Anybody try a Custom with triple Ceramic ala Invader/Black Winter?

[Rex_Rocker]

Wonder what that would sound like? Would it just sound like a LOUD Custom or will it take on other EQ characteristics?

:scratchch

 

[Clint 55]

Generally adding more double thick first increases the output. Next, it makes the pickup sound fatter. With alnico, it makes it sound deeper and de-clankifies it. But ceramic is sort of clanky no matter what so there's less of the deepening effect.

I think you should try it. Actually screw the Custom, put 3 double thick cermaics in a 59 and have glass shards come at you.

 

[Cynical]

Wonder what that would sound like? Would it just sound like a LOUD Custom or will it take on other EQ characteristics?

:scratchch

Based on my experience with the BW, you'd get more output, a broader and flatter midrange, and less treble bite. Might be a fun experiment, but given that the point of the Custom for most people is the scoop and treble bite, it also sounds somewhat counter-intuitive.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

Yeah if the Triple Ceramic is going to remove the Custom's raspy and more or less open top-end in favor of low-end muscle, I don't think I'd like the effect. I think the Custom is kinda rumbly in stock form already.