EVH Frankenstein Pickups Comparison Demo | EVH Gear

[@warzsawa80]

Classic is my fav, the DLR era sound all the time!!

[@stevedahl]

The others too harsh me trebly

[@dinorocker8647]

I think the standard is geared more towards the later EVH tone a la 1984, the plus is definitely more of a modern take on an old classic.

[@leftygtrplr6184]

The Standard sounds like the sweet spot for me. Perfect amount of gain!

[@einarwilliamfreberg8220]

I would love to have had the stock Frankie’s Wolfgang pickup added to this comparison video.

[@looking_33]

I love how he can't play the actual riffs for copyright or whatever, but we all know what he's playing. That takes talent!

[@EOHRyan]

You should compare them with the Wolfgang pickups becaue that's what actually comes with this guitar.

[@Beelzehump]

It's the standard, check the specs

[@EOHRyan]

@@Beelzehump It's not standard. Wolfgang is standard. Frankenstein is a different pickup, similar specs but not exact.

[@FrankDux-rq7go]

the red just pops and that roasted maple neck looks so nice.

[@Guttalaser]

Naahhh!!! I own that guitar... and the roasted maple is the worst thing in the mexican Frankenstrat (and the Floyd/D-tuna too). I'm serching a safe way to get rid of that brown shade! Someonethere in Mexico don't know/understand what is the "EVH Brown Sound"! 😁

[@locrian5818]

@@Guttalaserthe wood on the neck has nothing to do with the sound that’s coming out of your amp…

[@Guttalaser]

@@locrian5818 ouch... ok... and... who said that? you write faster than you read!

[@garycoates4987]

The Plus just has more of everything, ❤❤❤ I think it's time to upgrade my B&W striped series

[@jonbon7219]

what pickup comes stock in that?

[@michaelodria1986]

First of all GREAT informative DEMO! To my ears the "CLASSIC" version sounds and response is the best.

[@gre107]

Loving the sound of the plus!

[@LucasMastropasqua]

I haven’t been a high output pickup guy the past 5 years as i started preferring the clarity of lower output pickups but the plus has something I liked more in this comparison. The Suhr Aldrich is another example which I recently installed in one of my guitars and it sounds awesome!

[@johnnywomack548]

I have the Aldrich bridge model in my '87 Kramer. It's AMAZING.

[@LucasMastropasqua]

@@johnnywomack548​​⁠Fantastic! Have you tried the split and parallel wiring modes with it yet? Really sounds great in all of them. The split has very little volume drop and parallel wiring adds a bit of clarity but doesn’t really loose much gain.

[@BOUZOUKISIGNIS]

Should have been added the wolfgang pickup to hear the differences.

[@randalljax]

I think these are the Wolfgangs , they just changed the names, the Classic was the Frankie, the Std was the Wolfgang and the Plus was just a hotter version , when the first posted this on the site it was classic , Wolfgang std , wolfgang+ they just changed the names for some reason

[@isaiahmarquez9717]

@@randalljaxWell that’s confusing. 🫤

[@alexmorissey9029]

Let's give it up to the demo player!

[@jimmcdougall9973]

The Standard suits VH1 and the Plus is closer to EVH’s VH2 tone imo. Both are great.

[@Zubao]

Classic and the standard are my favs, but all sound fantastic!

[@leonmohan1708]

I would like hear a comparison with a bridge Wolfgang pup as found in my EVH Wolfgang standard guitar. It's by far my fav pup through my yamaha thr x3 modeling amp. Yes, I'm a bedroom player!

[@Peter_Stoops]

I have the classic in one guitar and the standard in a several guitars, have not got a plus yet. I have a bunch of wolfgang pickups too…. LOVE EM!!!!

[@joeyskar]

Very good trem picking bud. 👍🏻

[@billyc6678]

I have to go with the classic. 🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽

[@THEADVENTURECHANNEL11]

That brought back some memories!

[@pierozucca172]

Incredible sound !!! Fantastic !!! Thanks EVH !!!

[@WyattScott]

I recently got a Frankie and it comes stock with the wolfgang. How does that compare to these?

[@countzero5150]

Specs wise the wg is similar to the standard. Same magnets, similar dcr, slightly less output on the WG but that's not a bad thing if you like the clarity of lower output/less gain pickups and letting your amp do the work. Personally I like the WG humbuckers so much that they bumped the seymour duncan JB to second place on my list of all-time favorite pickups.

[@misstress1928]

I think, Standard has got THAT (easily recognizable) character, Plus sounds full and rich, while Classic, hopefully, should be the most versatile for those, who want a clean sounding humbucker. I must add, that naming is spot on.

[@joehernandez6260]

Classic it is for me🤘🏼

[@Nick-dz7uz]

Ok here's what I don't get - why go through all the trouble to make a pickup that replicates Ed's classic tone and then not even make it the standard spec for the replica of his classic guitar?

[@dinorocker8647]

2:15 Nice, it's like one of the parts from Eruption, but with a Mid Eastern flavor, basically it's EVH meets Blackmore.

