How would the Rio Grande BBQ sound in a Strat?

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I was wondering how this pickup would sound in the bridge of my Highway 1 Strat with maple neck. I`ve got the JB in there now which I like but I`m always searching for something more. I`d be playing it with light gain to near high gain. I`ve heard the BBQ has big bass and heavy mids and is light on treble and that sounds right up my alley but my only concern is a lot of people put the BBQ in a Les Paul not a Strat.

[Fret Tech]

Re: How would the Rio Grande BBQ sound in a Strat?

Be aware that the Rio Grande BBQ is NOT "F spaced" for Strats.

The Rio Tallboy or Muy Grande humbuckers are meant specifically for a Strat bridge pup replacement ... and when the coils are split you'll get true single coil tone.

[jimlp]

Re: How would the Rio Grande BBQ sound in a Strat?

I was wondering how this pickup would sound in the bridge of my Highway 1 Strat with maple neck. I`ve got the JB in there now which I like but I`m always searching for something more. I`d be playing it with light gain to near high gain. I`ve heard the BBQ has big bass and heavy mids and is light on treble and that sounds right up my alley but my only concern is a lot of people put the BBQ in a Les Paul not a Strat.

You cannot go wrong with either the BBQ or the Muy Grande Humbucker. As was stated before you will get a true start single coil when you split it which would be a plus as you will still get the strat sound, Robin puts the Muy Grande in all their superstrats so you know it can do the heavy stuff. The BBQ is a bit lower in the output dept. but handles gain well, it will lose some definition at higher gain settings though.

[rspst14]

Re: How would the Rio Grande BBQ sound in a Strat?

I think it would work pretty well. It's a great choice for brighter sounding guitars when you want a warmer tone without resorting to A2 magnet pickups. It's not F-spaced, but it should be pretty close. The JB I had in my Hamer didn't quite line up with the strings. I replaced it with a BBQ, and it lines up almost perfectly. This leads me to believe that the BBQ is spaced a little wider than standard spaced Duncans. I don't think that's a big deal anyway, the stock pickups on my Wolfgang were standard spaced and it never made one bit of difference.

Ryan

[papersoul]

Re: How would the Rio Grande BBQ sound in a Strat?

You cannot go wrong with either the BBQ or the Muy Grande Humbucker. As was stated before you will get a true start single coil when you split it which would be a plus as you will still get the strat sound, Robin puts the Muy Grande in all their superstrats so you know it can do the heavy stuff. The BBQ is a bit lower in the output dept. but handles gain well, it will lose some definition at higher gain settings though.

I noticed McNaught and Robin quitars come stock with Rios and I believe many of his guitars have the BBQ/texas set. Dynamite set! I didn't realize the MG is higher output than the BBQ. I wouldn't want higher than the BBQ as it has plenty.