Passive humbucker for my alder bodied strat...........

[troublehead]

Anyone know how the Duncan Custom would sound ? The stock pup in my strat is way too hot and really harsh in the mids. Any recommendations will be appreciated.

 

[mrp5150]

Duncan Custom sounds great in alder IMO.

 

[hal9000]

I have an SD Custom in my American Deluxe Fat Strat and it sounds great to me.

Here's a clip of the Strat and my F-100:

The semi clean parts are from the neck single coil, with the amp set the same as the solo part which is the SD Custom. As far as higher-gain and metal, I think the Custom is just right.

 

[OneArmedScissor]

Anyone know how the Duncan Custom would sound ?

I don't have your guitar, ding dong.

 

[blackba]

I have a JB in the bridge of my strat, splits well too, but I think you may like the less mids of the Duncan custom. You might look at putting an Alnico 8 magnet in for the ceramic magnet to make it a bit smoother...

 

[Capulin Overdrive]

Bob Savage did some clips with a custom, maybe comparing it to a distortion? or maybe the one on his Doug Roccoforte JMP? or both?


anyways, do some searching.

 

[troublehead]

Thanks for all the replies. I just went ahead and ordered the Custom. I have used it in a Les Paul and an Explorer and liked it in both. I was just a bit leary about putting it in alder. So we will see.......

 

[MrDan666]

In my Alder GMW strat it sounded very punchy, focussed, and clear! Not mega hot, but hot enough no problem!

 

[ke2]

The Rio Grande BBQ sounds really nice in mine. It is a FAT pafish type sound.
I see you already ordered a SDC, but I`d have the BBQ in the back of my head. I very satisfied with it, and they deserve their good rep

 

[maiden_fan]

Can the Rio grande do heavier/tighter sounds as well as the classic PAF sounds? Ive got another Musikraft charvel type made of ash, and im starting to look about for a more PAF type pickup than the Aldrich ive got in my other strat.

 

[ke2]

Can the Rio grande do heavier/tighter sounds as well as the classic PAF sounds? Ive got another Musikraft charvel type made of ash, and im starting to look about for a more PAF type pickup than the Aldrich ive got in my other strat.

If I manage to get the Aldrich before GAS gets the better of you, I`ll try to give them a comparison in my Strat. The BBQ is definitely able to do heavy stuff, I used it in a RG 507 some 7-8 years ago, and this was with a Metallica tribute band. In my Strat, I have a 250kohm potmeter, and it is able to do death metal with the right amp settings