Comments on: Review: EVH Frankie Pickup Worth Every Penny http://www.vhnd.com/2009/03/30/review-evh-frankie-pickup-worth-every-penny/ The Latest News & Info about The Mighty Van Halen Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Talia Litza http://www.vhnd.com/2009/03/30/review-evh-frankie-pickup-worth-every-penny/comment-page-1/#comment-727164 Talia Litza Sun, 04 Dec 2011 06:31:34 +0000 http://www.vhnd.com/?p=1039#comment-727164 Yep, top player and a hero to many but Legend is a little strong, Agreed! Yep, top player and a hero to many but Legend is a little strong, Agreed!

]]> By: ERIK http://www.vhnd.com/2009/03/30/review-evh-frankie-pickup-worth-every-penny/comment-page-1/#comment-471540 ERIK Sun, 14 Aug 2011 17:34:31 +0000 http://www.vhnd.com/?p=1039#comment-471540 I just wanted to say that i have read that the EVH frankenstein is actually a duncan SH-11 custom-custom rebranded. I can attest to all of you that this is NOT TRUE! The EVH frankenstein pickup is clearer,has more bite,better harmonics and just sounds more real VH than a duncan CC. I just wanted to say that i have read that the EVH frankenstein is actually a duncan SH-11 custom-custom rebranded. I can attest to all of you that this is NOT TRUE!
The EVH frankenstein pickup is clearer,has more bite,better harmonics and just sounds more real VH than a duncan CC.

]]> By: Lars http://www.vhnd.com/2009/03/30/review-evh-frankie-pickup-worth-every-penny/comment-page-1/#comment-54269 Lars Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:42:11 +0000 http://www.vhnd.com/?p=1039#comment-54269 To Scott. Thanks you for your comments, especially those on impedance on volume pots. Just what I needed. And thanks in general for a sober and very musical discourse. To Scott.

Thanks you for your comments, especially those on impedance on volume pots. Just what I needed. And thanks in general for a sober and very musical discourse.

]]> By: mark http://www.vhnd.com/2009/03/30/review-evh-frankie-pickup-worth-every-penny/comment-page-1/#comment-42309 mark Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:56:24 +0000 http://www.vhnd.com/?p=1039#comment-42309 Am I to understand that the pole spacing on this pup is NOT floyd spaced? You got to be kidding me. Eddie pioneered the floyd and installed them as soon as he could get his mitts on them. While he typically did not use them in the studio, he almost always performed with them live. Anybody know if there are plans for a trembucker? Am I to understand that the pole spacing on this pup is NOT floyd spaced? You got to be kidding me. Eddie pioneered the floyd and installed them as soon as he could get his mitts on them. While he typically did not use them in the studio, he almost always performed with them live. Anybody know if there are plans for a trembucker?

]]> By: ralster http://www.vhnd.com/2009/03/30/review-evh-frankie-pickup-worth-every-penny/comment-page-1/#comment-36538 ralster Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:27:30 +0000 http://www.vhnd.com/?p=1039#comment-36538 ...another 9ohm alnico2 pickup is the Gibson 490T, and that can sound good, depending on the above variables.. …another 9ohm alnico2 pickup is the Gibson 490T, and that can sound good, depending on the above variables..

]]> By: ralster http://www.vhnd.com/2009/03/30/review-evh-frankie-pickup-worth-every-penny/comment-page-1/#comment-36536 ralster Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:08:13 +0000 http://www.vhnd.com/?p=1039#comment-36536 To add my "brown sound" test: Take a guitar with a DuncanJB (hot alnico5) or a ceramic magnet pickup like a Distortion and try to pick an arpeggiated chord with the amp on the dirty channel. Letting each note ring. Especially some minor chords, etc...If its to fuzzy and without any definition, your pickup (or amp setting is too hot). You may think, why cant any pickup be "dialed" to the right level by turning things down? Well it can, like someone above posted about the JB turned down to 7 vol on the guitar sounded alot "brown" to him. But at higher volumes will it do the same? Will the solo be clear? And turned down volume pots on guitars cut certain frequencies very noticeably, so you are flying in clouds, so to speak, as that same pickup sounds totally/tonally different turned up to 10 (obviously, and thats my point). Hence all the necessary discussion on the inherent tone qualities of each pickup. As you can see, most of these guitarists experimented alot with different pickups, and we should do the same to find what YOU are looking for in your particularly constructed guitar, thru whatever amp you use. To add my “brown sound” test: Take a guitar with a DuncanJB (hot alnico5) or a ceramic magnet pickup like a Distortion and try to pick an arpeggiated chord with the amp on the dirty channel. Letting each note ring. Especially some minor chords, etc…If its to fuzzy and without any definition, your pickup (or amp setting is too hot). You may think, why cant any pickup be “dialed” to the right level by turning things down? Well it can, like someone above posted about the JB turned down to 7 vol on the guitar sounded alot “brown” to him. But at higher volumes will it do the same? Will the solo be clear? And turned down volume pots on guitars cut certain frequencies very noticeably, so you are flying in clouds, so to speak, as that same pickup sounds totally/tonally different turned up to 10 (obviously, and thats my point). Hence all the necessary discussion on the inherent tone qualities of each pickup. As you can see, most of these guitarists experimented alot with different pickups, and we should do the same to find what YOU are looking for in your particularly constructed guitar, thru whatever amp you use.

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