duncan custum(sh-5) vs dd(sh-6)

[Jackson dkvp]

i like them both but im looking for the one with more "bite" in the solo's and more "bark" in the rhythm give me your 2 cents

p.s my influences are dio,skid row,def leppard(old school) and all hard rock

for the neck im thinking alc2pro or jazz

the guitar im puting the pickups in is a jackson dkmg

all other suggestions are excepted

thank you

[Pyro]

Re: duncan custum(sh-5) vs dd(sh-6)

i have an sh-5 in my ibanez GIO. the one in the avatar. it has a really chunky heavy sound in it, and its quite powerful...especially with distortion. you can split it also lke i did. when you use it as a HB it tends have a really thick sound. it has an impedance of about 14.4Kohms, ...quite high.
i love how it sounds down low with thick distortion/chorus. it sounds okay soloing highs. the single coil sounds great too. very fenderish.

[Stevo]

Re: duncan custum(sh-5) vs dd(sh-6)

i like them both but im looking for the one with more "bite" in the solo's and more "bark" in the rhythm

Custom. I like the DD but I'd say the Custom has more bite.. more midrange edge.

[Stevo]

Re: duncan custum(sh-5) vs dd(sh-6)

Custom Clip

DD Clip

[APB_4]

Re: duncan custum(sh-5) vs dd(sh-6)

I've gotta say thanks Stevo your soundclips helped me decide i was thinking about getting a custom and IMO it sounds very nice, nicer than the dd but i must say that's some very nice playing and it's really well recorded.

[APB_4]

Re: duncan custum(sh-5) vs dd(sh-6)

What do you record with? do you record straight to PC and if you do what soundcard do you use?

[APB_4]

Re: duncan custum(sh-5) vs dd(sh-6)

What do you record with? do you record straight to PC and if you do what soundcard do you use?

[Stevo]

Re: duncan custum(sh-5) vs dd(sh-6)

Thanks APB. I used a Marshall JCM800 (2204) with Weber Blue Dog speakers on those. I mic the amp, with a Shure 57 mic, off center of the speaker cone. I recorded in to a little DOD keyboard mixer, then to the sound card. I think I had an AWE 32 card at the time (old ). The software was Cakewalk Pro 8.
I recently upgraded my home setup a little. I have a little Mackie mixer and a soundblaster audigy card. I use Cakewalk Guitar Tracks Pro 2 currently. I still use 57s to record. Sometimes I use 2 mics at a time, one up close and one across the room a little, for some natural ambience.

Here are a couple more tunes I did with a Custom and DD.

DD-59n
deco2 neck and Custom bridge, which comes in on last verse
Custom - Blues Rock

[korovamilkdud]

Re: duncan custum(sh-5) vs dd(sh-6)

I'd give another nod to the PAF-like-burning tone of the Custom. I think it sounds better split than the DD as well.

NOT that theres anything wrong with the DD, it has a great, tight bottom end.