Alright, Who's Put In Their Custom UGD Pickups?

[jeremy]

Re: Alright, Who's Put In Their Custom UGD Pickups?

and i bet youll love it. it should sound similar to my old 10k ant which rules!!!

i wound a tapped tele/broadcaster type bridge pup 6.6k tapped/11.2 full alnico II. im building a reverse slant esquire that i cant wait to finish. i think i might have to pop it in my tele just to see how bad i screwed it up

 

[Curly]

Re: Alright, Who's Put In Their Custom UGD Pickups?

I wound something very simple:
APS-2 strat bridge @ 9.7K

I haven't decided what it's going in yet, but I plan to use it

 

[JumpMarine]

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I've got an 9.2k Antiquity PAF Bridge, Alnico 2, double cream with nickel cover, unpotted. Can't wait to get it fully installed. Went to put it in, got the pup mounted and went to solder everthing up and I couldn't find my freaking spool of solder!!! So it's still sitting on the bench until I find the spool or get a new one tomorrow. Will post results later.

 

[Scott_F]

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I keep wondering if mine is going to work... haha! Hell, I dropped it to the floor during the construction process! If jeremy's works, I'm going to be very happy for him...

 

[Scott_F]

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I've got an 9.2k Antiquity PAF Bridge, Alnico 2, double cream with nickel cover, unpotted. Can't wait to get it fully installed. Went to put it in, got the pup mounted and went to solder everthing up and I couldn't find my freaking spool of solder!!! So it's still sitting on the bench until I find the spool or get a new one tomorrow. Will post results later.

man, that's sad...

 

[XSSIVE]

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some very cool sounding pickup ideas guys that i hope work out well for you all! this thread has made me complete my idea for my custom shop order that will soon be placed...too bad i can't make it myself but at least this way i'll know it will work lol. good luck scott!!

so what did the high gain guys make...anything wild with a crazy amount of winds or something lol?

-Mike

 

[Willis]

Re: Alright, Who's Put In Their Custom UGD Pickups?

man, that's sad...

At least he has a guitar he can install his in. Here's my guitar:

:laugh2: can't wait till I get a new one. The duct tape is going nowhere near my pickup.

 

[XSSIVE]

Re: Alright, Who's Put In Their Custom UGD Pickups?

what on earth is the duct tape doing there lol...holding the pickup up or something? if you need a new pickup ring or some screws i may have some extras you can have if that would fix the problem.

-Mike

 

[Scott_F]

Re: Alright, Who's Put In Their Custom UGD Pickups?

there were a lot of overwound stuff showing up. I'm pretty sure I was the only one that wound a P90. Isn't that bizarre!

 

[XSSIVE]

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wow the only p90 out of how many people??...wow that is a bit odd...now lets hope the only UGD p90 works hehe!!

-Mike

 

[Gearjoneser]

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As soon as I came home from UGD, I went into my music room and listened to my LP Goldtop with the regular Custom 5 nickel, then proceeded to pull it out.

My UGD pickup was a regular nickel Custom 5 that was overwound right in between a C-5 and JB, so it would still sound like a C-5, but have a tad more mids. It's 15.3

Personally, I think it's the best sounding A5 humbucker I've heard, especially for gain.
The difference between it and the stock one is that it's a little richer in the mids, and the top end compresses just slightly......kinda like a JB or CC. But, it still has the tight low end and natural sound that the C5 has......it just pushes the amp a touch more.

Today, I jammed with a new band I might be joining and heard my Bogner fully cranked on all three channels through the 4-12. One LP had the 50th Ann Seths and it sounded like straight up PAF tone city! No microphonics either, even when used at crushing highgain settings superloud. Then, I plugged in my other Les Paul with my new overwound C-5/59 nickel. Absolutely stellar tone! Warm, hotrodded, tight, and smooth! I play everything from clean to plexi to super highgain, and the 15.3 Custom 5 is the tone game winner! It's more perfect sounding than the C5, CC, or JB, to my ears.

 

[Bones]

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Are you going to order another one, for that black beauty?

 

[Gearjoneser]

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Are you going to order another one, for that black beauty?

Nah, I've already got a Gold C-5 in that one, and it's got plenty of natural mids, since it's all mahogany.

Man, too bad we can't all call up Duncan and order pickups to our specs for $70, rather than $150+ MJ would go outta her mind if they started doing that! :laugh2: It was fun to get that rare opportunity to dial in our guitars by deciding exactly what we wanted!

 

[Jeff_H]

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GJ's new C5 does sound really good. It has all the clarity of the C5, but the extra winds give it just enough mids to make it sound more balanced. Also, the extra winds add just enough compression, so the highs start to round off just slightly. Really a great sounding pickup. The thing is, it doesn't sound like a hot pickup. It still has that vintage flavor over all.

