Anything better than 59n with Custom and 59/ Custom Hybrid?

[VinceT]

Re: Anything better than 59n with Custom and 59/ Custom Hybrid?

Just checking - did you order Trembucker size for Les Paul? (You mention TB rather than SH)


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[CaptainWhizz]

Re: Anything better than 59n with Custom and 59/ Custom Hybrid?

Take the A5 magnet from your 498t and put it in the 490r and install an A8 into the 498t. You will then essentially have a Custom 8 and '59 Neck set for $5. I did this to my LP Custom and I'm very very satisfied. Those pickups are never leaving that guitar. It's like a whole different set. I got the idea from here and its not forum folklore. It really works and its awesome. And if you decide not to I may interested in one or both sets.

Thanks, I've already bought the Duncan bridge pickups now though, so I will probably sell the Gibson sets.

Just checking - did you order Trembucker size for Les Paul? (You mention TB rather than SH)

I thought I'd got the TB for both, as they're the modern Gibson spacing bridges. Turns out I bought the SH for one but I don't imagine there being a huge problem.

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: Anything better than 59n with Custom and 59/ Custom Hybrid?

Gregory- to be honest, I’m not a huge neck pickup user. I may even go for cheaper alternative in there, as it’s often drowned in fuzz.



Which makes the mids more pronounced in the Hybrid than in the Custom, as I said in my original post.

Well, actually, no.

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: Anything better than 59n with Custom and 59/ Custom Hybrid?

Think I missed this before. Am I right in thinking this is a little brighter and tighter than the 59, not as scooped as the Jazz?

Not necessarily brighter and tighter, however it is a tight pup. Some say it is bright, but that's not what I'm hearing...I hear a very even tonal spectrum. Definitely more mids than the 59. I also don't hear the Jazz as being very scooped, at least not like the 59.

 

[gregory]

Re: Anything better than 59n with Custom and 59/ Custom Hybrid?

The Custom has way more mids than the C/59 hybrid. What you are hearing is the very strong tight bass and the almost extreme, piercing highs of the Custom due to the ceramic magnet which makes it seem like it has less mids.

Which makes the mids more pronounced in the Hybrid than in the Custom, as I said in my original post.

Well, actually, no.

Well, actually, yes.