Duncan Custom5

[j2379]

I installed the Duncan custom5 in an all maple BCR eagle last night. Very impressed, really made the guitar a lot more versatile. If anybody has a really bright guitar and has enough amp not to miss high output pickups it's worth a try. I got me running thru 500k cts w 250k tone pots. I like it, even with the neck 59 I can roll the tone all the way out and it doesn't get flubby & the leads really sing.

[markD]

I have always liked the custom 5. my first experience with one was in my first run charvel SD reissue in the mid-2000s.

[84sups]

I just put one in my Adrian Smith clone and love it. I had to look cus I swore it was the same as the custom with an alnico 5 magne. Don't care it sounds great to me. Don't think I miss the high output much with a JSX though.

[Rich#6]

I love the custom, ones in my les paul; I love the custom custom I have one that's going into something don't know yet, but I thought the custom 5 was really muddy in the 2002 charvel traditional I had. I don't get it. Getting old and my tastes have changed since I had one though.

[j2379]

It might be it's not as bright as the custom and has more warmth and a smoother sound. I have a custom in a mahogany guitar and think it sounds great but in maple probably would have been too bright. I have a few maple guitars and I find them to be the most picky when it comes to pickups. I little too much treble and presence and they sound horrible, if you can coax some low end out of them they sound huge but with clarity.

[toejam]

I think the Custom 5 is okay, but it's definitely a little scooped in the mids, similar to a '59 but with more output. I actually think I like the '59 better.

[Thanatopsis]

I've never used the Custom 5, but I have a Custom in an LTD MH-100QMNT that I love the sound of. My Jackson might play better, but I almost want to say that one sounds better. I've only had my SLSMG for a month or so and it's my first time with EMGs and while I do like them(I play mostly metal), I think in the end I might try another Custom in there. It's also my first neck-thru which I'm loving as well.