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Your cart is empty.Summary Harmonically rich hybrid humbucker that uses one coil from the 59 Model neck and one coil from the higher output Duncan Custom model. Description The 59/Custom Hybrid is a medium output, gritty sounding humbucker that sparkles with upper midrange harmonic content. The brainchild of our incredibly knowledgeable forum members, this humbucker is the result of experimental coil swapping in order to push into new tonal territory. The mismatched coils, and the alnico 5 bar magnet keep the low end nice and tight, and give the mids a grind that is perfect for hard rock and metal. Plenty of crunch and bite on top as well. When split, you get the 59s 7k coil for a more distinct single coil sound. Pair with the 59 neck or Jazz neck model for a nicely balanced setup. Hand built in Santa Barbara, CA, the 59/Custom Hybrid uses mismatched coils, an alnico 5 bar magnet, nickel silver bottom plate, 4-conductor lead wire for multiple wiring options, and is vacuum wax potted for squeal-free performance.
guy joanisse
Reviewed in Canada on October 6, 2024
I installed this pickup in a Fender Jaguar hh made in Japan (1996) black. This is a great match with this version of the Jaguar, I kept the rest of the electronics stock and was very satisfied with the tone. Great for blues and rock even some light metal. If you listen to sound sample of this pickup you might find it more modern sounding but this wasn't my experience. The pickup sounds open and full with some hair to the sound. Had an issue after installation and contacted Solo guitars who was the seller on Amazon and was very well taken care of, great customer service!!!!
WagTheDog
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2024
This pup came as part of a US ESP Eclipse Floyd Rose I ordered in 2020. Let's just tell it like it is ... this pup sucks. It's brittle and harsh. When I rolled off the tone to make it more manageable, it became muddy. At tube amp volume it really showed it's true colors ... it just doesn't live up to the Seymour Duncan brand ... it was Fizzy and lacked definition.I wouldn't put this in an enemy's Ukulele.
Curt j.
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2021
This pickup can do anything. Don't let the lower medium output fool you. This pickup stays tight and mean even with a fullbore metal pedal pushing the amp. Always keeps clarity but doesn't sound underpowered. It kind of surprised me being a lower mid output pickup because it sounds great playing metal.
Matthew King
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2021
Great bridge pup. Good cleans, great with light gain or heavy gain. All around bridge workhorse across genres.Splits well, not perfect but enough for difference in tone.Handles phase swaps and series/parallel wiring really well.very happy
LPR
Reviewed in Spain on April 22, 2021
No es nada de lo que se anuncia,es como una 59 normal. La hubiera devuelto a no ser porque le encapsulé convencido de que cumplía las espectativas que decía.
Y. GIRAUD
Reviewed in France on April 16, 2020
Vendu comme B-Stock sur Amazon à un prix intéressant. Mais ce que j'ai reçu n'est pas un mcro Seymour Duncan. Il ne ressemble en rien au micro commandé : pas de vis, pas de marque, seulement deux conducteurs au lieu de quatre. Il n'est pas normal qu'Amazon revende un produit pareil. C'est tout simplement une contrefaçon ou quelqu'un qui a volé le micro original et l'a remplacé par un micro autre.
DS
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2019
This is a great hard rock pickup. Works well with my Les Paul into a Marshall amp. With gain the pickup sounds great, has a great hard rock full sound. Dial the volume back about half way and you can get nice classic rock tone without having to touch your amp or use pedals. Bass is full and tight. High end is clear and doesn’t get fuzzy or undefined with gain.On my LP the cool tap is useful but doesn’t sound quite as good as the stock pickup when tapped (Gibson 498).The pickup looks great on double black too.Easy to wire, and came with mounting ring screws and springs.The pickup has a great all around versatile tone that does hard rock and classic rock. I didn’t think it would be as versatile as it is.Mismatched coils and Alnico 5 magnet makes a super tone that surprised me.This pickup has more beef and low mid range than a PAF pickup. It is less harsh and cleans up much better than a high output pickup. Pretty much the best of both worlds.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2019
I have this pickup in a couple of other guitars and always thought it sounds great. I usually get stuff like this from Musicians Friend but they wear out of stock so I went with Amazon. Put it in a LesPaul Special and HolySh_t!!! Nice clean sounds, has like a single coil quality to it. Punchy distorted tones... rips like a P-90 but is all humbucker.
Paul
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 17, 2018
Only tried on my practice amp, but sounds good. Nice fat / bright sound.
Placeholder
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2016
Difficult to review this, because it's a 5 star company and product line. The pickups quality are amazing. So for the review, I'm mostly writing it on my perception of the sound of the pickup. For that it's subjective. For me the pickup sounds much more "harsh" and tinny than I've heard on the SD site and youtube videos. So again, the guitar woods/etc probably contribute to that, but relistening to the clips I do notice they appear brighter than I had first thought.What I can say is I matched this with a 59 neck and the middle position sounded *outstanding*. Really just beyond stellar, but for me, the bridge only position (both coil split and full humbucker) was just too harsh for me, so I returned this pickup.
The Dark Lord
Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2014
Good but not what I hoped for in a pup that combines 2 pickups that I really love.
Peter
Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2013
Excellent humbucker pickup! However I did not buy it for its clean sound, it is surprisingly nice as a single coil with coil-tapping! It has one of the best sustaining tones I've ever heard. Strings are distinguishable and won't get blurried even with two distortion/overdrive effect applied on full gain!! Remarkable! I can't put my guitar down now. Highly recommended.
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