SH-5 Duncan Custom is the best Rock pickup ever made, period.

[JMP/HBE]

Who's with me ?

 

[AdrianSD]

Pick me, pick me!
Now, if I were you, I'd try an Alnico 8 (insert a reeeaaalllyyy wiiiideeee smmiiile emoticon needed)
Seriously, Seymour Duncan should start marketing the Custom 8. (Not trying to hijack your thread, sorry, just thinking out loud).

 

[CaptainWhizz]

If I could only ever use one bridge humbucker in every guitar, it would be the Custom.

 

[Artie]

With which neck? (I need to revisit these.)

 

[JMP/HBE]

With which neck? (I need to revisit these.)

Ive always used a 59' neck w/a Custom and love it.

 

[Aceman]

A 59 is never a bad choice with that, but I prefer PG's.

And yes. The Custom is a great hard rock pickup. Once you leave the 70's, it's a great all arounder.

 

[PDC]

If you had to pick a Humbucker that you knew would not disappoint in pretty much any guitar - meaning would sound ‘good’ to very, very good - the Custom would be it. I really love the Custom wind with a rough cast unoriented A5. Everything I like about the A2 version with what feels like a bit more ‘oomph’

 

[hwiho2002]

I always install a custom in gibson style guitars, along with a 59 in the neck. I really wish duncan would make the 59 standard with short legs and 4 conductor leads...

 

[beaubrummels]

I’d say the Custom wind is one of the best winds overall. A lot of music can be made, more than hard rock, just by changing magnets and changing screws/slugs/allen heads. It’s an amazing and resilient pickup for creating sounds.

 

[CaptainWhizz]

Les Paul, Custom, 59n. Sorted. (Foot edited out).

 

[EmiAba]

The custom is by far the bridge pick up I prefer the most. As is I want it paired with the 59. If loaded with an A2, I prefer it with the PGn in the neck. I have a C8 in one of my les paul and I think it will stand there forever. In truth its A5 incarnation is not my favorite but, probably, I still haven't found the right guitar to load with. I play almost everything with it. It is a modern classic. Only the JB and the SD have the same status IMO.

 

[Mincer]

The Custom Custom is my favorite, so it qualifies.

 

[Dudeman7]

Custom Custom bridge and Pearly Gates neck are loaded into one of my Strats.

I did the "Do It All" wiring with coils from each pickup in the 2 and 4 positions.

There is literally nothing I don't like about those pickups in that guitar.

 

[misterwhizzy]

I think I’ll agree, but only if Custom Custom counts.

 

[elelpe]

Cool pickup indeed. When I revisit it, I'd pair Custom with Vintage P-90. Just curious.

 

[Hsb]

I have a roughcast A2 in my CC and of the Custom family Ive tried is my 2nd fave to the Custom. The guitar came stock w a C5 and Jazz, which also has gotten a roughcast A2. The Custom fam isnt my fave SD pickup that Ive tried but its good for some of that big hair and leather thing from the 80s

 

[ErikH]

The Custom Custom is my favorite, so it qualifies.

Same. I have it paired with a WLH neck.

 

[JB_From_Hell]

I wanted to love the Custom, but I prefer the JB.

 

[LLL]

One of the best humbuckers ever.

I have one vintage and one newer.

No mods necessary.

 

[Gtrjunior]

Another vote for the CC. I have it paired with a Bluesbucker in my LP. Perfection!