Exceptionally versatile. It has black and white coils too so you can use it for major and minor keys.

Dang man, that telecaster comment with the hard stare was probably my favorite video moment of the past 5 years. Quality stuff.

Jimmy Page playing a telecaster has sold the most Les Pauls ever.

Informative. The 78 also makes it possible to play classic riffs at 78 RPM, but only in mono.

A 78 at the bridge and a 59 at the neck will give you 137 times more versalitility.

the pause was him waiting for tele players to see themselves out

The versatility of Van Halen licks was very impressive. I prefer the JB. I've owned both. But I'm also a Telecaster player.

If you spin that pickup around you get an 87 perfect for hair metal and Satch and Vai. Making it an even more versatile pick up.

We enjoy all kinds of music here. DLR Van Halen **and** SH Van Halen.

The second Aaron mentioned versatility I knew Van Halen riffs were on their way 😂

As a longtime follower of this series, I think this is the versatilest so far. Good work Aaron.

I love how versatile it is!, you can definitely go from VH to VH seamlessly! 🤣🤣🤣 love your videos man! Thanks for putting all this great information up! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

I think that using VH riffs was the correct call, as I believe the 78 is a reference to 1978, the year Van Halen 1 came out. (I know, thank you captain obvious)

I appreciate the demo. I liked the 78. This helps me out for future builds. 😊

I switched from a JB to a custom finally to a 78, couldn’t be happier with the 78

I love your videos dedicated to searching for maximum versatility. Keep them coming!

I love Tele’s, to the point that my dog is named Tele, but that comment and stare made me give this video a thumbs up.

The final minute is gold! Genius!

Super versatile. It lets you play EVH or Evh

The most versatilistererer I've everist seen. I want to rock and rollist the mostest with a versatiler guitar.

Needed that today!!! Thank you!!

😂this just made my morning. Nearly did a spit take with my morning coffee. It may be the most versatilest pickup ever.

Very funny video Aaron! Loved it! Glad to see you guys have a sense of humor!

The video I've been waiting for

That’s a cool guitar build. Great video.

This video was hysterical! Loved it. Always good, informative, and entertaining. But this was next level.

Most important comparison on youtube, and the man is sooooo versatile!

I'm hearing bigger low mids in the J.B. with a little more clarity in the '78. In and audience I might not pick that up. Having recently rekindled my romance with the DiMarzio Super Distortion, I have to insist you try one. I use it all the time.....in my Telecaster. Talk about versatility - not joking now, it makes that guitar do ANYTHING.

I was really waiting for 78 consecutive VH riffs

Awesome versatility!

Speaking of versatilitler, I installed a set of these in my mini vasecto van and it turned it into a sports car! EVH never sounded better.

Awesome video , the commentary had me rolling on the floor😂

Love this!!

I have a 78 (old custom shop one) in the bridge of my Charvel San Dimas and it sounds great for everything, clean to distorted. I used to have a coil split but the clean was so good I took it out.

At 58, I'm starting to hear the mud out of the JB and the mid bump is limiting. Went back to the 14.8k Duncan Custom 🤘

Scooped mids for the win! 78 all the way.

Love your humor! I immediately liked the 78.

I have both the JB and I have a Duncan Distortion model. Great great pickups. I love them both but I was looking for something different and settled on a pickup that has Alnico III's. JB has Alnico V's and the 78 has Alnico II. For me, that's the ultimate way to know what kind of tone you're getting...look at the magnets used. The Duncan Distortion is Ceramic. Great Video!

Made me literally LOL. Love it.

Best video in youtube guitar ether. Aaron and Warmoth are the best!

I mean the most versatile comparison between these two versatile pickups ever! Literally and verserally! Nice job, I’ll be ordering 6 of each to make sure I get the most versatile range of the both JBs and the 78s for extreme, maximum versatility!

Telecaster shots fired! Yes!!!

recently swapped my JB magnet for an A2. really like the results

Ha! I love the little pause like "What? come at me Tele players!"😂

it's as if you turned the treble knob up a couple notches on the 78...so another way to get this tone I guess would be a higher pot value like from 500K to 1 meg...or an eq pedal or treble boost, or just a few notches of the treble on the amp ....

Throwin shade!!! 😂😂😂

Best gear video ever!

Awesome! 😂 And even awesomer since I'm desperately waiting for my 7/8 S-Style order to be finished, that has a single '78 included and will have a Schaller Lockmeister and an EVH D-Tuna installed when it's here. So it's clearly inspired by the most versatilist guitar in human history, although I'm not playing a huge variety of styles. Thank you very much for all those videos! 😊

This was a masterpiece. You are the Steve Carell/Michael Scott of the replacement guitar parts industry!

Funny tongue in cheek video. I have the '78s in a Gibson Custom SG and I really like them. They sound very punchy and full, yet clear. I know they were inspired by Eddie Van Halen's pickup, but I hope folks know you don't have to just use the '78s for Van Halen stuff. They certainly do that well, but they work really well for lots of styles.

I love the JB, but have gotten into lower output pickups. So my far the duncan alnico II pro has been one of my favorites, but I’m really interested in trying out the ‘78 as well.

intro idle is hilarious

Haha, love your videos .. trigger fishing is off the charts 😂 .. gave me a good laugh in the airport .. cheers from one Aaron to another 👍

Great comparison! There are definitely some use cases for the thicker sound of the JB... a power trio where you need to fill some sonic space... if you mostly play lead lines like Beck did... if you want to beef up a thin sounding guitar. For an all-purpose guitar, though, I'd opt for the more focused sound of the 78.

