So I've been listening to the keith merrow duncan test and I feel like the custom 5 sounds like it has a touch more middle than the ceramic custom. I know most people say it's more scooped but has anyone else experienced it sound like it has more?
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I haven't, unless it is in an extremely mid-heavy guitar. The Custom 5 remains the most scooped pickup I've ever heard.Administrator of the SDUGF
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Nope just the opposite. The Custom 5 is very scooped and can sound HUGE for rhythms but in my experience will flat not cut through for solos. It just vanishes in a full band mix on single note solo work and is why I have abandoned the pickup. Try the Hybrid as it feels hotter than a Custom 5 in a full mix and cuts well.Last edited by Ascension; 04-08-2020, 11:28 AM.Guitars
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Originally posted by Ascension View PostNope just the opposite. The Custom 5 is very scooped and can sound HUGE for rhythms but in my experience will flat not cut through for solos. It just vanishes in a full band mix on single note solo work and is why I have abandoned the pickup. Try the Hybrid as it feels hotter than a Custom 5 in a full mix and cuts well.Administrator of the SDUGF
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Yeah, don't forget that Keith is EQ-ing his rig around that pickup, since most of his guitars use them. If he plugged in a regular Custom while he was adjusted for the Custom 5, you'd definitely hear the difference in the midrange. As others stated, the nice thing about the Custom 5 is that the scooped mids stay clear and you can boost them a bit and keep a great deal of articulation, which is why it works so well for Keith. I find the Custom 5 to be the most boring version of the "Custom" myself, but that's just me.
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The midrange structure is very different between the two in terms of the frequencies that get emphasized. Some of what you're hearing is also added roundness to the notes in the Custom 5, whereas the regular Custom has more presence/brightness in the mids and a bit more edge and sear on the top end.
The biggest issue with a shootout like this is that you don't know the tonal characteristics of the amp itself (not all pickups play equally well with all amps) or what pickup it was EQ'd to first.
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I think that the Custom 5 makes a great metal pickup. I have one with a bad coil that I've been meaning to send in for repair. Just haven't been able to justify spending the cash on it because I really don't have a guitar to put it in.
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I think the Custom 5 is pretty much exclusively a metal pickup. I don't hear non-metal use that EQ profile much.Administrator of the SDUGF
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SD has a good video that compares the custom 5, custom, and custom custom all in the same guitar. The custom 5 is very dipped in the mids but it has its charm outside of metal. https://youtu.be/kLfRvjjAwf0
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Originally posted by jeremy View Posti used one in a sg for a while and loved it and i sure dont play metal.Administrator of the SDUGF
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Love it for Thrash... Either into a Mark V:25 or Marshall SC20 (mini JCM800). I seems to have a ton of definition.Last edited by mi_canuck; 04-09-2020, 02:06 PM.
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I had one for a while in a dbl cut Hamer, I remember liking it. I think that I was mostly using a Hiwatt and a TS for harder edged classic rock sounds.
I do remember a gig where it excelled. I was playing a hard blues type set using a friend's 79 100 watt JMP half stack...oh freaking gawd, did that sound good!
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