jimijames
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Ok, here's the idea:
With the advent of the crazy 8, this forum has designed a custom shop pickup in a very limited amount of time, the reason being that we were unaware that we would have the opportunity to do so again. Assuming that future opportunities to design a custom shop pickup will arise again, I think it would be a good idea to develop a few ideas for future custom shop pickups. This way, we'll have a good idea of what we want well in advance, and then only after careful (or maybe not so careful) discussion and advice.
So, to get this thread started, I'll throw out a few ideas that i've heard people tossing around:
JB lite - JB without the "mid-hump" that people say it has
Beefin Demon - Screamin demon but beefier w/o the overly sharp highs
Tapped strat neck pickup - Smooth and sing-y at full bore, punchy and clucky tapped, vintage strat all the way
Tapped Strat/Tele Bridge - I remember there was a lot of hubub for this one, seemed to be a close second to the crazy 8
Brobucker Neck - A neck version to match the Brobucker in terms of output and tone, I've heard people complain that it's louder than a lot of neck humbuckers, having a matched neck version would be nice
Edit: I completely forgot about p-90's, thanks fender punk
Underwound phat cat - Zhang has often commented that the phat cat didn't sound like a true p-90, that it was wound too hot
Custom Cat - Like the P-90 custom that seymour makes in phat cat housing, rawk n' roll
Rails Cat - A phat cat w/ rails, for better string balance and to fit guitars that have unconventional string spacing
Stacked Cat - Hum-cancelling phat cat using stack technology
Phat Cat Nano (Fender Punk's idea) - s/c sized p-90
As an ending note, I would like to thank XSSIVE (I think Mike's the name) for taking the lead in setting up the polls, and hopefully this will help simplify the process for the next go round.
edit: I know it's a bit early to tell if the custom shop will do this again, and given that they don't even have to, I'm incredibly grateful that they've given the forum this opportunity once, let alone a second time, and I hope that by doing this I don't seem ungrateful or expectant in any way. I just think it would be a good idea to be ready just in case lightning strikes a third time :fingersx:
With the advent of the crazy 8, this forum has designed a custom shop pickup in a very limited amount of time, the reason being that we were unaware that we would have the opportunity to do so again. Assuming that future opportunities to design a custom shop pickup will arise again, I think it would be a good idea to develop a few ideas for future custom shop pickups. This way, we'll have a good idea of what we want well in advance, and then only after careful (or maybe not so careful) discussion and advice.
So, to get this thread started, I'll throw out a few ideas that i've heard people tossing around:
JB lite - JB without the "mid-hump" that people say it has
Beefin Demon - Screamin demon but beefier w/o the overly sharp highs
Tapped strat neck pickup - Smooth and sing-y at full bore, punchy and clucky tapped, vintage strat all the way
Tapped Strat/Tele Bridge - I remember there was a lot of hubub for this one, seemed to be a close second to the crazy 8
Brobucker Neck - A neck version to match the Brobucker in terms of output and tone, I've heard people complain that it's louder than a lot of neck humbuckers, having a matched neck version would be nice
Edit: I completely forgot about p-90's, thanks fender punk
Underwound phat cat - Zhang has often commented that the phat cat didn't sound like a true p-90, that it was wound too hot
Custom Cat - Like the P-90 custom that seymour makes in phat cat housing, rawk n' roll
Rails Cat - A phat cat w/ rails, for better string balance and to fit guitars that have unconventional string spacing
Stacked Cat - Hum-cancelling phat cat using stack technology
Phat Cat Nano (Fender Punk's idea) - s/c sized p-90
As an ending note, I would like to thank XSSIVE (I think Mike's the name) for taking the lead in setting up the polls, and hopefully this will help simplify the process for the next go round.
edit: I know it's a bit early to tell if the custom shop will do this again, and given that they don't even have to, I'm incredibly grateful that they've given the forum this opportunity once, let alone a second time, and I hope that by doing this I don't seem ungrateful or expectant in any way. I just think it would be a good idea to be ready just in case lightning strikes a third time :fingersx:
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