VHII set for a Charvel?

[darkbluemurder]

My current favorite guitar has a Cold Sweat set, and in particular the bridge pickup delivers everything needed for blistering hard rock riffs and leads.

What kind of guitar are we talking about here?

It is a guitar built by a local luthier. Mahogany body, arched flamed maple top (like Les Paul), mahogany neck with rosewood fretboard. Jackson Soloist type body shape, 25 1/2 scale, tune-o-matic w/ stop-tailpiece. Two humbuckers, one volume, one tone and a three-way toggle switch. It's a very big and loud souding guitar in which I had a lot of pickups already. The Cold Sweat stays however. The next best (a very close second) bridge pickup was the Miracle Man. The other pickups weren't BKPs.

Cheers Stephan

[Sancho]

OK, so it's a bit more like a Les Paul than a Charvel.
cr@p, now you've got me reconsidering the Emeralds I wanted to put in my Les Paul :wallbash:

[FELINEGUITARS]

Whitesnake = John Sykes = Cold Sweat

Hmmm, to me, Whitesnake is Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody...

Picky, picky! :)

Damn yanks always favour Sykes (and sadly Vai  PDT_031) in Whitesnake over Moody Marsden....... :lol:

For real Lynch and Ratt tones I would also say Miracle Man or Cold Sweat , however you describe a broader spectrum of players (and much of my CD collection) . I would say that VH2 will be great for what you need.

Dave Meniketti is a tone god!

[Madsakre]

Go for this tone dude xD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMYQtnq2dFw

Best band ever. too bad i never saw them with messiah :(

[Sancho]

Well, that settles it. VHII's 'twill be.
Now for the next dilemma : what to buy first? The VHII for the Charvel, or the Emeralds for the Les Paul :stupid:

Dave Meniketti is a tone god!

Dave Meniketti has the most awesome classic hard rock tone known to man :)
I always assumed he would be a classic Marshall guy, but every time I've seen him live, he's used a Mesa Boogie Rectifier.
Unfortunately I didn't have the chance to talk to him when we opened for them.

Damn yanks always favour Sykes (and sadly Vai  PDT_031) in Whitesnake over Moody Marsden....... :lol:

Frustrating, isn't it?
As much as I love Sykes, I'd take Aldrich's tone over his these days.

[Sancho]

Go for this tone dude xD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMYQtnq2dFw

Best band ever. too bad i never saw them with messiah :(

Well mate, I've seen them twice with Messiah :D
And it was every bit as good as you think.

I really don't need someone feeding my GAS... I've been thinking about getting a red Charvel SoCal and replace the pickguard with a one HB one in honour of Lars Johansson as is

[Madsakre]

pickguards are not that expensive xD just get one. Then throw a suiting bare knuckle in the bridge, and be awesome

[Sancho]

pickguards are not that expensive xD just get one. Then throw a suiting bare knuckle in the bridge, and be awesome

Well, I've already got this one, only it has a Duncan Custom Custom (which I quite like) :

[Madsakre]

okay xD cant see how you can gas over something you already have xD

[Sancho]

She's not red, is she?
 :D

[Madsakre]

Oh you are right xD

I run around dreaming of a White V too ^^

[darkbluemurder]

Damn yanks always favour Sykes (and sadly Vai  PDT_031) in Whitesnake over Moody Marsden....... :lol:

Moody/Marsden is the classic Whitesnake combination - largely blues based, very melodic and a lot of slide playing, typical for 70s.

I saw Whitesnake live twice. Once with Vai/Vandenberg, and I was a bit disappointed. As great a guitarist Vai is I felt the constant showcase of technical chops was not the best fit for the band. Didn't really hear much of Vandenberg in that show. I regard Vai rather as a single guitar player and not the model dual guitar player.

A few years ago I saw them with Aldrich/Beach and I thought they are a killer combination. To me it is the best fusion of 70s blues based rock and 80s hair metal. Both are excellent individual players, yet they work well as a guitar team.

Sykes on the other hand is like Gary Moore a single guitar player - no wonder there is no other guitarist on 1987 (except for that one solo Vandenberg played).

BTW: which band was Dave Meniketti in - never heard of him?

Cheers Stephan

[Sancho]

I saw Whitesnake live twice. Once with Vai/Vandenberg, and I was a bit disappointed. As great a guitarist Vai is I felt the constant showcase of technical chops was not the best fit for the band.
A few years ago I saw them with Aldrich/Beach and I thought they are a killer combination. To me it is the best fusion of 70s blues based rock and 80s hair metal. Both are excellent individual players, yet they work well as a guitar team.

I totally agree on both counts.

BTW: which band was Dave Meniketti in - never heard of him?

Y&T. Criminally underrated band.

[Sancho]

And another question : covered or uncovered?
I love BKP's black covered pickups, and I think it would look awesome in this particular guitar. But Ben has told me it would alter the tone ever so subtly...

[gwEm]

I love the RY for single-guitar style arena rock

best description i've read of the rebel yell. it sounds huge in the right les paul..