Re: Help: Replaced a (bridge) JB with a Custom
here are some of the reviews from M.'s FRiend on the Custom Custom. I was about to get one till i read that one guys review about how all he could get was the "Money for nothing" sound. Yea, and i think one of the complaints was that it was a bit 'Thin" sounding....... <p> I have an Ibanez RX240 H-S-S guitar that I originally installed a JB bridge in. The JB is an excellent bridge pickup (I have one in my ESP and it RULES) but it was too bright. After a lot of research, I found out that my guitar is maple, hence why the pickup was way too bright. So I slapped this pickup (the trembucker version) into my guitar. WOW! This pickup sounds like a perfect reproduction of the guitars used on heavy-yet-vintage songs like Day Tripper by the Beatles, and can cover CCR and other hard rock songs great! I love how it sounds: like a vintage pickup with increased output. It's an excellent pickup, and I highly recommend it for taming a bright guitar.
transforms your tone
Features: 9
Quality: 10
Value: 8
Overall: 9
www.theobstacles.com from Chicago, IL
Experience: I own it
Background: active musician
Style of Music: punk
Product: Seymour Duncan SH-11 Custom Custom Pickup
Jul 5, 2006 - I got this almost 2 years ago. It did everything I wanted it to. The combination of my amp and guitar was giving me a lot of unpleasant squeaks so I decided to drop in a humbucker to cancel some of that out. It did just that. I was looking for a little thicker tone also but didn't get so much of that. This pickup is absolutely silent when not playing. The only thing I don't like is how bitey the sound is. It is very crisp and cuts through live very well but sometimes I wish I could tone it down a bit.
Not Quite That Good
Features: 7
Quality: 7
Value: 7
Overall: 7
Jake Mayhem from New Jersey
Experience: I own it
Background: Gear Junkie
Style of Music: Rock, Metal,
Product: Seymour Duncan SH-11 Custom Custom Pickup
May 3, 2006 - Very, very midrangey pickup. In my Ibanez SZ, it sounded like being stuck in a tubescreamer. Not enough highs for me. Definately no lows. I was disappointed. Distortion was "flubby" for lack of a better word, and compressed. Positive note: it sounds great in a mix, very warm and present. But it's not all that fun to play, unless you really like that "Money for Nothin'" sound-.
Badass
Features: 10
Quality: 10
Value: 10
Overall: 10
Christien from Lubbock, Texas
Experience: I own it
Background: Active Musician
Style of Music: Classic rock, Gothenberg Metal
Product: Seymour Duncan SH-11 Custom Custom Pickup
Oct 3, 2005 - I put this humbucker in my standard Strat a couple of weeks ago. It was the best thing I've ever done to a guitar's sound. It screams with distortion and works very well to preserve and compliment the Stratocaster's "bright" sound. If you have a Strat, you're missing out if you don't have one of these in it. Mine's a cool black color, too.
Bridge Humbucker for a Strat
Features: 9
Quality: 9
Value: 9
Overall: 9
Rec-Toad from Arkansas
Experience: I own it
Background: Musician, Equipment Modifier
Style of Music: Mostly Rock
Product: Seymour Duncan SH-11 Custom Custom Pickup
Aug 8, 2005 - I've been searching for a bridge humbucker for my american strat and this is the best one I've found so far. It's a little too hot and over powers my Texas Specials, but I use it mostly for recording so I don't mind. Plenty of mids to thicken up the tone of a strat. If you're looking to make your strat into a real thick distortion guitar this is your pickup.
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