I can't speak for this new pickup as I haven't tried it but I do have one of the Charvel EVH guitars that were made for a couple years (the yellow and black striped guitar was the first guitar I lusted after as a child and I wasn't going to pass up the opportunity to live out my 12 year old fantasies). That Charvel is the only guitar I've owned in twenty years of playing that I wouldn't consider changing a thing on: the neck is perfect, the set-up is perfect and the pick-up, whoever made it, is perfect. I know Eddie does like to stick his name and stripes on everything and charge a premium for it but the only item I've actually bought and used a lot myself I found to be exactly as I would want it, and actually not that over-priced though that had a lot to do with exchange rate in those days.