Pariah Poundcake Pickup VS DiMarzio EVH Pickup

This is a Pariah Poundcake Bridge and Neck humbucker set installed in an Ernie Ball Music Man AXIS EX going up against an original ALL STOCK EBMM EVH from 1994. They are nearly identical BUT to my ears, I prefer the Pariah Poundcake pickups. I find they are super easy to play and harmonics just pop! I actually prefer my Axis EX over the EVH MM too.... I KNOW, I DIDN'T WANT TO AT FIRST BUT NOW IM SAYING IT!! Pariah all the way!

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[wabbadu]

Wow! That DiMarzio sound! My favorite EVH tone.

[allthework]

The pariahs have a smoother tone, but the DiMarzios sound so much closer to eddies tone, which is exactly what I like.

[jorgequintero]

Evh Dimarzio’s, they just sound right.

[CurtPires]

Both pickups sound great, The EVH dimarzio's sound dead on with your setup though. Could be listening to Live Right Here Right now for all I know.

[kittortuga]

Both sound great, but I preferred the DiMarzios. Great tone and playing, sir

[sonnyboo]

That "Axis" seems more like an EVH because of where the pickup switch is at. The EB Axis models have the switch closer to the volume knob. And it doesn't say Axis.

Both guitars sound incredible. That d-tune is exactly period accurate for 1991 Eddie.

[DaveRodriguez]

Sounds like Pariah nailed the pickups to me!

[rmzzz]

Dude! Awesome playing and thanks so much for doing this comparison. I think you just helped sell some Pariah Poundcakes. So they are definitely in the same ballpark, but I have to agree with those saying the DiMarzio's just sound a little warmer the Pariah's a little hotter. Honestly the Pariah bridge sounds almost identical to the DiMarzio ToneZone pickup to me in these clips, but that's ok because The ToneZone is a great pickup. EVH could have made any of these sound great and probably thought it funny how for so long now we've been splitting hairs on this stuff.

[captainflamson]

The Poundcakes are pretty well spot on, I've been wanting a set for a while now and have been debating between these and an Air Zone or AT-1 and Air Norton combo, these are probably the winner for me...I agree that I'm sick of people whinging about clean tones though, this is rock and we like distortion!!

[cheesewesil]

I’ve watched this few times, I’d say the dimarzio has that sizzle which is typical but the pariahs are smoother like a Duncan would do, both would do the job 🤙

[KurtS]

Jeremy first off, solid playing and your tone & effects is spot on. I think the Dimarzio's sound alot like the record but the Pariah's sound crisper and hotter. I you were going to play live I think I would go with the Pariah. it catches your ear more. Keep up these videos

[jelmeromero]

The DiMarzio are it because that’s what HE used but the Pariahs are close. I could tell the harmonics jumped out with the DiMarzio while they are present with the Pariahs they don’t jump out so easily. Jmho. Thanks man. Really loving your vids. Long Live EVH

[CoffeeDrinker]

Awesome demo! Thanks for tackling this! They both sound amazing.

[rob]

Nice job as always bro!!! You nail Ed's tone spot on from the 91 to 96 era man.... Poundcake to Humans Being... nice job bro

[BGoodAHB]

Good stuff..but the AT-1..😂

This is the type of video I was looking for before I got a set of Poundcakes, ironic it shows up after I've already bought and installed them. I too am a fan of the Pariah set over my Dimarzios (which I loved and have in multiple guitars) and even though I put them in arguably the worst guitar I have, it sounds the best hands down.

Great comparison video, and the me from 4 months ago thanks you. 👍🏻

[petruccirocks]

That Top of the World intro sounds so good!

[foggyblues]

It's closer than most, but I can hear a definite difference. Great video!!!

[finishin.my.coffee]

I like the Dimarzios in your EVH but I'm thinking of Pariah's Blackheart/Leone set for my PRS SE Custom 24.

[andrewmaher]

Thanks for doing this. They both sound so good. We need to take into consideration any differences between actual guitars, and also allow for how we would tweak amp settings etc, if it wasn't a back-to-back comparison. Also, the different sounds your hands make on the strings compared to my hands would be greater than any difference between the sounds coming from these guitars... I guess what I'm saying is those Pariahs are really on the money.
Thanks again.

[experimentalgroup]

The dimarzio pickups are spot on, but not commercially available. The pariah pickups are.
So they win.