Custom 5 for METAL ?

[RACER X]

Have any of you guys tried or do you use a C5 for Metal ? Im wanting to try something new. I allready use a Custom, JB, DD, and a Deamon all with great results for that 80s & 90s Metal tone. I play through a 120wtt 3ch Crate 1/2 stack, no effects. The guitar is a single hum Fender Strat, rosewod fretboard. Any feedback would be great, thanks guys.

 

[imrichbeyotch]

Re: Custom 5 for METAL ?

Buy a better amp first.

I think the Custom 5 has enough gain for metal. It's not over the top like a Custom or JB, but it'll still get the job done.

 

[Zeppelinfan8790]

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I used my Custom 5 when I was in a metal band, and it worked beautifully. However, most of the gain came from my amp.

HTH

 

[RACER X]

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Hey imrichbeyotch, your a arrogant little SOB arnt you, who are you to say my amp isent good enough. I dont know what you do for a liveing but i have a ex wife, 13 year old daughter, house and truck payments so any gear i get is not what i can afford but what i want. All i can say is i like the results i get from my gear. By the way, what are you playing through, thats what i thought. If you want to stay in good around here you might want to watch who you tick off !

 

[papersoul]

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Hi Racer,

You should do well with the C-5. I used the Custom (currently) and JB in the past. The JB to my ears is warmer....in fact I think I may be done with ceramic magnet loaded pickups.......I just hear something I don't like.
I will say that i get more growl with the JB and Custom, not to mention my Rio BBQ for that matter.

The C-5 is more open and seems to give full control of the amp, which is nice. It doesn't have the thick mids of the others, and I might say it is more vintage.

I've gigged a few times using the C-5 and had no issues with high gain or metal.

 

[imrichbeyotch]

Re: Custom 5 for METAL ?

Hey imrichbeyotch, your a arrogant little SOB arnt you, who are you to say my amp isent good enough. I dont know what you do for a liveing but i have a ex wife, 13 year old daughter, house and truck payments so any gear i get is not what i can afford but what i want. All i can say is i like the results i get from my gear. By the way, what are you playing through, thats what i thought. If you want to stay in good around here you might want to watch who you tick off !

I have no clue as of what to make of this reply. You seem to have taken my post completely opposite the way I meant it to be. I meant nothing bad against you. All I am saying is that all of the experiences I have ever had with Crate amps have been bad ones. I remember playing in a band with another guitarist who used one of their halfstacks. When the whole band played together, all I could hear was noise coming from that damn thing.

What I really meant to say was that a pickup change would make a very miniscule difference with an amp like that. (BTW did you even see the damn smiley I used to indicate it was just in good fun?)

I apologize that you misinterpreted my post. If you still feel pissed about....whatever it was you were pissed about, then too damn bad. I've got more important things to worry about.

 

[HolyDirt]

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Hey imrichbeyotch, your a arrogant little SOB arnt you, who are you to say my amp isent good enough. I dont know what you do for a liveing but i have a ex wife, 13 year old daughter, house and truck payments so any gear i get is not what i can afford but what i want. All i can say is i like the results i get from my gear. By the way, what are you playing through, thats what i thought. If you want to stay in good around here you might want to watch who you tick off !

hey man, chill, he's jsut kidding around.

And about the c-5, i use one in my guitar and i must say, it's PERFECT for metal. I love c-5's. Good cleans too

 

[RACER X]

Re: Custom 5 for METAL ?

Thanks for all the great suggestions guys, i think il give it a go.

 

[Farkus]

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hey man, chill, he's jsut kidding around.

Yikes! Someone had a little too much Starbucks today?

Honestly, I had a Crate 4x12 cab that was rated at somewhere between 150 and 100 watts. I blew the speakers in it twice. So, I said screw it and bought a Marshall cab instead.

Some of their combos sound nice, actually.

Farkus

 

[RACER X]

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Sorry to all, its been a rough day, week, month, year.

 

[OUTLAW1969]

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I hear ya , man!!!!! Try the C-5 for metal, you will LOVE it! I have a couple in some Les Pauls and they scream, you will not be dissapointed.

 

[imrichbeyotch]

Re: Custom 5 for METAL ?

How would a custom custom do for metal I wonder? I like the extra mids I see in the tone chart. Middy pickups always seem to work well for me.

 

[papersoul]

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C-5 is great! Very Natural.........with right guitar and amp.....it can work wonders.

 

[kaknight]

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I think that the pup would give you lots of bass response and a more scooped tone than the other pups you listed. I think that the question I would ask is, does the rest of your rig sound perfect with other guitars? I find that most of tone really comes from the Amp and even though pickups can make a difference in the sound of a guitar for sure, it is a more subtle change. No matter what I do, my fender amp with a tubescreamer still sounds like an amp for classic rock and great cleans. I can pump up the volume and gain, and it still doesn't sound like metallica you know. if I threw EMG pickups into my guitar it would only make me sound 1% more like metallica. But if I sold my amp and bought a marshall, it would probably make me sound 90% more like metallica.

For 80's metal tone I would stick to the JB. Besides the fact that its what EVERYONE used, I think that it's mid focused softer bottom tone really fits. In the 90's however it seemed that people really discovered bass. For that tone, I think that a C5 might give you a bit more of what you are looking for.

 

[RACER X]

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Went to GC today and bought one, il post with the results. By the way, has anyone tried a Blues trembucker for METAL ?

 

[Metalman_666]

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Hey imrichbeyotch, your a arrogant little SOB arnt you, who are you to say my amp isent good enough. I dont know what you do for a liveing but i have a ex wife, 13 year old daughter, house and truck payments so any gear i get is not what i can afford but what i want. All i can say is i like the results i get from my gear. By the way, what are you playing through, thats what i thought. If you want to stay in good around here you might want to watch who you tick off !

WHOA buddy, calm down. And if you're gonna bash ppl like that, LEARN TO SPELL

 

[Robert S.]

Re: Custom 5 for METAL ?

OK, everyone simmer down. There's enough prosac on the planet for everyone.

I get killer metal tones from the C-5, no worries there.

 

[KLINKDETROIT]

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I have a C5 in a shcecter C1+ and a Blues in an Ibanez rg560. The c5 is open and good for raw metal stuff/alternative. Alot of bass, thin highs lacking mids. But the best so far for my tastes. The blues is my second favorite, great for leads/ not as open as the c5 cuts a little better, not as much bass as the c5 sounds a little like a crybaby frequency, very vocal but the least gain ive tried so far. The blues sounds better in my schecter than in the ibanez.

 

[Spark]

Re: Custom 5 for METAL ?

OK, everyone simmer down. There's enough prosac on the planet for everyone.

I get killer metal tones from the C-5, no worries there.

Marijuana - it's nature's prozac! :smoker: :burnout:

And at risk of RACERX hopping in his tie-fighter and coming after me, the C5 sounds great for metal thru my Boogie amp and sounds like crap thru my buddies "less expensive" amp.

 

[KLINKDETROIT]

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Robert S. Come see my band June 19 Sat. night at THE BULLFROG and tell me if the C5 is any good with my boogie setup?? If you get a chance. I wonder if it is tooo thin on the highs. Someone said to try an alnico 4 magnet? Know anything about Alnico 4s?
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