BBQ vrs SH-14

[pgambon]

Anyone ever compare these two? They seem pretty similar.

[Jeffrec]

Re: BBQ vrs SH-14

I've only played the SH-14, which is nice. I think someone did a similar thread recently. Hang in there and someone will be along soon. You might ask Lew also. He's tried a lot of different pups.

Jeff

[rspst14]

Re: BBQ vrs SH-14

They are nothing alike. The Custom 5 has a scooped midrange, with a ton of bass and treble. The BBQ has a nice bass response, but it also has boosted mids and a slightly rolled back treble response. The Custom 5 is a very bright pickup, while the BBQ is one of the warmest sounding alnico 5 pickups I've tried. As far as output, I would say the BBQ has a little less output than the C5. Personally, I love the BBQ and hate the C5. It depends a lot on your setup and the tone you're after, but I don't typically recommend the C5 unless you have a dark sounding guitar and an amp that is very midrange-heavy.

Ryan

[Edgecrusher]

Re: BBQ vrs SH-14

They are nothing alike. The Custom 5 has a scooped midrange, with a ton of bass and treble. The BBQ has a nice bass response, but it also has boosted mids and a slightly rolled back treble response. The Custom 5 is a very bright pickup, while the BBQ is one of the warmest sounding alnico 5 pickups I've tried. As far as output, I would say the BBQ has a little less output than the C5. Personally, I love the BBQ and hate the C5. It depends a lot on your setup and the tone you're after, but I don't typically recommend the C5 unless you have a dark sounding guitar and an amp that is very midrange-heavy.

Ryan

I agree 100%... They dont have many similarities...

[Maximusgordon 2.0]

Re: BBQ vrs SH-14

yah, very different sounding. The BBQ has a very fat midrange and thick sound, the C5 has very natural sounding open mids, the only similarity is that they both have a pretty ballsy tone and a PAFish flavor, but in two very different ways.

[January_Embers]

Re: BBQ vrs SH-14

What about BBQ vs CC?

[rspst14]

Re: BBQ vrs SH-14

What about BBQ vs CC?

Again, they sound nothing alike. The CC has very little bass and treble, and a huge midrange. It also has an alnico 2 magnet and more output than the BBQ.

Ryan

[pgambon]

Re: BBQ vrs SH-14

Tone Cat: Maybe the question should be rephrased to take advantage of your considerable knowledge of these pickups. Does Duncan make a pickup with similiar tone to the BBQ? It sounds like the BBQ is what I'm looking for, but I'll need a pup with trembucker spacing. thanks

[rspst14]

Re: BBQ vrs SH-14

No, Duncan does not make a pickup similar to the BBQ. The closest they come is the Blues Trembucker, which is my favorite Duncan bridge pickup by the way. The EQ is somewhat in the ballpark, but the Blues has less output and a bit more treble than the BBQ.

The good thing about the BBQ is that Rio Grande designs them to be "one size fits all." They are slightly wider than a standard spaced humbucker, but not quite as wide as a trembucker. This is a good compromise which allows an almost perfect fit on a wide variety of guitars. So I wouldn't worry about the spacing.

Ryan

[papersoul]

Re: BBQ vrs SH-14

They are nothing alike. The Custom 5 has a scooped midrange, with a ton of bass and treble. The BBQ has a nice bass response, but it also has boosted mids and a slightly rolled back treble response. The Custom 5 is a very bright pickup, while the BBQ is one of the warmest sounding alnico 5 pickups I've tried. As far as output, I would say the BBQ has a little less output than the C5. Personally, I love the BBQ and hate the C5. It depends a lot on your setup and the tone you're after, but I don't typically recommend the C5 unless you have a dark sounding guitar and an amp that is very midrange-heavy.

Ryan

I agree!

[papersoul]

Re: BBQ vrs SH-14

No, Duncan does not make a pickup similar to the BBQ. The closest they come is the Blues Trembucker, which is my favorite Duncan bridge pickup by the way. The EQ is somewhat in the ballpark, but the Blues has less output and a bit more treble than the BBQ.

The good thing about the BBQ is that Rio Grande designs them to be "one size fits all." They are slightly wider than a standard spaced humbucker, but not quite as wide as a trembucker. This is a good compromise which allows an almost perfect fit on a wide variety of guitars. So I wouldn't worry about the spacing.

Ryan

Ryan, can you tell me more about the Blues Trembucker? This might be good in my PRS Mccarty since the spacing is a tad wider due to the fat neck.

[Mac-P]

Re: BBQ vrs SH-14

Yea, I have no idea why people constantly ask about the BBQ and C5. It's weird. They are the furthest thing in the universe away from eachother.

I agree with the above descriptions of both. And no, Duncan does not make a similar pickup to the BBQ. The closest thing is a JB which has less bass and is brighter, but witg a similar "push" in the mids. But the BBQ is warmer and has a bigger low end. MUCH bigger I might add than the C5 (which I find to be tinny, shrill and small sounding in the mix with a band).

[KLINKDETROIT]

Re: BBQ vrs SH-14

Do they make a BBQ that is hotter than the C5?

[Gearjoneser]

Re: BBQ vrs SH-14

This problem always leads me to the conclusion that Duncan needs another pickup, which would be a hot alnico 5 like a Custom 5 overwound. A big, fat ballsy A5 humbucker with big lower mids.

[nuntius]

Re: BBQ vrs SH-14

This problem always leads me to the conclusion that Duncan needs another pickup, which would be a hot alnico 5 like a Custom 5 overwound. A big, fat ballsy A5 humbucker with big lower mids.

Yeah, the C-5 wants to be fat, but it's on a friggin diet in the mids... Especially VS the A2 JB I have in another guitar

When I get my PC back (hopefully tomorrow fingers crossed) I'll see if I can post a comparison clip I made of the A2 JB, Custom, and C-5 (all in different guitars mind...) and the difference in midrange and cut in the solo's is pretty large imo when comparing the custom/A2 JB to the C-5.