Hi,
I've got a HSS Strat I want to change to HH but the body is routed very tightly for HSS and I'm not familiar with the neck versions of the Strat humbuckers. All pickups are pretty expensive here and we don't have the 30 day test policy America has so I want to be really sure I order the most likely fit.
Whatever I get needs to work well both series and parallel (no splitting, noise is a huge problem here). I don't need any super specific style of humbucker or single tone, just the general vibe of each but I do prefer a slightly hollow EQ. I only use neck pickups clean or very low gain, this is not for shredding or anything like that. I'll swap in 500k controls with treble bleed.
In my full humbucker guitars I use 59s at the necks of two and a Suhr Thornbucker in another (I think the Thornbucker is basically a 59). Those get the right sound.
I know the Little 59 is the obvious choice but I read a lot about how it's not actually much like the standard 59. Some people say it's way tighter and sharper because of the ceramic while other people say it's really bassy and I can't tell which to believe. Every demo I've found has either been low quality or heavy distortion so I can't really tell what it'll be like in my use.
The EQ of the Cool Rails on the Duncan page suggest it's the most balanced but I'm worried it might be too weak parallel. Could I use the bridge model to increase the power with a similar EQ?
I've read the newer Vintage Rails and Duckbucker can be wired series now and will do a better job of the parallel tone but I assume that series tone will still be very thin.
I can't really find anything about the Lil Screamin Demon or Red Devils. They're both much more expensive than the others so I don't want to go for them unless lots of people are really sure they'll be right.
I've had a Hot Rails in a Tele bridge before and that was way too strong, especially the mids. I assume the neck is the same deal.
Not used the JB Jr but the Duncan page makes it sound like it'll have the same problems as the Hot Rails.
Any help appreciated, TIA
I've got a HSS Strat I want to change to HH but the body is routed very tightly for HSS and I'm not familiar with the neck versions of the Strat humbuckers. All pickups are pretty expensive here and we don't have the 30 day test policy America has so I want to be really sure I order the most likely fit.
Whatever I get needs to work well both series and parallel (no splitting, noise is a huge problem here). I don't need any super specific style of humbucker or single tone, just the general vibe of each but I do prefer a slightly hollow EQ. I only use neck pickups clean or very low gain, this is not for shredding or anything like that. I'll swap in 500k controls with treble bleed.
In my full humbucker guitars I use 59s at the necks of two and a Suhr Thornbucker in another (I think the Thornbucker is basically a 59). Those get the right sound.
I know the Little 59 is the obvious choice but I read a lot about how it's not actually much like the standard 59. Some people say it's way tighter and sharper because of the ceramic while other people say it's really bassy and I can't tell which to believe. Every demo I've found has either been low quality or heavy distortion so I can't really tell what it'll be like in my use.
The EQ of the Cool Rails on the Duncan page suggest it's the most balanced but I'm worried it might be too weak parallel. Could I use the bridge model to increase the power with a similar EQ?
I've read the newer Vintage Rails and Duckbucker can be wired series now and will do a better job of the parallel tone but I assume that series tone will still be very thin.
I can't really find anything about the Lil Screamin Demon or Red Devils. They're both much more expensive than the others so I don't want to go for them unless lots of people are really sure they'll be right.
I've had a Hot Rails in a Tele bridge before and that was way too strong, especially the mids. I assume the neck is the same deal.
Not used the JB Jr but the Duncan page makes it sound like it'll have the same problems as the Hot Rails.
Any help appreciated, TIA
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