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.
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: The Evolution neck model will work in almost all solid-bodies and most semi-hollow bodies as well.
Quick Connect: No
Wiring: 4 Conductor
Magnet: Ceramic
Resistance: 13.04 Kohm
Year of Introduction: 1993
Color: Black
Pole Pieces: Black
Spacing: Standard
