Seymour Duncan Custom Custom

[Kapo_Polenton]

The thing that amazes me is why duncan never decided to ride the feedback on this one and come out with a pup with tighter low end but retaining the sweet top end that this pup has. It sounds great up top but sucks down low. Maybe this is what the custom hybrid was for?

 

[Chubtone]

I just pulled a couple of Duncans out of a '96 Explorer to put the stock pickups back in before selling. I was surprised to find a Custom Shop Custom Custom in there. That was a nice little surprise. eBay time!

 

[Chubtone]

The thing that amazes me is why duncan never decided to ride the feedback on this one and come out with a pup with tighter low end but retaining the sweet top end that this pup has. It sounds great up top but sucks down low. Maybe this is what the custom hybrid was for?

What can they do? They build three pickups based on the Custom with three different magnets. I don't think you can tighten those lows without effecting those "sweeter" highs. That's the A2 magnet imo.

 

[stephen sawall]

When I had one in my lp it seemed to be as some others said..... A lot of midrange...., and for lack of a better term .... Creamy.

 

[Kapo_Polenton]

The thing that amazes me is why duncan never decided to ride the feedback on this one and come out with a pup with tighter low end but retaining the sweet top end that this pup has. It sounds great up top but sucks down low. Maybe this is what the custom hybrid was for?

What can they do? They build three pickups based on the Custom with three different magnets. I don't think you can tighten those lows without effecting those "sweeter" highs. That's the A2 magnet imo.

Take the alnico II or slash pup and gain it up a bit. Done. That pup is plenty tight.

 

[bumrush101]

Isn't the CC just the Custom with a different magnet? Like a UOA5 or such?? I heard that just swapping the mags, makes a good difference on these...

 

[bumrush101]

Okay, it has an A2 mag in it stock.

 

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[cardinal]

I don't care for it either, unless you cut the wires to the tone knob. Which makes sense since Van Halen meant for it to be used that way. No tone knob makes this pickup bite perfectly. I find the lack of bass helpful, since I usually dial it out in my daw anyway.

This song is all Custom Custom as are most of them in my Soundcloud;

https://soundcloud.com/acidsunkings/blazin-jazz

Bypassing the tone circuit is the same thing as having the tone knob maxed out for the most part.

Not really. They are pretty different unless it's a no-load tone pot. Otherwise, the tone pot still loads the pickup, even when turned up all the way.

 

[SFW]

Check out any of Doug Aldrich's clips from the early to mid 2000s. His gold top with the zebra buckers has a Custom Custom in the bridge.

 

[anomaly]

So it's like the opposite of a Duncan sh-13 Dimebucker?? which is all treble??

 

[anomaly]

I don't care for it either, unless you cut the wires to the tone knob. Which makes sense since Van Halen meant for it to be used that way. No tone knob makes this pickup bite perfectly. I find the lack of bass helpful, since I usually dial it out in my daw anyway.

This song is all Custom Custom as are most of them in my Soundcloud;

https://soundcloud.com/acidsunkings/blazin-jazz

Bypassing the tone circuit is the same thing as having the tone knob maxed out for the most part.

Kinda, but the tone circuit still adds (or takes away) something to the tone if it's there (used or not). when the tone pot is out of the picture you're getting a more direct signal... no capacitor, no pot to alter the signal. I like doing that with certain guitars and certain pickups... just disconnecting the tone pot. Seems to give the guitar a more crisp attack. I NEVER use the tone pot anyways, it's always on full.... so i don't see the point in having it at all. A lot of pro guitarist think the same way too.