This neck humbucker is the result of two years of research to come up with the right sound for a very demanding player: Steve Vai and his Ibanez® Jems. Pickup is designed for maximum impact and power - is fat, punchy and loud. Pickup have patented dual-resonance configuration to reproduce more harmonic overtones than conventional humbuckers. Evolution® pickups are not polite-sounding, and they’re not for the inexperienced, but – if you’ve got the chops and a hot amp – your sound will burn. The Evolution® pickups were originally designed with live gigs in mind, but they have so much presence and definition that they’re great recording pickups, too; they slice right through even the densest mix.