not sure of the wood type, but it is a HEAVY old Chandler body)...It sounded AWESOME but (like a weenie) I wanted a weird color pup in the bridge position to off-set the pink JEM PAF PRO in the neck position. Once the evo was in, I nervously turned-on my gear...
2. The evolution is one the most responsive pups I have used.. Changes in volume make a ton of difference here...When I roll the pot down, it really changes the tone a lot, a tiny bit bassy, like maybe a wah in the middle-to-open position. I like it alot!
3. Not sure what the evo is doing tonally, but for the first time I am truly enjoying the sound of the bridge matched with the SD Hot Rail in the middle...The evolution made the sound very pleasing and <surprise> a bit Vai-like. After always putting everything on ten, I find my self playing all of the hi-gain metal sounds in this position and not noticing anything "lacking" [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
4. It really is a clear-sounding pup for being so high-gain. A TINY bit shrill, but nothing that can't be solved by backing-off the volume 1-or-2 notches
5. It seems to work well for all of the sounds I like (Jabs, Vai, Eddie, Dime, etc)...Good metal pup with the added bonus of being more than a one-trick pony
6. I have a SD Custom 5 on it's way here for another guitar...I am hoping to enjoy that pup as much.
I know this wasn't a very technical post, but I know that with all the pup choices out there, I really like hearing people's RL stories about how they perform
Dan
1. I HATED taking the JB out of that guitar...(Not sure of the wood type, but it is a HEAVY old Chandler body)...It sounded AWESOME but (like a weenie) I wanted a weird color pup in the bridge position to off-set the pink JEM PAF PRO in the neck position. Once the evo was in, I nervously turned-on my gear...
2. The evolution is one the most responsive pups I have used.. Changes in volume make a ton of difference here...When I roll the pot down, it really changes the tone a lot, a tiny bit bassy, like maybe a wah in the middle-to-open position. I like it alot!
3. Not sure what the evo is doing tonally, but for the first time I am truly enjoying the sound of the bridge matched with the SD Hot Rail in the middle...The evolution made the sound very pleasing and <surprise> a bit Vai-like. After always putting everything on ten, I find my self playing all of the hi-gain metal sounds in this position and not noticing anything "lacking" [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
4. It really is a clear-sounding pup for being so high-gain. A TINY bit shrill, but nothing that can't be solved by backing-off the volume 1-or-2 notches
5. It seems to work well for all of the sounds I like (Jabs, Vai, Eddie, Dime, etc)...Good metal pup with the added bonus of being more than a one-trick pony
6. I have a SD Custom 5 on it's way here for another guitar...I am hoping to enjoy that pup as much.
I know this wasn't a very technical post, but I know that with all the pup choices out there, I really like hearing people's RL stories about how they perform
Dan
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