NEW Pariah Poundcake Pickup Demo | EVH vs Axis EX 

Agreed

He would have but Sterling Ball didn’t like EVH screwing his wife

Definitely, the Music Man EVH guitars are something special for sure. I have 3 Axis guitars and love them all!

@@donsmith5385 really?? I never heard that.

@@kennethsanders3165 yeah that’s why EVH started making guitars at Peavey, the Peavey Wolfgang was a Hartley Peavey design, hence why they can still produce it

Hahahaha!!!

Not everyone has acclimated ears... The poundcakes, at least through this rig have more bite and less warmth... which makes sense, because the DiMarzios used a technique Larry DiMarzio developed for this set and patented, which uses a spacer so that Alnico V magnets can retain their high output but with more of the warmth of Alnico II magnets. DiMarzio went on to label this "Air Bucking" and used it on several other pickups... But the Pariah set does not try to mimic this technique, that alone makes them more clones of the Peavey era Wolfgang set, which according to the man who made the (Jim DeCola) they were identical to the Ernie Ball DiMarzio's except for those spacers.... Is this all nit-picking? I don't think so... If you want to be true to the EBMM EVH sig era the warmth Ed had with that pickup set made them unique, there are plenty of Peavey Wolfgang followers too and I'd say probably more fans of the Peavey Wolfgang tone than the EBMM, so I'm not dissing the Pariah set, I just think it's more honest to claim them as as inspired by the Peavey Wolfgang era, because that's the tone they are nailing to my ears and from what little I know technically about how the pickup designs.

@@rmzzz76 The Dimarzio EBMM EVH pickups do NOT have the Air Bucking.

Actually- I stand corrected, I believe they are.

@@raylinds1 yeah he invented air bucking trying to build a Alnico V pickup warm enough to make EVH happy. “Air bucking” spacers were one of two patents DiMarzio filed to design that set… The Peavey set could not clone the patented features, the result gave the Peavey Wolfgang set more bite.. which a lot of people prefer… the Pirariah set sound like Peavey Wolfgang pickups to my ears.

Pretty cool. Best guitar

Axis body is fatter

I thought he said it’s an EX, (Japanese manufacture of all original parts) which should be exactly the same? 🤔

Daamnnn thanks Rick!! If u buy a set of Poundcakes, use promo code JEREMY at checkout an you’ll save some cash 🤘🏻

@@JeremyWhiteShow Thanks I will use the code!!!

Please do a demo when you get it in! I’m interested to see the difference between that and the original Pasadena Black that I have in my 5150.

@@danielvanderlinden2181 I’m about to install a pasadena white on my guitar, i’m going to post a video of that too so we can all hear the differences.

Hey Kurt, how did the 86’s work out for you.

@@Tatted-ne7tu ohhhh it’s great, I had a SD JB in it before. That new Black 86 just nails that VH tone of the late 80’s I highly recommend it

@@KurtS5150 That’s good news man I appreciate it. I purchased a Fender Mod Shop Strat with this pup in it and surprisingly I can’t find any reviews of it. Should be here Wednesday.

I envy you, i’m 20, so i never got to see him live and it breaks my heart man.

@@underskillednunderpaid I got to see em 5 times 🤘🏻 will never forget a minute of those nights.

Not in this video it doesn’t!! Lol

Agree.

I was thinking the same thing but didn't want to say it, I'm glad you did.

Yup! They are great. You gonna get some?

@@JeremyWhiteShow I think I have to! Hahah I just picked up a Wolfgang standard in Transparent amber. They would go great in there

@@JeremyWhiteShow Yes I am going to purchase, and I will use the code! Rick.

Where’s the fun in that 😂

@@JeremyWhiteShow just to get a better idea of how close the pickups are to the dimarzios without all the fx processing. I own version 1, great pickups!😋

Thanks man!!

Use promo code JEREMY at checkout 🤘🏻

Thanks Jim!

Larry DiMarzio never said that. What he DID say is that it came down to two final pickups, which he and Steve Blucher called A and B. DiMarzio bet Blucher that EVH would choose pickup A, as he thought it sounded better. On the final decision, Eddie and Steve Lukather were testing them w/ Blucher. Ed couldn’t decide, so he let Luke pick. Lukather chose pickup B, saying “that’s the one!” Pickup B went into the EBMM EVH guitars. What happened to pickup A?! It became the Tone Zone!! 🤘😎🤘 ps. The neck pickup is virtually identical to the Air Norton…

@@Metalcop5150 Great info. Thanks mate!

Yup, H3000 and 3 SDE3000 delay’s… w/d/w 🤘🏻

In case Jeremy doesn't reply, I know he has an Eventide H9, which has the Eventide harmonizing algorithms used by Ed. So my guess is he's probably using the Micropitch algorithm (and maybe a ping pong delay). Google will help you find the Eventide settings to replicate the Carnal Knowledge/Balance albums.

Awesome! Use promo code JEREMY! As for the route, previous owner had it routed to float the bridge Cantrell style… stupid haha

😂😂😂

Use promo code JEREMY and I’ll get back to ya… deal? 🤘🏻😂

They are absolutely fantastic!

So good!!

They RAWK!!!

@@JeremyWhiteShow I’m surprised that I prefer the Pariah set. I mean, those are great, but I thought I wouldn’t hear a difference between them and the DiMarzio set

Oh totally!! I just said that to trigger clean freaks 😂 they clean up VERY nicely

Consider me triggered!😂😂😂 I’d also like to say that these are incredibly versatile. I’m not even using the 2.0s and they’re sick. Currently I’m playing thru the Neural DSP Petrucci plug-in and these nail his tone as well as other super articulate and clear distortion tones.

@@noahmoore6513 I’m thinking about getting the SLO100 from them. What DAW are you playing thru?

@@JeremyWhiteShow so I’m just playing the standalone software (trying not to violate my college housing agreement) for now. I tried the SLO100 plug-in and I wasn’t super impressed. Before you get it you can do the 14 day trial, but also watch the comparison video that Rabea Massaad did with the real vs the software SLO100. However, I will 100% recommend the Petrucci one. Piezo amp that I haven’t really messed around with, a pure clean amp that can get really spacey. Great gain in the crunch amp with a bunch of features like a doubler that can split your sound kind of how EVH did, and a transpose function that lets you change the tuning of your guitar. I’d try both if I were you, you get a 14 day free trial which is what makes neural great.

Just a bit louder and more attack, a touch more clarity and less compression. They are great!