I really only wanted something that was branded as being evh. At humbucker soup we use the symbol shown in figure 2 to represent that component in our wiring diagrams.
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Evh frankenstein humbucker wiring diagram. Eddie van halens frankenstein. These items are original for the official evh store. Humbuckers usually use 500k pots which should be easy to find. The original eddie van halen wiring the diy guitar that shook the world. Think of this pickup as a brand new version of the original frankensteins battle worn guitar pickup wound to the exact original specs and built to fit in any humbucking pickup equipped guitar. Wiring evh frankenstein pickup in dc usa custom the kit 50 with 5 way selector is the diagram that you want to look at.
The evh frankenstein humbucker pickup instantly gives you classic eddie van halen guitar tone. Diagram courtesy of seymour duncan. When it came to pickups i wanted something that would be as close to the actual sound of the real frankenstein as possible so i had two options. The evh frankenstein humbucker is an interesting pickup. Designed by include mounting hardware and wiring diagramgenuine evh frankenstein signature humbucker pickup. Pickup wire colors vary between brands.
The color scheme shown applies to seymour duncan pickups. The frankenstein humbucker isnt an exact replica of the famous pickup but rather something that gets the sorts of tones that it is capable of. Superhuman chops aside eddie forged his unmistakable sound through incessant tinkering with guitar parts and pickups. To get close to eddies tone use a strat with a bridge humbucker wiring it to a single 500k audio volume pot as shown in fig. Evh frankenstein humbucker 3 i have also not seen or heard about having 4 wires on the evh and even though i specified that i. The frankenstein went through between 3 5 different necks.
You can get a push pull pot at stewmac guitar center and most other guitar shops and they are available in most values. I could buy the frankenstein humbucker or i could buy the wolfgang humbucker. Official eddie van halen guitar pickups evh frankenstein pickups humbucker pickups. Eddie experimented so much in fact that his main guitar a mishmash of disparate parts became known worldwide as frankenstein. It was designed with eddie van halens input by seymour duncan to go in the 25000 frankenstrat tribute. The original van halen wiring.
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