Tweet
Hey, I was hoping to get some advice from the Strat Guys (you know who you are!). At User Group Day, I'm thinking about winding a bridge pickup for a Strat I want to build. It'll be maple neck, swamp ash or alder body, vintage specs (with 9.5" radius), 6 hole vibrato, nitro finish, etc. I want classic Strat sounds, with the bridge beefed up a bit for good warm rock & roll tone and sustain without too much thinness, brittleness, or ice-pickiness (is that a word?). Based on the raves, I am thinking of going with Surfers for the neck and middle, but I have read in various threads that the Surfer bridge is maybe a little bright. I had an idea for a bridge pickup to wind to complement the Surfers , and I wanted some opinions as to whether it might be a good combination and give me the sound I'm looking for.
Basically, it'd be a '52 SurfBanger (maybe I should copyright the name [just kidding!]). That is, an Antiquity 2 Surfer bridge, but with staggered 5/2 magnets (Alnico V for the bass strings, Alnico II for the treble) with the Twangbanger plate on the bottom. I guess I'm shooting for the best of all three models, the Surfer, Twangbanger, and 5/2. Any thoughts? Thank you very much, can't wait to meet everybody who's gonna be there!
Basically, it'd be a '52 SurfBanger (maybe I should copyright the name [just kidding!]). That is, an Antiquity 2 Surfer bridge, but with staggered 5/2 magnets (Alnico V for the bass strings, Alnico II for the treble) with the Twangbanger plate on the bottom. I guess I'm shooting for the best of all three models, the Surfer, Twangbanger, and 5/2. Any thoughts? Thank you very much, can't wait to meet everybody who's gonna be there!
) i'd probably want to try and get a P90 sound in a singlecoil... i love the raw snarl they have..
Comment