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My guitar is an HSS with mahogany body and rosewood fingerboard. General sound is warm and mid-rangy. I'm gonna put the SD Custom 5 in the bridge and now looking for the two matching pups for the single-coil slots. I'll be using 500k-Ohm pots and figure I'll probably go for the DiMarzio's. I...

I am going to put an active mid booster on my guitar. However, the booster will occupy the place that used to be the tone pot. Therefore, I would like to know a few things before proceeding with the modification. 1. What is the effect of removing the tone pot and the cap from the signal path...

I got a C5 in the bridge of my mahogany Godin. Absolutely love the clean -- it has the FUNK in it, but I find it lacking on modern metal rhythm tone that I want. So I switched to DiMarzio D-Sonic. Now that's what I really want from metal tone -- HUGE wall of sound. However, the clean on...

I'm thinking about wiring 2 single coils in series as one of the pickup combinations in my HSS guitar. Has anyone tried that before? Does it sound close to a humbucker pup? My 2 pickups are SSL-1 and APS-2.

I ordered APS-2 and SSL-2 RwRp from an online store. They arrived today, but they sent the SSL-1 RwRp instead of SSL-2. I intend to put the SSL in the mid and APS in the neck. My guitar is mahogany HSS with 12' radius rosewood fretboard. Being a HSS guitar, I have 500K pots installed for...

I've got a C5 in the bridge of my guitar. To my ears, the C5 is really great for funk. As for metal, though it has tight low-end and plenty output, but is still not ideal for modern metal powerchords/palm muting stuff. It just sounds a little vintage and not quite huge/in-your-face (slightly...

I got Custom 5 installed on my HSS mahogany guitar. It has maple neck with a quite flat-radius (10") rosewood fingerboard. Now I'm thinking about putting SSL-2/APS-2 in the neck and mid position. Which of these combination do you think will work best/most versatile? 1. SSL-2 neck/SSL-2 mid...

If I recall correctly, it was sometime ago when SD published output rating of their pickups. Although it might not be very accurate, it's still something quite convenient to have. So I would like to ask, although it's very subjective, that what DiMarzio models you think have comparable output...

Yes, there are a lot of threads asking these same questions. And despite my previous thread regarding pushing the pole pieces, I still don't own any of those staggered pickups. My guitar has 12" fretboard radius, which, based on other threads, is a bit on the flatter side. I don't dig the...

On staggered pups like SSL-1, will the pole pieces go down when accidentally pushed?

I asked Godin support about the type of magnet used in the stock pickups in their performance series line, namely the GHB1 humbucker and the GS1 single coil. Both of these use Ferrite magnet. So my questions are: 1. Is Ferrite magnet the same as Ceramic magnet, or does it exhibit the same...

I want a pickup that gives me modern sounding tone. That's what I told myself. Now that I think about it, I wonder what exactly is modern tone. I can listen to a sound and tell whether it is vintage or modern, but what is it that makes it vintage or modern? Is it the bump or notch in certain...

I was almost about to settle for Custom 5 for my bridge, but the store does not have it in stock now and the next shipment is next year. So I'd like to have a bit more options to consider. My guitar (Godin Exit 22) is fixed-bridge HSS mahogany body, with short-scale bolt-on rock maple neck and...

I've asked for the opinions here for my bridge pickup before, and Custom and Custom 5 are recommended. I play rock/pop and metal sometimes. My guitar is Godin Exit 22. It has mahogany body, rock maple neck, and rosewood fingerboard, the neck is bolt-on. Fixed bridge. Pickup configuration is...

Hi there, I have a Godin Exit 22, which is a fixed-bridge H-S-S guitar with mahogany body and rosewood fingerboard. Generally I like the guitar, but one thing I don't like much about it is the bridge humbucker which has a bit of mid-honk, so I'm thinking about replacing it. I want a tight...