Who "invented" the Custom 5?

[Scott_F]

Re: Who "invented" the Custom 5?

It was the really old board. Terrible board software, but it was a pretty small tight community backthen. Not too many of us left here.

Jolly, help me figure out who was there....

jolly, me, robert s., jeremy, rodney, evan, mr. hm, donzo, mincer, yontz, kevlar3000, gunner....

did I get any of those wrong?


As far as the C5, I seem to remember that it was Robert S. that I first remember doing it.

For what it was worth, I voted for Custom Custom Custom.

 

[JOLLY]

Re: Who "invented" the Custom 5?

Jolly, help me figure out who was there....

jolly, me, robert s., jeremy, rodney, evan, mr. hm, donzo, mincer, yontz, kevlar3000, gunner....

did I get any of those wrong?

When I wrote the afforementioned, I was trying to remember people's names as well. You came up with more names than I did. All of the ones you have listed are correct. I actually saw yontz on here a couple of weeks ago. That was the first time I'd seen him around in at least a year and a half. I remember that Butch was on the original board as well. Maybe we should star a post asking who was on the original board. I'd like to know because I really can't remember.

 

[Evan Skopp]

Re: Who "invented" the Custom 5?

Do any of you remember before Rodney was admin? Kellie ran the board prior to Rodney. And before that, I ran the board (starting in '96).

Two other names from way back, Nick Totoro and Butch Snyder.

 

[Stratman]

Re: Who "invented" the Custom 5?

Actually, the pickup was first conceived by Seymour. I was with him at the time. He was helping voice a Godin LG, and for the bridge pickup he recommended a "Custom Custom with an alnico 5." We sold it for a few years to Godin as the "SH-11+ Custom Custom Plus." In fact, that's the bridge humbucker still used on Godin guitars.

Totally independent of that, some members of this forum started making them and calling them "Custom Custom Custom," or "C3." It became the most popular mod of an SD pickup I'd ever seen. After some time, someone from the Forum said, "Hey Evan, I know you're reading this: ever think you might have a product here?"

So we took up the suggestion of the forum and released it as a product.

We actually had a vote in the forum on what to call it. "Custom 5" narrowly beat out "C3" and "Custom Custom Custom." We also had forum members write the description of the pickup.

I hope that answers the question.

I remember that poll - about two or three years ago!

God I'm getting older. . .

 

[BS123]

Re: Who "invented" the Custom 5?

I came in when Kellie was running it in '97.