The Evolution Neck and
Bridge humbuckers are the result of two years of research to come up
with the right sound for a very demanding player: Steve Vai and his
Ibanez Jems. Both pickups are designed for maximum impact and power.
The neck pickup is fat, punchy and loud. The bridge pickup is tight,
aggressive and louder. Both pickups have our patented dual-resonance
configuration to reproduce more harmonic overtones than conventional
humbuckers.
Evolution pickups are not polite-sounding, and
they’re not for the inexperienced, but – if you’ve got the chops and a
hot amp – your sound will burn. The Evolution pickups were originally
designed with live gigs in mind, but they have so much presence and
definition that they’re great recording pickups, too; they slice right
through even the densest mix.
The Evolution Bridge pickup works
best for soloing where the sound must cut through. Low notes are very
tight, and the highs have a lot of presence, enabling the pickup to be
heard in almost any situation. Obviously, the Evolution was designed
for Steve's Ibanez Jems, but it can add a lot of punch and definition
to Gibson Les Pauls and similar set-neck guitars - even the lowest bass
notes really jump out of the amp, and feedback occurs easily with a
wide range of harmonic overtones.
Recommended For: Bridge position in solid body guitars.
Quick Connect: No
Wiring: 4 Conductor
Magnet: Ceramic
Resistance: 13.84 Kohm
Year of Introduction: 1993
Color: Black
Pole Pieces: Black
Spacing: F-spaced