[@davidmagazzi514]

personally i think the plus sounds closest, but DAMN!! this dude can tear it up

[@frantic1987]

I am using a Vampire Pick Up for my guitar.

[@ManuandFuci]

the Plus has definitively more definition, very refined tone

[@JoeR203]

Classic sounds best. The other two sound the same. Clearer than the Classic but I still like the Classic better.

[@FatalizedGuitar]

I agree, too much hiss and harsh noise on the other two

[@jeffowens5150]

It's the Franky plus all the way! Biting harmonics out the ass. The 5150 III amps are killer as well! Blows my Marshall away. What a tone monster! If you want Les Paul tone, purchase a Les Paul. EVH gear isn't for church socials. These pickups sound exactly like Eddie wanted them to. Badass! Screaming power on demand. EVH RIP 1955-2020 🤘 ❤ @jeffowens5150

[@JohnnyBeane]

🎸🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@alanr9634]

plus all day for me

[@gstmusic69]

The Franky Plus really jumps out. Normally I like the 13-14k range on a pickup..A2 or A5. Id have to pick the Plus in this case.

[@CS_Murphy_R9]

Yeah i like it more than the first EVH Frankenstein released years ago. that one is about `13.7K

[@Guttalaser]

The Classic F-O-R-E-V-E-R!!! To me... too much output and compression in the hi-output others... and less dynamics too! And the volume (opss... TONE!) roll-off is better too in the Classic ... while in the others you must almost shot all the way down the puppyes to get the super-clean that became almost dead.

[@roelhernandez2636]

Pickup plus sounds the best for me !!

[@user-qr7ee2cp4y]

Ed's sound went through changes and so should his pickups. Frankenstein is one sound. No shame in releasing a 5150 (kramer era) and Wolfgang pickup. I like them all for different reasons but my favorite is the mid-range DLR Era stuff. It's sweeter... bluesier sounding.

[@TeeMeawzilla]

My fav is the Plus one.

[@CS_Murphy_R9]

They're finally offering the VH 1 and VH II paf but where did they get the specs,? Duncan sells a 9k but this PAF is only 8k? Which did eddie uee?

[@cju5150]

To my ears, and imho, the Classic captures the original essence. The other two just seem to run too hot. The Classic requires you to make your fingers 'work' a bit to get the magic out of the pickup. Think: that warm, just-about-to-melt-the-tubes-tone juuuust backed off a tad on "Where Have All The Good Times Gone". But, to each his own, as they say.

[@mikew9788]

Love that tone

[@KeithFine10]

I’m favoring the Plus

[@BoyAditya]

I never care to read the spec😮 didn't know Eddie love anilco 2 so much... So basically this the same realm as slash pickup, right?

[@welmoeloraculo]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@colewashington3421]

The plus better for cleaner tones, it would probably pair best with albums such as 5150🤙 However, nothing can beat the original brown sound🎸🔥🤣

[@DaNy_P86]

Are these humbuckers tb or sh?

[@CS_Murphy_R9]

They are all Regular spaced (SH). But don't let that stop you from getting one. I use regular spaced on my floyd guitars with no issues. EVH himself did not use a Trem spaced in franky.

[@DaNy_P86]

@@CS_Murphy_R9 Because "frenky" mounts it diagonally... I want to do an HSH build but the pick ups are horizontal, with Floyd rose, I don't want it to disperse the sound too much, I would like to have an evh at the bridge though

[@CS_Murphy_R9]

@@DaNy_P86 You can still use it. Just make sure the pick ups high E polepiece is more under the high E string than it is the low E. The low E string is naturally louder so it doesn't need to be as under the polepiece to the as the thinner high E.

[@DaNy_P86]

@@CS_Murphy_R9 Ok than you man for info

[@isaiahmarquez9717]

Which pickup comes in the 5150??? That’s all I wanna know! I had a 5150 and it sounded EXACTLY like the Van Halen tone of that 1984/5150/OU812 era. I wish I still had it….

[@edwardskol1812]

The EVH 5150 guitar comes with the Wolfgang pick up. It’s awesome!

[@xrichalex1791]

Todo muy lindo. Una de las mejores demostraciones que ya vi, mostrando la dinámica de cada uno, con diferentes técnicas (tocando a lo Van Halen). Felicitaciones a este señor que supo mostrar el producto.

[@scottdunn2178]

At 14.4k with an Alnico ll puts you in Duncan Custom Custom territory... 17.3k w/Alnico ll would be close to the Duncan RTM.

[@JohnJones-ju8ou]

Are these 2k too

[@slappywag7210]

I like the classic, but if I was looking for a something a little hotter, I think either of the other two would be fine

[@ENGlishJELLo-yk7up]

5:15 Sounds like Fleetwood Mac's Rhiannon

[@pc2908]

If EVH is gonna go roasted, why not put in a mini-toggle, or a push pull or push push and actually make the neck pickup functional? I don’t recall Eddie ever having a roasted Frank neck…

[@whiskey_6961]

I wonder how much Eddie had or if he had any input on these pickups.

