Neck pickup stratocaster format to go with Phat Cat bridge

[Niodaya]

Hi everyone,

I guess it's the best place to ask a question I've been wondering.

I want to switch the neck pickup on my Chapman BEA standard, I already switched the bridge pickup for a Phat Cat because I want to keep a telecaster sound but beefier.

To your opinion what stratocaster format stack pickup would match the phat cat the best? I think it needs quite a high output but I have no idea which one would mix the best with the phat cat.

So, anyway, looking forward for your answers!

[Clint 55]

Welcome to tha forum!

Vintage output will balance fine. You wanna go with a stack even though the PC isn't hum cancelling?

[Niodaya]

Yes, because I have a push pull button on the guitar that will become useless If I can't split.

Also if I use a stack I can turn it into a "true singlecoil" whilst I will have noise and no choice If I go the simple single coil route.

I was thinking of the vintage hot stack plus since it seems to have a good amount of bass end (I love the phat cat neck on my les paul)

I want something that sounds great on it's own to be able to do Nick Johnston kind of tone but that can mix well with the phat cat if I want to add a bit of humpf to the bridge when switching to middle position.

I have a dual-rail-type pickup right now but it doesn't mix that great with the bridge I think, I would try to avoid single-coil sized humbuckers, I think it sounds "meh" when split and humbucker mode...

[Clint 55]

That's a good idea.

[JB_From_Hell]

How about a tapped something, like a QP? You can still use your switch with that and have two neck flavors on hand.

[Mincer]

I'd say a Classic Stack, which blends well with a Phat Cat, and sounds amazing on its own. It sounds like a slightly rounder Strat, with slightly more output. Any more output, it starts sounding thicker.

[Niodaya]

The QP is a good idea, but I'd love to keep a noise free sound as much as possible. If I can get a great stack pickup that would probably be ideal.

I just listened to the classic stack samples on the website... And I think that's the one! It sounds amazing!

Thanks, I think I'll go with the Classic Stack!

Edit: I am not sure about those RW/RP pickups, would that apply with the phat cat and if so which one do I need to get to be working as expected with the phat cat bridge?