frankencat
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Custom with an A3 magnet. If so how does it sound say compared to a CC bridge?
Has anybody tried a Custom3?
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CTN
The Drama Dude
Re: Has anybody tried a Custom3?
I'll probably be trying that out in a couple of days. For my hardtail strat tuned to C standard, I was using a C8 in the bridge position, and didn't dig it so much. I swapped it to a Custom Custom a couple weeks ago, but it's too mushy on the low end. Gonna try with a roughcast A3 soon. Will report back when I do.
I'll probably be trying that out in a couple of days. For my hardtail strat tuned to C standard, I was using a C8 in the bridge position, and didn't dig it so much. I swapped it to a Custom Custom a couple weeks ago, but it's too mushy on the low end. Gonna try with a roughcast A3 soon. Will report back when I do.
frankfalbo
In Fluence Y'all
Re: Has anybody tried a Custom3?
I didn't like it. A3 contains no cobalt by the way, kind of like it should be called "Alni" and was a little weaker and more anemic in the Custom when I tried it. It seems to sweeten a vintage humbucker wind and they're using it in the Joe Bonamassa bridge model now, but I found for the hotter Custom wind it felt more like it was under-powering it. The C4 is great too.
I didn't like it. A3 contains no cobalt by the way, kind of like it should be called "Alni" and was a little weaker and more anemic in the Custom when I tried it. It seems to sweeten a vintage humbucker wind and they're using it in the Joe Bonamassa bridge model now, but I found for the hotter Custom wind it felt more like it was under-powering it. The C4 is great too.
LtKojak
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Re: Has anybody tried a Custom3?
Generally speaking, an A3 for a bridge p'up is NOT a good choice, as will make sound any p'up in that position thin and wimpy. Which it could work for an overwound asian p'up, but not really for the rest, unless it's compensated with a particular custom-wound coil geometry.
OTOH, I simply LOVE IT in the neck position of a PAFish p'up in a semi- or specially in a full-hollow.
The one mag I LOVE the best for versatility in the bridge position in a PAF realm is the UOA5 (thank you blueman335 for the introduction) which, BTW, is a match made in Heaven with an A3 in the neck.
HTH,
Generally speaking, an A3 for a bridge p'up is NOT a good choice, as will make sound any p'up in that position thin and wimpy. Which it could work for an overwound asian p'up, but not really for the rest, unless it's compensated with a particular custom-wound coil geometry.
OTOH, I simply LOVE IT in the neck position of a PAFish p'up in a semi- or specially in a full-hollow.
The one mag I LOVE the best for versatility in the bridge position in a PAF realm is the UOA5 (thank you blueman335 for the introduction) which, BTW, is a match made in Heaven with an A3 in the neck.
HTH,
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Frogman
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Re: Has anybody tried a Custom3?
to my ears, the C4 sounds like a less-scooped C5, and the CUOA5 sounds like a C2 with a bit more bite.
to my ears, the C4 sounds like a less-scooped C5, and the CUOA5 sounds like a C2 with a bit more bite.