the VHII arrived today.
I really wanted to put it to a relative testing ground. earlier this year, I tried another VH-themed pickup with an A2 (if that helps tell you which one it was *wink wink*) in my basswood Charvel Predator. so I thought I'd put the VHII in the same guitar. where as that other one really sounded a little dampened, flat and dull in the basswood, the VHII is nice and lively.
so far I've only tinkered with it about a half-hour just to get a basic idea, but it comes across as a nice rock-n-roll pickup. it didn't really slap me in the face as an 'Eddie' pickup, but I could tell that if I dialed up the amp and the effects that it'd all be there (that'll come in the next day or so. lol!). once again, the harmonic squeal pop right out really well and there's plenty of sustain. it seems to have a really well-balanced tone in the basswood Charvel. playing the typicaly 80s riffs with the chugga-chugga on the lower strings did get loose or flub out, and were actually a little more precise than I was expecting.
something that impresses me with both BKPs I have is how the respond to changes in the volume pot. it's really night and day from what I'm used to. I put the VHII on a clean setting and rolled back to about 8-ish on the pot and it came on in with no breakup at all....I could still switch back and forth between dirty and clean at that position and everything sounded great, with a little more left in reserve for some lead work. really handy for all those changes that are in so many of those 80s tunes.
very cool. liking it a lot.
still really looking forward to getting to the RY. there's a guitar show in a month, and not wanting to break into my guitar show budget (lol!), I hope to be getting around to the RY around the beginning of Nov... which is handy, as that'll allow for plenty of time to really stretch my legs on the HD and the VHII.
