is the duncan distortion darker than the duncan custom?

  • Thread starter Thread starter chrisrocksusa
  • Start date Start date
C

chrisrocksusa

New member
flat out hate the custom. I'm waiting the arrival of my DD in the mail, really hoping it's darker than the custom.

In my LP, the highs are just fucking piercing. I can't EQ them out without ruining any decent tone this POS can produce.
 
If you look at the SD Tone Chart for B/M/T, the Custom is 7/6/9 and the Distortion is 5/8/9
So more mids, less bass, same highs
If you want darker pickups, look at Dimarzios
 
wow that really sucks. I think it's the guitar. I had no problem with an SD JB in a KE-1 I had in college. In my LP the dunan is just awful. I don't see how I'm going to like the DD if it's a brighter pickup.
 
Business":bgowvmir said:
chrisrocksusa":bgowvmir said:
DET1973":bgowvmir said:
chrisrocksusa":bgowvmir said:
I like to stay in Eb

maybe go back to the JB


everyone says they're terrible in les pauls

Who cares, if you think it sounds good, go for it

I'm not about to drop another 75 dollars to find out another duncan is bad in my les paul. DD is my last attempt
 
chrisrocksusa":9i0rx8do said:
Business":9i0rx8do said:
chrisrocksusa":9i0rx8do said:
DET1973":9i0rx8do said:
chrisrocksusa":9i0rx8do said:
I like to stay in Eb

maybe go back to the JB


everyone says they're terrible in les pauls

Who cares, if you think it sounds good, go for it

I'm not about to drop another 75 dollars to find out another duncan is bad in my les paul. DD is my last attempt

Are your pickups really close to the strings? Lowering them might help. You can also try heavier string gauge.
 
JB's sound great in LP's. The Distortion will be similar to the Custom, it's quite a bit hotter though. JB is darker than the Distortion / Custom generally.

I've had all these in my LPC and they all sounded good. Distortion is too hot for me. The JB is what is in there now.

Also Duncan has an exchange policy. Call them up and they will swap things around.
 
Greazygeo":3kipz2od said:
Also Duncan has an exchange policy. Call them up and they will swap things around.


WHAT?!

seriously? bc that is really cool. I wish I had known that, I would have just exchanged the custom for a DD. In any event, if the DD doesn't work I'll try them and see if they want to send me a JB
 
chrisrocksusa":2ion2e5i said:
DET1973":2ion2e5i said:
maybe go back to the JB
everyone says they're terrible in les pauls
Who exactly is "everyone"?

I could be wrong, but I thought that Seymour had designed the JB pickup specifically to go in the Les Pauls Beck was playing back in the day?

Regardless, MANY pros use the JB in their Les Pauls, so saying "everyone" thinks they're terrible in Les Pauls is WAY OFF.

I have them in two of my LP Customs and think they sound great.

BTW, I also have a Duncan Distortion in another LP Custom and think it sounds good too. However, it is a little on the hot side for my liking, but not so much that I have been desperate to lay out the coin to replace it with something else.
 
rlord1974":351x40hv said:
chrisrocksusa":351x40hv said:
DET1973":351x40hv said:
maybe go back to the JB
everyone says they're terrible in les pauls
Who exactly is "everyone"?

I could be wrong, but I thought that Seymour had designed the JB pickup specifically to go in the Les Pauls Beck was playing back in the day?

Regardless, MANY pros use the JB in their Les Pauls, so saying "everyone" thinks they're terrible in Les Pauls is WAY OFF.

I have them in two of my LP Customs and think they sound great.

BTW, I also have a Duncan Distortion in another LP Custom and think it sounds good too. However, it is a little on the hot side for my liking, but not so much that I have been desperate to lay out the coin to replace it with something else.




the majority of the SD forum as well as the les paul forum. TGP too, and TGP is probably the best forum for GOOD info on gear stuff.
 
chrisrocksusa":2nhmrw6u said:
the majority of the SD forum as well as the les paul forum. TGP too, and TGP is probably the best forum for GOOD info on gear stuff.

Forums are 18 guys repeating what 2 "knowledgeable" guys are saying, most of the time
 
rlord1974":1cvfclum said:
chrisrocksusa":1cvfclum said:
the majority of TGP.....and TGP is probably the best forum for BIASED info on gear stuff.


FIXED.

But then again, tone is always subjective
Go to Jemsite, Dimarzio is the shit, got to MLP, I bet SD is the shit
 
Back
Top