Satriani uses his Ibanez Signature Series that has a basswood body with Dimarzio Fred in the bridge and Paf Pro in the neck
yes I know they are very different setups, Satriani and Van Halen, but I was just wondering if it is possible with one guitar and what would that look like.
Well as far as mixing apples and oranges, csuse thats what your trying to do- make a "Appleorange" which is okay I suppose, it deosnt really exist and its not going to do either one of them justice. If you want VH-1 , the Duncan '78 is THE only pickup which nails it right out of the box, but of course you'll want the whole 9 yards- hard ash body, tremolo , Maple neck , brass nut..etc, to get really close, and you'll need a hotrod Marshall amp- thats part of the equation that MUST be there. Throw in a Phase 90 for good measure and you'll get close. As far as the Satch tone not sure, but the pickup would be the least problematic. Go to the Dimarzio website and see what pickup Joe used, and get an alder body rosewood neck guitar-period.
Early VH I would go with the Norton. I had a 59 once and it was too thin sounding to my ears. The duncan 78 sounded too soft and not articulate enough imho. The Norton does both Satch and EVH very well. For the neck I would go for the Air Norton or PAF Joe.
Well I'm running thru the Digidesign Eleven Rack that does an awsome job of modeling a '59 Plexi, echocplex, phase 90 and Greenbacks.. so. The pickups are one step closer..
I've come to the conclusion that just about any PAF type pickup will work for VH tones. But, without the Plexi, variac, echoplex, phase 90, and the JBL and old Greenbacks, you just won't get it.
If by "fit" you mean it can be placed in there...it fits. F-spaced doesn't mean larger, just that the pole pieces are slightly more apart from each other. The sound won't be that much different, just the string balance might be a little bit off, but you can work it out tweaking the pole pieces.
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