What is a Custom 8 pickup ?

[Rowan]

Re: What is a Custom 8 pickup ?

Ok so now i'm a little confused. Whats the difference in a custom 8 and the ALt 8 pickup ?

Alt 8 is Seymour's brand spanking new production alnico 8 pickup. A custom 8 is a Custom, Custom 5 or a Custom Custom with an alnico 8 magnet. You can't buy this pickup you have to do it yourself.

 

[uOpt]

Re: What is a Custom 8 pickup ?

Ok so now i'm a little confused. Whats the difference in a custom 8 and the ALt 8 pickup ?

The custom coils are awg43 14 Kohm class.

The Alt 8 coils at about 18 Kohm and almost certainly awg44.

Then there's the JB with A8 which is a different wind of awg44 coils.

 

[JB6464]

Re: What is a Custom 8 pickup ?

Thanks oUpt, thats the answer i was looking for.

 

[jhale667]

Re: What is a Custom 8 pickup ?

Alt 8 is Seymour's brand spanking new production alnico 8 pickup. A custom 8 is a Custom, Custom 5 or a Custom Custom with an alnico 8 magnet. You can't buy this pickup you have to do it yourself.

Wait, I thought you could also order the Custom 8 as a 'Shop Floor Custom', without the full Custom Shop upcharge, at least I thought I'd read that in another thread...?

 

[hanumanlangur]

Re: What is a Custom 8 pickup ?

Wait, I thought you could also order the Custom 8 as a 'Shop Floor Custom', without the full Custom Shop upcharge, at least I thought I'd read that in another thread...?

You might be able to, since ordering a pickup with a different magnet is supposedly possible, at normal floor custom prices...

 

[jhale667]

Re: What is a Custom 8 pickup ?

You might be able to, since ordering a pickup with a different magnet is supposedly possible, at normal floor custom prices...

That's what I'd like to do at this point, as I'd like to A/B the Custom 8 against the CC I recently installed in one of a pair of H/S Strats I have without trying the magnet swap myself just yet. :smack: I do have a spare Trembucker CC lying about, but it's an older one and I'd like to leave it untouched for the moment. That having been said, by the time I find a TB-5, TB-14 or another CC cheap on Ebay (aren't any at the moment) and snag a magnet, I could've already ordered one (and basically have, but was afraid it was gonna get shot down Monday after reading that post...lol) probably for the same $$ directly from Duncan (via my local dealer).
I do want to get into trying magnet swaps in the future, mind you - but right now I'm looking at a couple of disassembled guitars, don't wanna be tearing pickups apart too at the moment...:eek1:

 

[Ascension]

Re: What is a Custom 8 pickup ?

Yeah, Ill have the trifecta!! I have a Custom 8 in a Kramer, a Crazy 8 in a Charvel 4 and will put the Alt 8 in my other Charvel 4. So they are all similar built axes, I should be able to get an accurate comparo!! CANT WAIT!!

Im thinking about another C8 for my Washburn Salas.. How you think that'll work Ascension?? If the Alt 8 is slammin, Ill try that one. my plan is to keep one salas stock and the other c8 or alt8

I think the Custom 8 should be a killer in the Black Salas I sold you. That particular guitar is quite dark and has a little bit of a loose bottom end when you play it accoustically. The C-8 is super tight on the bottom and a little on the bright side and articulate + has a smooth top end so I would think that pickup should really work well in that particular guitar.

 

[Orange]

Re: What is a Custom 8 pickup ?

Ok so now i'm a little confused. Whats the difference in a custom 8 and the ALt 8 pickup ?

They're different pickups. The A8 has a different wire (red) but i didn't A/B these...