NGD: EVH Frankie

[scottosan]

I "needed" another guitar for prototyping

 

[ewill52]

NICE!!! Congrats!

 

[SpiderWars]

Because of the angled mounting?

 

[ccn]

Rarely ever see guitars like this . About time

 

[ccn]

Holy crap , I see ToneNerd amplification in that pic . Scott does it all apparently .

 

[scottosan]

Rarely ever see guitars like this . About time

I know, right? My justification is:

1. Easy pup swaps without taking strings off, can slide in under the string.

2. It's a relic. Even if I scratch it, it's still mint

3. Single pickup for simplicity

4. I have no other basswood body guitars

5. Been prototying and lot of new models and analyzing/demoing/AB'ing alot of pups that fit the EVH "thing", MM1300/DSD, Franky, SD Custom, and MM1400/IBZ Super 70 types.

 

[scottosan]

Holy crap , I see ToneNerd amplification in that pic . Scott does it all apparently .

Haha, no, just a chronic tinkerer. Haven't built an amp in almost 4-5 years, but I don't own any commercial amps. My Roccaforte was modded by me and my 100 ToneNerd was such a PIA to build that I'll never do another.

 

[JackBootedThug]

damn those sound good dude....

 

[scottosan]

Because of the angled mounting?

I have my Kramer Focus 1000 that's angled. But that has a rosewood board , so yes, I guess

 

[sideburns]

Let us know which pickup you like most for VH. I am again on that quest and have picked up a vintage JB for now.

 

[japetus]

Let us know which pickup you like most for VH. I am again on that quest and have picked up a vintage JB for now.

Sunset Strip

 

[griff10672]

they both sound great ..... but that Sunset Strip sounds really really good !!

 

[scottosan]

Let us know which pickup you like most for VH. I am again on that quest and have picked up a vintage JB for now.

For VH, I don't hear JB at all. I hear a higher resonant peak, which is what a PAF type or what you get with a ceramic in a higher output pickup. I don't even think anything close to what the more common 14k/A2s spec the EVH brand uses was used in any of the early albums m I think that's a spec that mixed with basswood, gives you a similar feel to what ceramic gives you with other tonewoods. That being a little sag in the low end and a little bit of a bounce to the feel. So far, my ears are leaning toward of the various ceramic variants, Duncan Custom, Super Distortion, Mighty Might 1300. The earliest Super D's and the 1300s weren't potted from the factory. I can't imagine them being use without being potted at the gain levels of VH1.

 

[sideburns]

Yep, Scottosan I get what your saying on the JB. I have not used one since the mid 80's. Jim Gaustad suggested a vintage JB to me for the VH ll sound. That being the tone I like this month. He gets really close to VH on his deep dive videos using one. Ive used vintage Mighty Mite, vintage Super Distortion, EVH Frankenstein and the 78 Duncan which all sound good.

 

[Fiesta Red]

I know the stock pickup is not an actual USA Wolfgang pickup but it sounded pretty good for what I wanted it to do. I put a couple other pickups in an EVH Bumblebee I had and the stock pickup just sounded better

 

[ccn]

Don't those guitars come with a real Wolfgang pickup ?

 

[scottosan]

Don't those guitars come with a real Wolfgang pickup ?

My guess would be import. I think only the USA and early MIJ had USA versions

 

[Fiesta Red]

Don't those guitars come with a real Wolfgang pickup ?

Not a USA Wolgang pickup that comes in the USA Wolfgangs, or the ones you can buy on their own.

 

[ccn]

What a joke , even those non USA versions are pricey and should at least come with a legit Wolfgang pickup imo.

 

[scottosan]

What a joke , even those non USA versions are pricey and should at least come with a legit Wolfgang pickup imo.

If I'm being honest. The stock pickup sounds great. And I didn't intend on keeping the pickup in regardless