I love the Custom, but...
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dystrust
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Re: I love the Custom, but...
Depends on the guitar for me. The CC is great in a Strat, but I don't care for it with Gibson scale. (IMO of course)
Depends on the guitar for me. The CC is great in a Strat, but I don't care for it with Gibson scale. (IMO of course)
Re: I love the Custom, but...
I agree with this, but I only ever use it with a Strat scale, which is my favorite.
I agree with this, but I only ever use it with a Strat scale, which is my favorite.
Re: I love the Custom, but...
seymourizer II = SH7 = SH6N (nowadays).
The SH6N is imho a criminally underrated pickup and it's a crying shame it has been relegated to be 'just' the neck pickup in the mayhem set. I hybridized it with a Screaming Demon and that puppy screams and howls for days but is superreactive to my fingers, playing and pots. Makes sense, cause both coils are 43awg, just with a mismatch of 1k (like, 1000 winds or so?). Throw in the double ceramic of the SH6N or an Alnico8 and you've got yourself one of my alltime favorites. it's like the Omega but not so brittle in the top end.
seymourizer II = SH7 = SH6N (nowadays).
The SH6N is imho a criminally underrated pickup and it's a crying shame it has been relegated to be 'just' the neck pickup in the mayhem set. I hybridized it with a Screaming Demon and that puppy screams and howls for days but is superreactive to my fingers, playing and pots. Makes sense, cause both coils are 43awg, just with a mismatch of 1k (like, 1000 winds or so?). Throw in the double ceramic of the SH6N or an Alnico8 and you've got yourself one of my alltime favorites. it's like the Omega but not so brittle in the top end.
Re: I love the Custom, but...
What are thoughts about the 500T? Specs wise, you would easily say compressed. But into a clean powerful tube amp, it seems to have good dynamics to me. I can squeeze a good old school AC/DC tone out of it, depending on how hard you hit the strings. I set the amp so that it just gets dirty when I'm digging into the strings the hardest. Playing regular is almost clean.
Oh, and FWIW, your killing me on this post because I plan on loading a TB5 into my SL2H Copperhead soon.
What are thoughts about the 500T? Specs wise, you would easily say compressed. But into a clean powerful tube amp, it seems to have good dynamics to me. I can squeeze a good old school AC/DC tone out of it, depending on how hard you hit the strings. I set the amp so that it just gets dirty when I'm digging into the strings the hardest. Playing regular is almost clean.
Oh, and FWIW, your killing me on this post because I plan on loading a TB5 into my SL2H Copperhead soon.
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misterwhizzy
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Re: I love the Custom, but...
I wouldn't hesitate to do that. Use the neck for cleans, and you're good to rock and roll. Seriously, out of the 59, A2Pro, Distortion, and any of the Custom family, the stock Custom is my favorite bridge Duncan. I think the Demon might be a close second, but I just learned that it's probably my favorite neck pickup, so I don't have a spare for the bridge, and I like the Custom better anyway.
I wouldn't hesitate to do that. Use the neck for cleans, and you're good to rock and roll. Seriously, out of the 59, A2Pro, Distortion, and any of the Custom family, the stock Custom is my favorite bridge Duncan. I think the Demon might be a close second, but I just learned that it's probably my favorite neck pickup, so I don't have a spare for the bridge, and I like the Custom better anyway.
