Super 70s - second look

[jnew]

Sorry, I didn't mean to de-rail the thread on Super 70's. Just looked like a couple of sidetracks toward the SH-5 and since I'm fresh with a new one in my guitar, I was just chiming in. No offense intended.

James, my post was not intended to you . Efraser posted something about the SH5 at the very beginning of this thread right after my post

Understood. We're all good.

On another note about the Super 70's, I didn't like the one I tried about 4 years ago. Might have to try it again though. Much has certainly changed since then.

[garbeaj]

YMI5150 and Toneslinger are right about the Super 70s being 8k-ish...the ones that were originally in my Destroyer were like 8.2k or something in that ballpark. My neck pickup is just a hair over what the bridge pickup is.

[jnew]

The one I had measured 7.15K.

[vanhalen5150]

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[jnew]

Not cheap are they.

[garbeaj]

Wow...that was pretty pricey. I'm keeping my original Super 70s just because they go with my Destroyer if I would ever want to sell it. Though I'll probably never sell it and I can't stand the way the Super 70s sound in it. I wax-potted mine and they have fresh wire, but otherwise they are all original.

I suppose you can kind've justify that price because they do come with all the original mounting hardware and everything, so it is probably just a little North of fair price...

[Tone Slinger]

I think that a Gibson style guitar (24 3/4 scale,set neck,mahogany/rosewood, etc) does very well, in general (not always),with lower out put pu's. They inherently have great resonance and 'width' to thier tone.What they dont have is sparkle and jangle. A lower output pu retains much more hi end, imo, this combines well with a Gibson style.
But, a Fender style (25 1/2 scale,Alder or Ash bodied with maple neck, etc) guitar is brighter with more throw and clarity,but lacks the girth. Moderate to higher output pu's work well with them imo.
My StewMac 'Golden Age' 9k is about at the starting line, imo, of where a bridge hb'er needs to be for a strat. It sounds great with either an A5 or A2 magnet. Another thing that I realized a while back and recently rediscovered(after changing my mind), A trem spaced hb'er works MUCH better in a strat than a Gibby spaced. All of the 'Golden Age' bridge pu's are trem spaced and all the neck ones are Gibson spaced. Regardless of the slant used on normal spaced pu's, the strings lose a little definition imo, especially the low E. The poles just arent spaced for optimumperformance. Trem spaced have no such problem.

[emmjaydubya]

A trem spaced hb'er works MUCH better in a strat than a Gibby spaced. All of the 'Golden Age' bridge pu's are trem spaced and all the neck ones are Gibson spaced. Regardless of the slant used on normal spaced pu's, the strings lose a little definition imo, especially the low E. The poles just arent spaced for optimumperformance. Trem spaced have no such problem.

Even if a trem spaced hum is slanted? Have any of you guys done this?

[jnew]

Yep, mine is slanted.

[Tone Slinger]

I slant my trem spaced hb'ers. The strings get both sets of poles,but,you get the advantage of a hair more bite on the g,b and high E strings since those are a tad closer to the bridge, due to the angle. I do mine about like Ed did on his all black strat with the zebra pu. The treble strings are a tad closer and the bass side is about where they would be on a 'straight' hb'er route. The regular spaced has to be at an EXTREME angle to get each string some pole piece, and it still isnt optimum. Ed used regular spaced cause there wasnt a choice back then.

If you think a certain regular/Gibson spaced hb'er sounds 'off' or has low E 'flub', dont disregard the pu, just try the same one in a trem spaced version .

[JimiJames]

The new EVH's are F-spaced ? Then Ed didn't choose wisely ...

[Janglin_Jack]

I have Super 70s in my AR 50. I like them a lot. I know you guys are interested in the EVH connection, but if I can help with any details let me know. I suspect you have more details than I can provide, but they are nice and clear and bright with good girth and body and overdrive nicely.

Mike