How are Sounds of Sin pickups?

[Ed Hunter]

I have a JB in my TMZ custom shop san dimas and it sounds amazing but i have it wired in parallel. Sounds like a super ballsy hot single coil wired this way. Real evh sounding this way.

[vanhalen5150]

Never thought about how the JB was wired. Looked like this, with 2 wires shrinkwrapped. Little black rubber things under the legs. Very little routed out for the cavity. Put in the Sinbucker(8.5k A5), changed pot to a 500K Alpha, and added a white volume knob. Ugly, I know.
Sounds much better to me. Open, less compressed. Think I have a grounding problem though.

[Ed Hunter]

Never thought about how the JB was wired. Looked like this, with 2 wires shrinkwrapped. Little black rubber things under the legs. Very little routed out for the cavity. Put in the Sinbucker(8.5k A5), changed pot to a 500K Alpha, and added a white volume knob. Ugly, I know.
Sounds much better to me. Open, less compressed. Think I have a grounding problem though.

that wiring in the pic is standard full humbucking for duncans.

[azazael]

My SIN pickup is apparently one of the very first ones made. I do not know how it differs from the current ones though.

This is just some random noodling with my Franky.

http://www.reverbnation.com/artist/artist_songs/1132238" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[vanhalen5150]

My SIN pickup is apparently one of the very first ones made. I do not know how it differs from the current ones though.

This is just some random noodling with my Franky.

http://www.reverbnation.com/artist/artist_songs/1132238" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

What specs is that one? Amp, guitar? Sounds pretty good. You have good touch on that tune. Although it sounds/looks easy, it's diffficult to cop the exact nuances of Ed. You did a petty good job there.

[azazael]

Which tune? I played a few things.

I don't know the spec, I think its around 9k though.

Peavey 5150 combo and my Frankenstrat.

[vanhalen5150]

"Your no good". 9K with an A5 probably. I do like the higher valued pickups with the A2's as well but, there is just something about that 8-9K A5 combo that sounds right to me on certain tunes.

[azazael]

"Your no good". 9K with an A5 probably. I do like the higher valued pickups with the A2's as well but, there is just something about that 8-9K A5 combo that sounds right to me on certain tunes.

odd does the mp3 only play that?

Ive never used that place before.

[vanhalen5150]

No, it plays everything. What I notice about that pickup output/mag combo is the way it cleans up when you play lightly. The higher outputs do not seem to do that as well unless you turn down the volume a tad.

[azazael]

No, it plays everything. What I notice about that pickup output/mag combo is the way it cleans up when you play lightly. The higher outputs do not seem to do that as well unless you turn down the volume a tad.

I re-uploaded it with a little extra at the end.

[Ed Hunter]

Any of u guys try a ceramic duncan custom? It is like havin a pissed off eddie van halen living inside ur pu! Lol it really does sound like a 59 on steriods...

[azazael]

Is that the CC/59 hybrid?

[Ed Hunter]

Is that the CC/59 hybrid?

no just the regular off the shelf stock ceramic 14.1k custom tb-5. This pup is what the tone zone tries to be. A souped up 59 tone. I set it a bit away from the strings and it sounds aggressive but sweet. I like the way the notes have a burn to em. Real impressed with it. For the VH II tone i ordered a bareknuckle VHII pup cause i hear such great things. For my own tone duncan custom hands down and game over! Lol

[azazael]

What did you think of the tone of the sin/amp?

[ledvedder]

What did you think of the tone of the sin/amp?

They sound great. I'm curious about your setup. Have you made any modifications to the amp (tubes, speakers, circuitry)? I used to have a 6505 combo, and I just couldn't get that tone out of it. I ended up selling it. Maybe I was just doing it wrong. To me, it only seemed good for the chugga chugga stuff, which isn't really my thing.