I think the takeaway here is that Aaron is a pretty darn good guitarist.

I'd love to see you do a blind test between the Seymour Duncan '78, Slash, Green Magic, Alnico II Pro, High Voltage, and the Seth Lover humbuckers to see if you can hear any versatility distinction between them. I'm a big fan of VersatilHity so this distinction is important!

I have a warmoth soloist body in the house soaking up Tung oil. Pickups will be Duncan RTM / Jazz. I truly feel that this will be versitilious maximus.

Great demo. What were your amp settins and what IRs where you using? Thanks

I would love to hear this pickup on something other than Van Halen to better ascertain its versitiveness. But what you’re playing sounds great and I dig your style.

For combination in a HSS strat I prefer Humbuckers with lower impedance (59 or 78). I had a JB in the bridge position, but the loudness jump from sc to hb was always too drastic. Plus the JB sounds very middy, while 59-style humbuckers sound very transparent, a bit like a single coil, but not so shrill.

Man, what an absolute riff monster Ed was.

78 I'm sold 💯

both pickups rock. I have both in several guitars and they're amazing everyone should have both

Been using one since they came out

What about the Little '78? I've always been confused if that is only sorta 78 x more versatiler

Love this

Hmmm. I didn't know this was to be a spoof. You really get a feel of how versatile a pickup is when using only a one tone band for examples.

i recommend the seymour duncan stra bro 90 for maple board strats at the bridge. it's a p 90 in a single coil size, lots of low mids and bass great for distortion no fizz whatsoever. i also recommend adding a tele configuration so that the bridge and the neck pickups can work together. enjoy!

What size is the pickguard hole for the 78 model?

Is it April 1?

This video brought to you by Seymour Duncan! ;)

I have been using JB pickups forever but I really like the 78 it sounds fantastic.

It was the afternoon delight that was the secret recipe.

Both can archive the sound by turning eq

It has 78! permutations of ultimate maximum versatility.

As the owner of both a vintage (1987) JB and a newish 2021 '78 HB, my experience is that the JB really pushes the amp and the '78 works with the amp. The sound differences are subtle in the samples here but very noticeable when playing the different pickups through the same amp/settings. If you need your stock JCM800 to move into the super-saturated '80's tone zone, the JB is the way to go. If you're looking for a PUP that works great with a lot of amps, check out the '78.

78 has a more mid-scooped sound to me....but then I took a shot of Jim Beam every time you mentioned some form of "versatile". 🙂

SUHR thornebucker Pete Thorn signature model. = bar none. The 78 is the correct direction for sure and is great also. Also another really great one is made by Pariah pickups. You'll find it.

Split coils sounds? Sounds great though

Sound very good. best move I made was buying a Charvel without the Floyd style bridge. I can change tuning at will, without any hassle. I play the crap out of that guitar for some reason. I think it has a full shred in the bridge. I still love my guitar with the JB. The '78 is great sounding pickup.The body mounted pickups seem to do a thing as well. Fun video!

Ed was using a Dimarzio Super Distortion on much of the VH-1 album. Obviously not on "Runnin' With The Devil".

Excellent ☮️

What's a "Telecaster"? 🤔

I have a similarly versatile set of warmoth builds. One with a JB alnico 2 and one with a PAF Pro. JB2 is maximum smoothness, and the PAF Pro is actually (not even joking) one of the most versatile pickups ever. Volume on 10 and it's a hot PAF, roll down to 8 for tele and down to 6 for a strat sound.

I'd add a single coil in the middle - HSH & a 5-way & a P/P Tone pot for 7 way switching. That would be more versatile. BTW I have both JB/Jazz & 78 set. Both work well.

This is the first of your videos that I've seen and it took me too long to be certain that you were joking.

Hey! Neck pickup?

Sarcastic, funny Aaron is our favorite Aaron!

From what I have played between passive and active ive had the Pegasus(passive) and I have fishman moderns Id say they are the most versatile because the can go passive with pushpull on both the volume and tone I've just found that they have the most to offer especially if you were to get them customized to the sound you want they're pricey but worth it and you can actually get a charging pack so you don't gotta worry about the battery life. but yes out of those two the 78 had a tighter sound were jb was warmer in my opinion.

59/Custom is another fun versatiliteile pickup.

The 78 did sound better but how can a bridge pickup alone be versatile?

I’ll wait until the Mo Maximus Versatilitus 81 version comes out. It’s supposed to be Versatiler but extra. I heard it’ll even go to 11 too and was raised free range.

Oh, I get it! You were joking about changing the volume bleed!

Dude this was so funny!

Omg. Hahahahahaha. How many tele's are triggered today? Love the videos!!! Please keep them coming!!

I put a78 in my strat and really like it, except for the weak low end compared to the 59. Put a Pariah Pasadena White and not looking back. Very similar tone with a little more bass.

Possibly they meant 1978? So maybe based on a Gibson T top pickup from the 70s?

I am ALL for versatilitilitellyty!

At first I hated the jb, then I did a nice upgrade, 50’s wiring, Duncan pots, vintage sozo cap. This thing sounds awesome. Ohms at 18.4 which is high but it shreds

This might be my new favorite video on KZfaq. 🤘🏻🫡