EVH - Bumblebee Pickup and Bridge

[PDC]

Now that the limited edition $20K Bumblebee has made its splash, I wonder if EVH products will release the Bee pickup and 1st-Gen style Floyd as stand-alone parts for purchase?

I love a non locking Floyd with a well prepped nut and locking tuner a-la Guthrie Govan, but I prefer the look of the 1st - Gen Floyd.

Seems like offering these - with a chunky markup, of course - would by right in the EVH gear wheelhouse.

 

[romanianreaper]

Now that the limited edition $20K Bumblebee has made its splash, I wonder if EVH products will release the Bee pickup and 1st-Gen style Floyd as stand-alone parts for purchase?

I love a non locking Floyd with a well prepped nut and locking tuner a-la Guthrie Govan, but I prefer the look of the 1st - Gen Floyd.

Seems like offering these - with a chunky markup, of course - would by right in the EVH gear wheelhouse.

Yeah EVH should do as many of the stand-alone parts as possible, I agree! There are enough of us guitar nerds out there that want this stuff.

I'm waiting for the bomb shell and the variac!!

 

[paulyc]

Now that the limited edition $20K Bumblebee has made its splash, I wonder if EVH products will release the Bee pickup and 1st-Gen style Floyd as stand-alone parts for purchase?

I love a non locking Floyd with a well prepped nut and locking tuner a-la Guthrie Govan, but I prefer the look of the 1st - Gen Floyd.

Seems like offering these - with a chunky markup, of course - would by right in the EVH gear wheelhouse.

Yeah EVH should do as many of the stand-alone parts as possible, I agree! There are enough of us guitar nerds out there that want this stuff.

I'm waiting for the bomb shell and the variac!!

The Variac is easy to find, almost any big electronic supply store will have them for sale. The bomb I can't help you with though, sorry. Although I DO have the Univox EC80 tape echo he used inside it to do the end of Eruption and I've seen a few for sale here and there over the years.

 

[Rick Lee]

I think the original pickup in the Bee was a clear bobbin MightyMite. Jalen makes them now.

 

[paulyc]

I've seen a double creme bobbin pickup in the Bee mostly, suggesting DiMarzio or MightyMite.

 

[Stradazone]

This was the first pickup I was introduced to from Jalen, looks and sounds great!

 

[Marshalll]

This was the first pickup I was introduced to from Jalen, looks and sounds great!

Yeah,great sound

 

[PDC]

Yup - I’ve got a Jalen Bee, and I swapped the A-8 for an un-oriented, rough cast A-5. For my particular application, the A-8 was a little ‘hard’ sounding and the UO Rough A-5 was just perfect.

 

[Stradazone]

Yup - I’ve got a Jalen Bee, and I swapped the A-8 for an un-oriented, rough cast A-5. For my particular application, the A-8 was a little ‘hard’ sounding and the UO Rough A-5 was just perfect.

Good idea! the original Mighty Mite pickups were ceramic magnets, I might switch out to Alnico II next time..