[@EOHRyan]

He died almost 4 years ago and this is a new product, so probably none. Maybe Wolfgang had input though, which is still valid.

[@donsmith5385]

There are pickups as good if not better for less money. 219.99 WTF!

[@slimsantilli4476]

The Actual Frankenstein had very low output. Ed was playing through a cranked amp for the tone.

[@pc2908]

Standard 💯

[@skylineXpert]

Isnt the real deal just an old antique gibson paf 57'?

[@g3ng4rb0i3]

It's just more gain difference.

[@andrewdegryse9559]

Do this comparison with a Plexi...

[@enverjurdana1280]

Standard all the way.

[@spakattack]

II did not like the tone of the rig in this video. Idunno, if it was me I'd test them with a 59' Marshall with the appropriate speaker and mic combination. Can't please everyone I guess. I would consider the Pete Thorn pickup test video to be way better when were talking about what most EVH tone chasers are looking for in a rig sound for testing.

[@CS_Murphy_R9]

Yeah these all sound too modern "Metal" for old VH tones. I want to hear these through a Suhr SL68 or the new friend,an PLEX,

[@Powerhungry5000]

It’s almost like the pickups barely matter

[@EOHRyan]

To be fair this is closer to the tone Eddie was using for 30+ years up until his death, and the EVH5150III is their product that they are also trying to sell. It'd not make sense for EVH/Fender to use a Marshall to market their pickups.

[@CS_Murphy_R9]

@@EOHRyan Yeah you are right. Eddies end tone was nothing like his 78 or 79 tones. His tastes changed and he opted for more gain in the latter years.

[@Ionx2000]

100%… Too much saturation…not Eddie’s sound at all.

[@vicarelli]

Honestly, cannot hear a difference from one or the other. Agree with the comment that overall I don't like the guitar tone choice for the video. I'd opt for the classic since I've always been in favor of a lower output pickup, get your gain from your amp not your guitar

[@tony_n316]

You can't hear the difference, because there isn't one. Pickups and "tone wood" are the two biggest scams in the guitar industry. Anybody saying they can hear the difference only hear it because they want to. It's just like those videos you watch playing the same audio over and over again, but you're given a list of sentences to read and with each new sentence what you're reading is what you hear... Same phenomenon.

[@WagnerJeremy-m2r]

35423 Wilfrid Mill

[@michaelmyers4176]

I don’t think everyone understands. When they say standard they mean the standard pickup that comes in the standard Frankenstein model. It’s not a separate model. They have Classic and Plus then Standard which is what comes in the guitar stock. The plus is far too hot for Eddies sound. The older he got the less distorted his guitar was. These pickups are far more distorted than what Eddie used on his rig for sure. These pickups sound more heavy heavy metal than classic Eddie tones. The standard sounds best to me.

[@ericb4351]

They don’t put a Frankenstein pickup in these guitars. They use the Wolfgang pickup.

[@ericb4351]

And by “standard” they mean the Standard Frankenstein pickup that has been Out for years

[@randalljax]

@@ericb4351 they just rebranded them , the Classic is a Frankstein made in the Duncan Custom shop , the Standard is pretty much bang on the WG slightly higher DCR and the Plus is also listed as the Frankie+ from the Duncan custom shop , EVH has probably just bought the rights the The Duncan Custom shop models and they are now selling the Frankenstein classic and + , . the original Wolfgang Pickup , ib based on the Same pickup that the Peavey USA Wolfs had , which is pretty much spot on the EBMM , thew pickups have not changed all that much , Jim Decola did all the Peavey ones and He said he looked at the specs m and they had consulted with Fender when EVH was planning on leaving Peavey , so same pickup on the original Fender EVH USA as the Peavey USA

[@ericb4351]

The standard Frankenstein is not the Wolfgang. And I know Jim DeCola said Evh WG is the same wind as the PV , but there is the magnet difference obviously, and simply play them. I have em all. They aren’t the same. Close, sure.

[@ericb4351]

And Duncan has always made the Evh branded Frankenstein pups. Fender made the Wolfgang pups but even those are now made overseas

[@iwilrage]

Sound the same to me

[@Immortaljameson]

+

[@ruggie.74]

They all sound the same when you're using such a high gain amp... Wish you would've used a plexi.

[@Mr911Medic]

WOW...what a difference between pickups!! I'm totally kidding, I heard absolutely NO difference through my Samsung S22's speaker...Im guessing I probably wouldnt hear a difference live either.

[@remifournier7836]

Sorry, they are too closers, need to listen it alot😂

[@remifournier7836]

What is the one pickup on the New spécial wolfgang stripped b/w? I m waiting for it since 9w😅

[@raulleon4824]

So the same

[@oscarsaldanaudio]

There’s no big difference.

[@GeorgeZimmermen]

I got news for ya!, they are all overpriced. I bought a Frankenstein pickup in the fall and it’s honestly just ok. Not worth the asking price

[@michaeltagler4646]

@johnnybeane sent me!

[@JohnnyBeane]

Thank you so much Michael! 🎸

[@P太郎-t3n]

もう、この手はいいんじゃん😮