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Well done video. The more I listen to the differences in pickups, tone, etc, the more I realize I love them all. But I do prefer certain tones for certain songs I play.

Steve Howe on Yessongs tune yours is no disgrace....clean guitar and wha...🎉🎉

Im at a conundrum hard choice do I get the Slash pro 2s or alnico5s for Christmas I just got a les paul special wat should I do

Which one more suitable for heavy riffs?

Sweet playing!

sounds so good

Great playing and awesome demo! Both sound amazing. Timmy is a little more neutral across the board and doesn't change/color the original amp tone quite as much but it's only by a small margin. Both work great here and can't go wrong either way.

Should do a Billy Gibbons tribute 😊

It's a good demo, but it has the same issue i find with a lot of demos like this have, namely that you have to keep rolling back and jumping forward on the timestamp in order to really hear the difference between them. Imo the best way to do a shootout, and one that I've literally only seen done in a couple videos, is to just play one continuous thing while you toggle back and forth between the two as your playing it so you can hear the change in tone. It's FAR easier to compare the two on a format like this. With that said, this video did put my apprehension in the B.E.D to bed (no pun intended). I had the original Epoch and found the preamp far too dark. Don't get me wrong, i play a Strat and usually have the tone control on the neck back to 8-ish and the bridge between 6-8, i set the presence rolled way back on Plexis and have the treble rolled all the way off on my Lightkeeper Preamp. I have no issue with dark, but I'd rather it start out with treble that i have to roll off. I always want a little extra horsepower available, whether that be in the form of volume or treble and i found that i had to use an EQ after it to add some top end back in. The Deluxe here sounds much better.

Alnico 2 is much better in my ears.

when you do your licks at 4:29 you seems to lose high ends, that’s weird

Very noticeable, even with overdrive over it. Alnico 3 is super nice, nice hi-end and balanced lo-end.

Hi Louis, thanks for this interesting video! I prefer the A2 in the bridge humbucker, both in clean and overdriven settings. It tames the high end a bit, which, for some players, is a good thing for a bridge pickup. For the neck humbucker I prefer the A5 which gives a bit more treble and presence in that position. And I always found that humbuckers without covers sound better to my ears. Great playing too!

The higher the gain I think the Alnico 5 starts to sound better. Overall I preferred the Alnico 2, especially for the cleans and slightly overdriven.

Better than the original 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

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Reverb sound from the daw? Room? Sounds like some old school plate but that’s definitely a big part of that sound that is often overlooked.

This is very helpful. Thank you for the demo! That early VH tone is exactly what I'm after. Have you compared the Maestro to the Dunlop Echoplex and preamp pedals?

Sounds like crap with IRs load boxes and all that garbage. Might as well use a modeler.

great video

i agree with you louis ..i like both pickups im not very picky

Thank you from Brasil!

Dude, nice soloing. You not only nailed the technicality of it, but really got Marty's feel too.

Great video. I’m lucky to have two EP3s, an EP4, BED, BE, Dunlop EP-103 and just bought a Starlight. In isolation I thought the Starlight was closer to an EP-3 but even with the preamp toggled on in the app I’m finding it brighter than all of the others. Have you tried a Starlight yet?

A5 more mud

Thanks for this alternate version. I read somewhere that you also wrote the music. As an amateur recordist/musician, I pick songs I like and try to recreate them. It's a fun hobby. I picked this song to figure out off the CD. On Glass Sky I used a strat, bridge pick up with a low gain Marshall for the intro. A heavy compressed drum sound with a second snare for that big "Whack" during the gang vocals. Not sure how many layers of vocals but I have 6 takes so far and it is getting close - although the background vocals are pretty buried. I am a little stuck on the synth pads because I can feel them but they only pop up now and then. That will take a while. The solo is cool and the scale has a few outside notes that really make it shine. I have watched some live videos but have not gotten a good view. You should shoot a video of the solo because it has some twists that might help some people (me!) I set up a Soldano amp sim and a humbucker EVH that sounds right tonally. Anyway, its a great song, outstanding performance and a dynamic recording. I hope it gets the reception the song deserves. Its a really good CD and worth the price (I don't do Spotify).

Going from alnico 2 to 5 is very noticeable when its your own gear and you know it well, its harder for me to notice the difference on other peoples rigs, but when its the one i use on a daily basis, its night and day in terms of tonal qualities and feel

I was a big believer in A5 and I have several guitars with them but I am leaning toward the A2 for the mid presence. I may need to do some magnet swaps! THanks,

My favorite pedal. Best to get the Deluxe.

I cant hear a difference. I don’t think actually swapped them.

I heard no difference.

A2 was warmer / thicker / rounder. And A5 was brighter / more articulate, and in your face.

Awsome track Awsome video amazing guys

Great video and wonderful tones. I have a pedalboard with a Klon clone, and I was deciding whether to put my Timmy or a Bbpreamp for a solo sound. I have a fender amp and a Telecaster. What do you suggest?

Hellllllll ya

The difference is half a notch on amp tone knob.

Great video. I already have a Timmy and it seems to have something “more” than the POT, but there’s something about the POT that has me thinking I will probably get it as well. Too many choices!

Sounds amazing!

.... I thoroughly enjoyed all of that! ... Also respectfully including one of Ed's best photos.👍

Very good. Much better than most covers out there that treat the intro as if Hendrix was playing funk.

Alnico 3 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Alnico2 is more harsh, but no body.. A nice vintage or metalized lead punk sound... The alnico 5 has a natural nasal sound much more punch in heavy metal but a little generic specialy when the strings decay... Hard decision but easy judgin by the style you want

was the blackjack a h30 55 or 75hz

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Very nice comparison. The differences are subtle but there.

Really useful video. Thanks! My experience using A-IIs v A-Vs is more about feel than tone. A-IIs play softer while A-Vs are tighter and punchier. I think they affect the way I play more than the way I sound tbh.

Great review. Hooking up my Timmy🤗🤗🤗🤗

Alnico 5 has more treble

A5 all the way for me

Can’t get this sl67 to have a dirtier tone or sustain , I got the matching cab too , and it’s the second one built maybe it’s different the first batch