Duff Beer Man Posted February 13, 2005 Report Share Posted February 13, 2005 I know vai uses dimarzio evo's however what is the middle pickup in there. I searched the fourm here and someone said its a virtual vintage. Anyone know what model? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowser Posted February 13, 2005 Report Share Posted February 13, 2005 they don't sell the JEM single, you can only get it out of a JEM. I have also heard that the virtual vintage is close, and I think there are some people who also put a Blue Velvet in the middle. I don't really know what any of them sound like though, so I can't help you there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 I think it's an HS-3 with only the top coil connected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank falbo Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 Its not an HS3, it's not a stacked coil. But I think some people have said that you can get close to the sound with the HS2 or 3 top coil only. It's just a regular single coil, pretty thin and glassy sounding. That's what I like in my guitars, too. A real vintage Fendery pickup. I've found the stock Ibanez S1 and S2 to be pretty thin and glassy sounding, but with a little more output than a vintage fender. I use them as middles from time to time, and both my RG's have them, as well as PAF Pros in the neck, for the old Jem sound. It's working quite well. Most players' complaint is the drop in output on the 2 and 4 positions, which is partially blamed on the humbuckers going to single coil. But that's what I like best about a guitar with a low output middle single. It gives you an automatic gain variation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiko Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 It's a coiltapped HS2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank falbo Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 Whoops, it is stacked I guess. I just don't remember the Root Beer I had for awhile as having a stack. I did know it wasn't an HS3 though. And Dimarzio says it's "like" an HS2, but usually that means it's close enough, if not the same thing. That's the problem they get themselves into with doing all the special endorser pickups, like the original Music man EVH pickups. You have to go tooling around to try to find the "equivalent" model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhO$t Posted February 15, 2005 Report Share Posted February 15, 2005 If you go on the ibanez website and have a look at his guitar it has all the specifications on it, form pickups down to the thickness of the neck on the 1st and last fret and also how the wiring is done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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