Custom overload

Re: Custom overload

blueman335 said:
Strongest commonly available guitar magnet. Alnicos go from 1 to 12, and are more or less numbered based on strength. Getting magnets cut into sizes that fit in PU's requires placing a large order, so we certainly haven't see all the magnets that are out there.
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I was imprecise, but I've never heard of anything past A9 being used at all in guitars.

A3 is weaker than A2, A6 & A7 are weaker or roughly equal to A5, but have very different properties outside magnetic flux.

A6 I only know of for lipstick pickups, A7 I can't recall any pickups using, and the comparison I used to have showed A9 as being weaker but having some odd characteristics compared to A8.

Now I want to go digging for datasheets... *grmbl*
 
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If someone did a video of the Custom with the different available pickups in the same set up, would the differences be significant enough to be heard thru your computer?

Maybe we should try to fill in the blanks in the tone chart. The Custom Custom is 377, the Custum 5 is 638, the Custom is 769, what about the Custom 3, 4 UOA5 and 8?
 
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Even through PC speakers, you shouldn't have any trouble telling them apart back to back, as long as amp settings/recording EQ aren't played with to disguise difference. Even then, an attentive listener likely can tell some apart. Depends a bit on the amp, too. Some amps respond very differently to different pickups, where others deemphasize the differences.


Plus, not all PC speakers are dollar store garbage. And some people hook their computers up to powered monitors or a receiver...

As far as tone chart, that's a bit subjective. C8 has more upper mids and a bit more treble than the Custom Custom, but it's not bright or biting in the same way as C5 or Custom.

The tone chart really doesn't seem accurate for the Custom Custom, either. It doesn't have deep bass, but it's got a fair amount of the lower mids that are usually lumped in with bass.
 
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Despair said:
As far as tone chart, that's a bit subjective. C8 has more upper mids and a bit more treble than the Custom Custom, but it's not bright or biting in the same way as C5 or Custom.

The tone chart really doesn't seem accurate for the Custom Custom, either. It doesn't have deep bass, but it's got a fair amount of the lower mids that are usually lumped in with bass.
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+1. I don't seem to hear many things the way the tone chart EQ's them. Wood, guitar design, amp, speakers, tubes, are all part of how a PU sounds, and since we're using a huge variety of those components across the world, odds are we aren't matching up with what was measured for the EQ ratings.
 
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the custom sh-5 and the custom 8 are both very special pickups. Both do slightly differnt things. the custom is shear power. huge sound. I love that pickup. high end that really cuts and low end that is meaner than any pickup ive ever hear for hard rock or metal. it really chugs on the low end. very powerful but not over the top like the DD.

Custom8 on the other hand is explained best by blueman. he knows the pup more than anyone. It is warmer and tamer. not to say it wont get mean. but the softer you play it the tamer it is and the harder you play it the meaner it gets. its very dynaminc and smooth and present across all frequency ranges. It is very responsive and very easy to play. somewhat unforgiving at times. does classic rock, blues and hard rock very well. can do metal too but if you play aggressive rock and metal then go with the custom sh5.

I can use them both and be happy. I play alot of heavy rock and metal with hammerons, palm mutes and fast single not shreds. both will do it will but i go back to sh5 for that. the power chords on that pickup are just huge!!

C8 is more articulate and easier and smoother on the high end.

Buy the custom and an A8. that way you can swap both mags out and have both pickps.. enjoy
 
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