Nice, nice pickup.

 

[Gearjoneser]

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I can't wait to hear about all these pickups, once they're in guitars! There were a few overwound JB's, underwound dun-aged magnet JB's, overwound Antiquities, and beefed up single coils. I'm sure Evan and co. are going to be interested in hearing about some of these creations.

 

[theodie]

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I've got an Alnico II Pro (b) with Antiquity baseplate and hardware, overwound (asked for 9.5, came out 9.2, not bad), double cream with a nickel cover. Sort of a cross between the EVH and a Slash Custom Shop model. I think it's going in my Les Paul standard, but we'll see.

Jeff, or should I say Jolly's roomate!!! :laugh2: :laugh2: I demand a review!!!! It sounds like a great idea.

 

[gripweed]

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I can't wait to hear about all these pickups, once they're in guitars! There were a few overwound JB's, underwound dun-aged magnet JB's, overwound Antiquities, and beefed up single coils. I'm sure Evan and co. are going to be interested in hearing about some of these creations.

I'd like to hear them. Lets make sure you all get some clips posted!

Sounds like it was a great time...

 

[korovamilkdud]

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Well I got a staggered Jazz (4.4 and 4.8) wound up to about 9.3k and a potted 4-conductor Seth that came to about 8.7k (4.2 and 4.4).

I tried them in the neck of my guitar.

Jazz was okay. Combined w/ the CUstom bridge I got some icepick highs, and I would have liked a bit more bass. I've thought about selling this one up. (here Jolly Jolly......)

The Seth is amazing split! I couldn't believe it! The one pickup that doesn't come with a splitting option (without custom shop involvement) sounds more stratty in the neck of a LP than any other pups I've tried in the neck. JB, APH-1, PG, 59, Jazz, Custom...it's in the high end. Something about the highs in a Seth give it the spank and twang that none of the above provide. And then the full, thick tone distorted...amazing. I'm so in love with this one. Total keeper.

 

[RGN]

Re: Alright, Who's Put In Their Custom UGD Pickups?

As soon as I came home from UGD, I went into my music room and listened to my LP Goldtop with the regular Custom 5 nickel, then proceeded to pull it out.

My UGD pickup was a regular nickel Custom 5 that was overwound right in between a C-5 and JB, so it would still sound like a C-5, but have a tad more mids. It's 15.3

Personally, I think it's the best sounding A5 humbucker I've heard, especially for gain.
The difference between it and the stock one is that it's a little richer in the mids, and the top end compresses just slightly......kinda like a JB or CC. But, it still has the tight low end and natural sound that the C5 has......it just pushes the amp a touch more.

Today, I jammed with a new band I might be joining and heard my Bogner fully cranked on all three channels through the 4-12. One LP had the 50th Ann Seths and it sounded like straight up PAF tone city! No microphonics either, even when used at crushing highgain settings superloud. Then, I plugged in my other Les Paul with my new overwound C-5/59 nickel. Absolutely stellar tone! Warm, hotrodded, tight, and smooth! I play everything from clean to plexi to super highgain, and the 15.3 Custom 5 is the tone game winner! It's more perfect sounding than the C5, CC, or JB, to my ears.

I was excited about this.... that is EXACTLY what I would have made. It would have been trem-spaced, b/c. That would have been killer in my ESP. You need to post some clips GJ. I may need to order one from the custom shop!!

 

[Evan Skopp]

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Here are some of the pickups guys spec'd out (written down by MJ):

• "Nickel covered Custom 5, overwound to give it just a bit more mids than a stock one. In my mind, I'm assuming 15.4K would do the trick?
• Black uncovered trembucker spaced Evenly Voiced Harmonics with the screw side being the screw side of a Screamin' Demon (as a hybrid with 1 SD coil and 1 EVH coil), hex polepieces on EVH (slug) side (like Screamin Demon), an aged Alnico 2 magnet, aged Antiquity bobbins, with a single conductor braided shield cable.
• Hybred pickup
• Custom Custom zebra with a silver pickup cover
• white bobbin, humbucker with one custom coil and one distortion coil with the oversized magnet
• JB trembucker in Zebra, with a 2% overwind and allen-head pole pieces
• Hot JB, Black, Bridge, w/ Ceramic Magnet
• Hot DC 16.5k
• trembucker-spaced C5 with Zebra bobbins and overwound mewhere between a C5 and a JB.
• SDECO 2 10 to 12 K
• Antiquity PAF, Alnico 2, 9k to 9.5k, wax potted, nickel
• Alnico II Pro Bridge aged cream with Logo Nickel Cover
• Antiquity Humbucker bridge
• 7 String HB MJ specs
• Zebra Bridge 10K Antiquity Humbucker
• cream JB trembucker with a chrome cover
• White '78 / TB 4 cond Logo