SSL5 bridge question

[rickysloan]

i replaced yesterday on my blade strat the bridge pick up with a new SSL5,but it sounds to thin.Any suggestions what to do?

[GuitarStv]

What pickup were you replacing? The SSL5 should be a good bit darker/middier than a regular output single coil. If you had a single sized humbucker, it's might well be brighter than that though.

As far as thin sounding pickups, playing with pickup height can make a difference. If you lower the whole pickup you will slightly soften the attack of the pickup (if the problem is that it's kinda barking too brash/loud). If it's too low you sometimes lose bass though, so give raising it right up a try as well. Also if you raise the bass side of the pickup a little higher than the treble you'll get more response from the bass strings, which can make a bright pickup sound a little more balanced to the ears.

[ArtieToo]

The last word in the world I would use to describe an SSL-5, is "thin." Double, and triple check your wiring and solder connections. Something is wrong.

[ThreeChordWonder]

Does it sound thin in P1 (bridge only) or in P2 (bridge plus middle)? If in P2 it's possibly a phase issue. Seymour Duncan pickups are "south up" whereas Fenders are "north up". Try reversing the wiring connection, therefore.

[Benjy_26]

I have a Texas Special/SSL-5 combo in a Squier Mustang. The SSL-5 is bright, but nit thin. I do have the wiring reversed on the Texas Special so that the pickups are in phase with each other in the middle position.

[Mincer]

If you have a tapped version and wired the tap to be 'normal', then it might sound thin. But an SSL-5 isn't thin, so something is wrong here. What are the other pickups? What diagram did you use?

[Explorer84]

I believe it's a wiring issue. I've got full set of SSL-5's and they're everything but thin sounding.