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[love_o_rock]

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[dave_mc]

welcome, love-o-rock- another ug-er!

how hot do you mean by "hot"?

[love_o_rock]

EVH like sound. Brown sound, vintage hot ect.

[dave_mc]

yeah, sounds like a vh2 to me- the holy diver might be worth a look too- it's been redesigned with an alncio V magnet, instead of ceramic that it says here on the site. Might be too hot with a SM, though...

I'd wait till some of the regulars get here, i just replied to give a little life to your thread!

 :twisted:

EDIT: as long as the vh2 works with mahogany, it's designed for alder superstrats, isn't it, regulars?

[willo]

I have VHIIs in a mahogany LP with maple cap, they're great. Everyone seems to be under the impression that the VHIIs are designed solely for superstrats; I think that's incredibly misleading.

[Steve-Mr Pig 2U]

Yep, the VHII sound like the one, and theres nothing wrong with a stormy monday in the neck to mach with it, you will get a good amount of very nice tones with the two.

[jt]

:D I`ve got VHII`s in my Tradition [ cheap PRS copy] they are great espeicially in gibson like bodys [ wood wise] as well as Superstrat like guitars. As for the neck P/U stay with the VHII i personnaly think that the neck P/U is outstanding & will easely cover all the Blues styles it can even do Jazz.

 :D  8)

[PhilKing]

I agree with jt on this, I have a set of VHII's in my PRS Artist and they have a great sound.  If you want a thinner humbucker sound (like the early Peter Green stuff), then the Stormy Monday is the pickup, but if you are after a more rocky blues sound, then the VHII neck pickup is great (and if you turn it down it cleans up great).

[HJM]

I had a VHII bridge and Stormy Neck in my PRS for about a year. Great combination, good range of tones. I went for a VHII neck to match back in September, a bit hotter for overdriven leads and I find it works better in my guitar.

[Trendkiller]

I've tried out a set of VHII's the last couple of weeks in a 1980LP-Heritage (first production run of a '59 RI).
First, I would NOT change the neck for something else. The neck pup sounds real good, and it also works real nice for leads. The fun thing is, the VHII's seems to sound better when You crank Your amp (I use mostly SLO's and old non-master Marshalls as slave amps).
At lower volumes, the neck might seem a bit dark, but I've found that it really opens up a lot at higher volumes. It has great harmonic overtones, and sounds fat.
Compared to  another LP (a '99 Historic LP with original PAF's), the VHII neck pick-up seems to have a bit more punch and edge, but I still feel it has some of the old PAF's  fat tone on tap. I could live happy with either of these two. :)
So, IMO if You're going for the VHII bridge, a complete calibirated set with the VHII neck would be the way to go.
I think You willl NOT be dissapointed.
Good luck!!
 
T.

[mikeluke]

I've got a Stormy Monday (N) and Crawler (B) combination plus coil taps and they work really well together - you get a wide variety of sounds

[love_o_rock]

I know this is thread is dead ( :lol:  didnt mean it to sound like that) but another couple of questions.... Do the Mules have a good, smooth midrange? What styles are the Cold Sweat's good for? And same question with the MM.

[dave_mc]

^i think the mules have strong mids, but that's just going by hearsay, i haven't tried them.

MM are based on zakk wylde, so 80's metal, with lots of harmonics etc. I think they're meant to be quite bright.

CS are based on john sykes (with thin lizzy in teh 80's and then whitesnake) so 80's metal again with lots of harmonics, probably not just so heavy though...

I haven't tried any, sorry!