1987 Peavey Falcon Custom

This is my 1987 Peavey Falcon Custom, which I bought in ..."1987".

It's a great sounding guitar especially for a "country" sound. I hook it up to my Line 6 POD 2.0 and dial in a 1965 fender twin blackface amp, and let the growling begin.

The bridge pickup is a Dimarzio HS-3. The middle pickup is a original stock pickup, which sounds like it has more output than the Dimarzio's ( more on that shortly ). The neck pickup is a Dimarzio Yngwie j. Malmsteen pickup.

Now on the output of the Dimarzio's. They're very low output. A Dimarzio catalog I have states, both pickups have 93 millivolts in output. Compare that to a Dimarzio fast track 2 single coil pickup rated at 321 millivolts in output.

The lower rated output pickups seem to have a nice "note defining", sound. In other words a very "clear sound". No muddiness. Mr. Malmsteen knows what he's talking about.

My Ibanez RG's pickups really push the same Line 6 POD patch. Higher output pickups of course. Then I find myself adjusting the POD and amp settings to get the particular sound that I want. As of lately the tones I'm chasing are of a "country,Bluesy, Vintage amp sound. The Peavey Falcon Custom is a great sounding guitar, but does not shred very well like an Ibanez RG. Nonetheless it is still a favorite of mine.

cheers, Don