What pickups for HSS guitar ?? 80s 90s Glam / Hard rock / Blues sound ***

[narcsoul]

Hello!

I think its time to upgrade an old custom hss guitar ( with no name pickups... too "thin" for me ) with a pickup set in order to achieve an 80s 90s hard rock / fusion sound. I was about to put also in bridge and neck ... the SD 59' and as for the middle... i dont know... because to be honest i dont use it at all!

First i would like your opinion about 59' for neck and (also) bridge... but i would like to suggest me and other choices !

Thanx in advance

[Aceman]

JB bridge

Honestly, the other two positions don't matter, but....

Lets go with a cool rails middle and a L'il 59 neck.


JB/Cool Rails/Lil 59


that will do everything you need.

[narcsoul]

JB bridge

Honestly, the other two positions don't matter, but....

Lets go with a cool rails middle and a L'il 59 neck.


JB/Cool Rails/Lil 59


that will do everything you need.

is it possible to put cover in these pickups ??

[Mincer]

is it possible to put cover in these pickups ??

Nope. Love them as they are. If you want a classic look (and classic single coil sound, look at the Classic Stack STK-S4.

[GuitarStv]

I say JB or Tone Zone bridge and a pair of SSL-6s neck + mid (or STK-S7 if you want noiseless singles). This will give you hot single coils with more mids than vintage ones, but that still sound like single coils . . . with a beefy 80s sounding bridge.

FWIW - if you want a '59 in the neck, can you route for a full sized bucker? The bigger '59 just sounds better than the little '59 in low and medium gain applications. The little one is muddier - they're about the same in very high gain stuff though.

[narcsoul]

what about Lace Pickups Deluxe Plus Set.. ?

[Benjy_26]

what about Lace Pickups Deluxe Plus Set.. ?

Lace sensors are cool, but they have a very distinct, almost rubbery attack. That's not a bad thing, but you have to WANT that sound/feel.

[ErikH]

Classic Stack Plus in the neck/middle, humbucker of choice in the bridge; Custom Custom, JB, Perpetual Burn, Custom, Screamin' Demon, whatever.

[narcsoul]

How many frets does your guitar have?
What type of neck joint?

24 frets ... fender strat joint

[Mincer]

Neck pickups sometimes sound markedly different in 24-fret guitars vs 21- or 22-fret models, due to where that pickup can be placed. Neck joints can sometimes impact the sound as well.

Yeah, way different. It depends what you want out of a neck pickup.

[devastone]

I would probably go Custom or Custom Custom depending on the guitar in the bridge, then probably Cool Rails in the neck and middle, I don't like the polepieces on the lil' pickups. The CR is very similar, maybe a little cleaner than the lil' 59. I like the JB, it's just not super versatile.

Or, if you want DMZ, Norton bridge, Fast Track 1 middle, and Chopper neck. I currently have that in one of mine.

Or, if I'm misunderstanding you and you don't like the rails and want dual rows of polepieces, put a lil' 59 in the neck and middle. Or, if you want the real single coil look, go with Mincer's suggestion of the classic stacks.

[jeremy]

jb bridge for the glam and hard rock stuff seems like an easy choice. what kinda blues are you talking about? single coil or humbucker tone? three knob setup or mv.mt?

[narcsoul]

jb bridge for the glam and hard rock stuff seems like an easy choice. what kinda blues are you talking about? single coil or humbucker tone? three knob setup or mv.mt?

3 knobs setup and a single coil splitter for bridge ........as for the blues sound.... lets say " gary moore" sound

[mIgaMiGA]

Guys, recommend one of the beauties

[Mincer]

Guys, recommend one of the beauties

Odd first post. Please explain.