All user reviews for the Seymour Duncan SH-5 Duncan Custom

[11.04.04] Micro ceramic bridge, is roughly the same as the SH4 (JB), but more accurate and less fat (Ceramic forces), no distortion scares him, and unlike the Evo has a Di Marzio home is not just a cold with a big microphone output level, he know to stay warm enough (for a ceramic) and has a bump in the top meds (Duncan what) that allows it to much out of distortion in the mix.
ideal with SH2 or 59 'round in order to allow a very wide range of sounds

[edit of 22/01/08] Well, I come back, I finally bought one for my Explorer instead of the Tone Zone, because unlike the latter it has a hollow in the lower midrange (of where precision), and a little less bass (offset by the big fat mahogany morcif what the explorer). It also has a grain more airy (with my ENGL it is ultimately not a luxury). Against it by as much gain as the latter.
A slight change, but that allowed me to take my place in the best mix of the group.
A microphone which I think is much more at ease on mahogany guitars

I am the proud Owner 'of the micro for 1 day, so my opinion might seem that little objective trs ....
However, I have four guitars lctriques: a copy lespaul (brand vantage solid mahogany) on which are mounted in an easel and a SH4 SH1 to handle ... Sounds of tonnre I have a Ibanez RG 520 with 2 Di Marzio (Paf Pro and Fred), an LTD MH800 with 2 EMG active ... and a Jackson King V with an Alnico II neck and TB5 in fabulous easel. So I can easily make the comparison! The grain of TB5 explodes that of my EMG 81 ... I've taken full face when I plugged my guitar on my Triax and I mount the knobs of my MesaBoogie 50/50 .... It's snoring is impressive. Unlike Previous notice, I find the sound a little hollow in the midrange, at least more than my other guitars. The output volume is trs lev more than any other mics I've deficits before. The sound is a rhythmic prcis powerful artificial harmonics out of themselves ... is a pure joy ...

The Seymour Duncan Custom is the original pickup in the line of pickups that shows the difference a magnet swap can make. The Custom has a ceramic magnet installed inside. It also has the slugs on one coil, adjustable screws on the other and four conductor wiring.

Seymour Duncan made a series that shows how important a magnet can be in terms of the overall tone of the pickup. The Custom was the first pickup that they released, and it had the ceramic magnet installed inside of it. This pickup is very fat, focused, has some moderate midrange and a nice treble going on. It’s my absolute favorite bridge pickup in the Seymour Duncan lineup. Given that I mostly play metal, it’s no real surprise.

This doesn’t “bloom” as much as the other Custom series. However, it makes up for it in terms of overall tightness. Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t a super tight pickup like some other pickups out there. It still has a nice open quality about it, but it delivers just the right amount of compression to be great for metal yet subtle enough to still work with rock and blues. I’ve used it in every wood without a single issue at all. I was afraid it might be a bit too thick in mahogany, but it’s just perfect in my one Caparison. It really helps thicken up an alder bodied guitar, as well. It absolutely screams in my ESP M-II. Split coil and parallel tones sound great with this, too.

If you’re looking for a bridge pickup in the Seymour Duncan lineup and play metal, I recommend looking heavily into this pickup. It has qualities of the JB, but the midrange isn’t as obnoxious, nor is the treble. It has just the right amount of everything, in my experience.