Custom 8 paradise!

Re: Custom 8 paradise!

surface54 said:
new heavy stuff again, better high end detail cause i dont know what im doing half the time! trying to fix that.
Marshall DSL100
Custom 8 beotch!

https://home.comcast.net/~musicalsx/sounds/DSL-C8-DM.mp3
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Fantastic clips as usual! I'm surprised you haven't tried the Custom 5 yet, you've done everything else except that. Isn't the curiosity eating you alive? It sounds great in my schecter so I've been hesitant to even bother with the C8. Obviously I can't hold off forever though.
 
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Franknfilms said:
Fantastic clips as usual! I'm surprised you haven't tried the Custom 5 yet, you've done everything else except that. Isn't the curiosity eating you alive? It sounds great in my schecter so I've been hesitant to even bother with the C8. Obviously I can't hold off forever though.
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for some reason i can tell just by the reviews the C5 doesnt have enough mid power for me. in my recordings the only thing that really holds any merit in the freq range is the big mids of the C8.
scooped mids and too much bass which i hear the C5 has would just be a tweaking disaster? ..... ive gotten tired of swapping magnets actually. thankfully im not tone searching anymore and can focus on the song writing.
 
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surface54 said:
for some reason i can tell just by the reviews the C5 doesnt have enough mid power for me. in my recordings the only thing that really holds any merit in the freq range is the big mids of the C8.
scooped mids and too much bass which i hear the C5 has would just be a tweaking disaster? .....
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I'm kind of the same way after the reviews of the C5 I've read. I still have the two A5s I won from sosomething in his raffle, but I so not-anxious to try the C5 I've been holding on to them for something else...
I'm gonna try the A8. :scratchch
 
OK, time to pull the trigger on deez...

OK, time to pull the trigger on deez...

Alright, procrastination mode off - I did it!! I caught a deal and ordered a dozen A8s (more than I'll need but too good a per piece deal to pass up; may have spares).
They should show up just in time for me to leave for vacation, but can't wait to try 'em once I get back. In the words of the Jerky Boys "Yeah...we'll see how good it is." ;)
 
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Re: OK, time to pull the trigger on deez...

jhale667 said:
Alright, procrastination mode off - I did it!! I caught a deal and ordered a dozen A8s (more than I'll need but too good a per piece deal to pass up; may have spares).
They should show up just in time for me to leave for vacation, but can't wait to try 'em once I get back. In the words of the Jerky Boys "Yeah...we'll see how good it is." ;)
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Awesome, dude. I bet you'll love it. :fing2:

Where'd you order the mags from?
 
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jhale667 said:
Alright, procrastination mode off - I did it!! I caught a deal and ordered a dozen A8s (more than I'll need but too good a per piece deal to pass up; may have spares).
They should show up just in time for me to leave for vacation, but can't wait to try 'em once I get back. In the words of the Jerky Boys "Yeah...we'll see how good it is." ;)
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Finally !! Look forward to hearing your review
 
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Just got my Custom 5 from Wymore's liquidation sale... gonna drop an A8 in there and do some before/after clips with my Sterling Silo 30.
 
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Kam said:
Awesome, dude. I bet you'll love it. :fing2:

Where'd you order the mags from?
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I think someone on here suggested this guy when Wymore announced he was closing - addiction-fx on Ebay?


Yeah, can't wait to try 'em once I get back! :D
 
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I bought an A4 from addiction-fx, good deal. I'm going to put it in my 59 and see what happens. I'll have an extra A4 left over so I'll put it on the trading post.
 
Re: Custom 8 paradise here I come - uh, week after next!

Re: Custom 8 paradise here I come - uh, week after next!

OK, guess this was supposed to happen this week (or at least set it up completely for two weeks from now..lol) ...first off, sad as it is about Wymore closing, looks like addiction-fx is going to step up to the plate...he ships fast - true, hes' in AZ and I'm in CA but still - mags got here already...and the other main thing I was looking for dropped into my lap via Ebay today...

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Non-logo'ed, even-which will further complete the "older" look of the guitar. This is coming from a bit farther away, hope it gets here before I leave town. I still want to wait for a Stew Mac order and a trip to Radio Shack to get all the pickup-tweaker tools I need to get into this correctly (polarity tester, etc) but I am already excited. :naughty:
 
Custom 8 paradise!

Just finished putting in my first C8. Plugged it in played for a half hour. So far I like it, sounds very good distorted. But what I was impressed with the most was the clean sound. The one thing I didn't like about my Alt8. This thing sounds great clean and dirty. Hot but not too hot. Has a more vintage sound but can sound like modern metal. So far so good, we will see how I like over the next couple weeks. Thanks to all you guys for turning me onto this pickup.
 
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BloodRose said:
my pleasure!! I love it rolled back and full on! Has ballz but vintage soul!!
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Just wanted to say thanks again for starting this thread, BloodRose...your reviews and all the other positive comments are what convinced me to give it a try! Sounds like the best of all worlds, Custom-wise. :cool2: So far I've only seen a tiny amount of criticism of the cleans, but that's the minority opinion there it seems. Not enough to deter me. ;)

Definitely looking logistically like I won't have time to do it until after the 4th - vacation prep going on (would try it in my main guitar, but have a gig that weekend - kind of afraid I may mess something up on the first attempt), but I can't wait! Will report my findings once I do it! :friday:
 
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andrew11 said:
Just finished putting in my first C8. Plugged it in played for a half hour. So far I like it, sounds very good distorted. But what I was impressed with the most was the clean sound. The one thing I didn't like about my Alt8. This thing sounds great clean and dirty. Hot but not too hot. Has a more vintage sound but can sound like modern metal. So far so good, we will see how I like over the next couple weeks. Thanks to all you guys for turning me onto this pickup.
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Totally true, man. Personally I generally hate clean tones from a bridge pickup and very rarely use them but lately I've been using the C8 for clean more and more. It's really warm and it's never too brittle and ice-picky.

Also true about the versatility. Every time I try it with different EQ and amounts of gain I think I've found the perfect settings for it. Then I roll off the gain and hear it sing on some old Zeppelin licks and love that tone just as much. Crank it up and start firing out powerchords and punk rhythms and hear that roar and never want to turn the gain down again. It's the most responsive damn thing I've ever played/felt in my life.

It's truly an outstanding pickup.
 
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Aww, thanks for the kind words! Im just glad others are digging it too! I fell in love with it when I first tried it and loved that it has a warm clean, and very musical vibe and enough gusto to kick butt. I wanted to share that in hopes others would dig it too. Seems liike a few have.. That thrills me.

keep us posted as you get some time in with it!
 
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