Anyone ever do a Custom Custom in the neck?

[Aceman]

Yep - those mids just blast through.

I can see a lot of high output pickuyp[s making great pups for doing LEADS on the neck. Not so much for rhythm/riffing tones.

 

[Despair]

I suggest trying an A3 in that CC. A little crisper, a little more definition and also a little less output/compression.
Still has the softer unoriented attack.

Custom3 actually makes a pretty nice PAF-ish bridge option in the hotter-than-vintage category.
Not as thin as one might expect.

+1. I have a JB in the neck of a guitar, with an A3 magnet, and hex screws under the wound strings, with studs towards neck. I'd suggest pretty much doing the same set of tweaks I have: screw the wound side way down, raise the hex pole screws to balance volume with plain strings. Gives fat high strings, and controlled wound strings. For cosmetics, I could see using shorter standard screw polepieces (I think it's 0.75" for the shorter hex screws).

At least in the JB, the A3 gives just enough sparkle to be usable clean, in spite of the very midrange-focused tone. I'd expect much the same for CC. Combo of hex screws with shorter length and the pickup position tweaks gives it plenty of articulation on the wound strings, while singing for leads. Tight enough for rhythm use, fat enough for riffs, without being bloated.

If I was to do a Custom variant in the neck, pretty sure that's where I would wind up.

I like the tweaked JB3 enough that it hasn't come out of the guitar.

 

[DonP]

Has anyone ever installed a Custom Custom (SH-11) in the neck? I was just looking through my pickup bins, and found a Custom Custom and a Custom 5 just sitting there. Also, off in the corner, was my original MIA Peavey Predator, with no pups in it. That's the guitar that I made my first ever forum question about pickups, (about 20 years ago), and people advised the C5/59 set. I got 'em and it sounded great. I only had one guitar back then.

So I thought, what the heck, and put them in. The C5 works great with the Kahler Flyer trem, and I'd forgotten how good the C5 sounds. Although, it needs to be a Trembucker. The high E poles sit squarely inside the high E string. I have mixed emotions about the CC in the neck. Imagine warm and hot, at the same time. At about 1.5 on my volume control on my amp is about as loud as I'd want to get in a "home" environment. Not a lot of high end but very bluesy and punchy. I haven't tried it with distortion yet, but I bet it will be sweet. I was hoping that the scooped brightness of the C5 would blend well with the "hot" warmness of the CC, but alas, they're OOP. I noticed that the tape had been messed with on the CC, so I'm guessing that a previous owner either flipped the mag, changed the mag, or both.

I'm going to sort these issues out, then play with it some more.

Side note: Anyone remember selling me a white Custom Custom, with about 3" of lead, and maybe some mag manipulation?

More to follow.

Besides what was mentioned already, if you decide you want less output (maybe on the fly?), install a series/parallel switch/push/pull pot. You've done this already with an Invader.

 

[Artie]

Besides what was mentioned already, if you decide you want less output (maybe on the fly?), install a series/parallel switch/push/pull pot. You've done this already with an Invader.

I'm pretty sure that's what I'm going to try next. I'm going to move the CC over to one of my Patriots. It's the same guitar as the Predator, minus the Kahler. That will allow me to put the 59n back in the Predator and take it back to its "roots", so to speak. (My first Duncan pups, recommended by this forum for this guitar.)

The one thing I love about this current set up is that the CC is match made in heaven with my BBE Bohemian. But, it's a one trick pony.

 

[Artie]

So . . . running this through my MXR 6-band EQ made a world of difference. Cut the bass and midrange, and tweaked the high-end. Now it's starting to sound killer. In other words, like the bridge pickup it was designed to be in the first place. I'm not done experimenting with this yet . . . but it will probably "go back home", so to speak.

 

[Despair]

So . . . running this through my MXR 6-band EQ made a world of difference. Cut the bass and midrange, and tweaked the high-end. Now it's starting to sound killer. In other words, like the bridge pickup it was designed to be in the first place. I'm not done experimenting with this yet . . . but it will probably "go back home", so to speak.

A3 wont cut midrange, but it cuts bass and adds treble, and drops output a bit. Combine with further tweaks, and you may not need the EQ.

 

[Artie]

Thanks. But I think I'm going to put this back in the bridge where it belongs. Now I just need to figure out a sweet neck pup to go with it.

 

[ErikH]

Now I just need to figure out a sweet neck pup to go with it.

Whole Lotta Humbucker. Thank me later.

 

[Artie]

Whole Lotta Humbucker. Thank me later.

Noted.

By the way, you're the reason I took the Perpetual Burn out of my Rockmaster. I'm putting it into an axe, with a Jazz, to make a PB&J. Your idea. (Even though you meant it as a joke.) Should be sweet.

 

[ErikH]

Noted.

By the way, you're the reason I took the Perpetual Burn out of my Rockmaster. I'm putting it into an axe, with a Jazz, to make a PB&J. Your idea. (Even though you meant it as a joke.) Should be sweet.

:laugh2::laugh2::laugh2: That's awesome.

 

[Artie]

Forum bro Jeremy lent me the Jazz about a year ago. I need to get this done. He's probably wanting it back. :9:

 

[jeremy]

i know its in good hands my man, no worries

 

[Artie]

i know its in good hands my man, no worries

Thanks. I move slowly these days.