Seymour Duncan Custom 7-String Pickup

Pickup features: Passive humbucking
Impedence or other specs:

Model of guitar or bass: Schecter C-7+
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: N/A
Other pickups on guitar: Seymour Duncan 59 (neck)
Artists using this pickup: Megadeth
You musical style(s): Hard rock/metal in the style of Tool, Far, Helmet
Reason for pickup change: This pickup came stock in the guitar. This guitar was
displayed at the Summer 1999 NAMM show at the Seymour Duncan
both and has USA made Seymour Duncan pickups installed.

Perceived output level: Slightly less than a Duncan JB, but more than most stock bridge pickups I have heard.
Tone: Clear defines it best. Even with distortion the notes are very defined. Not quite as full a sound as the JB, but more full and round than the Duncan Distortion.
Sonic evaluation: Guitar is a Schecter C-7+ made of: mahogany body, maple cap, 25.5" maple neck, rosewood fretboard. Amp is a Mesa/Boogie Subway Rocket Reverb with a Mesa Recto 1x12 cab. This pickup sounds good clean, very transparent and lets the natural sound of the guitar (if it were played unplugged) come through. Distorted it has a full sound, but notes are not so well cutting and defined as a Duncan Distortion. I would place this pickup between the sound of the Duncan Distortion and the JB as far as tone goes. It is thicker than the Distortion but thinner than the JB. The output is slightly less than the JB. It sounds good, but I may try the JB and compare. My other guitar has the JB installed (different type of wood though) and I like the more full sound of that pickup. But for what it delivers (a very clear sound, even with distortion) the Custom is a fantastic pickup.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: Influences: Tool, Far, Metallica, Fear Factory, Deftones, Chili Peppers. This pickup is excellent for Tool, Helmet type sound. It's acceptable for Metallica, especially with lots of distortion. For a fast riffing Fear Factory sound, you'd need a lot of distortion to get a defined cutting sound.

Comments: If it were destroyed I would give the JB a try and then judge which sounded better. I like the Custom and won't be changing it anytime soon, but I enjoyed the JB and am very curious to hear how it sounds with a 7-string and with a mahogany/maple guitar. The Custom has a definition that I haven't heard in other pickups though. Even distorted you can play single notes (while a full chord is ringing) and hear them very well. But for my taste it could use just a hair more output. Contact me if you have questions, perhaps by then I have compared it to other pickups.