Help me to choose a Single Coil for an HSH setup

[enb141]

Hi, I have an Ibanez S370 HSH, for the H I have decided to use Air Norton + Tone Zone, but I don't know which single coil to use, can you help me to decide which one is good for me please.

[Travis]

Re: Help me to choose a Single Coil for an HSH setup

You'll need to provide a little more info. What kind of amp are you playing through, what style of music, do you want a true single coil or a single-sized humbucker (stacked or twin coil), etc. I'm not too familiar with the Dimarzios, perhaps someone else could chime in.

[fusion101]

Re: Help me to choose a Single Coil for an HSH setup

a hot/cool rail are the only single coils that could not screw up the sound in between changes because of the imence output

[Fusion1]

Re: Help me to choose a Single Coil for an HSH setup

Well output aside I think the Seymour Duncan 1/4 Pounder or the Dimarzio SDS-1 will work well for the middle pickup. They should both blend well with either humbucker and still retain that strat quality you tend to lose with other single coil sized humbuckers. You can install a coil cut but even so it doesnt really sound much like a true single coil only a weak humbucker.

[man on mir]

Re: Help me to choose a Single Coil for an HSH setup

i've a mate who put a telecaster bridge pickup in the middle position on his ibanez,sounded fantastic i think it was a quarter pounder
as far as i know the base need to be modified to fit though it wasn't hard

[enb141]

Re: Help me to choose a Single Coil for an HSH setup

a hot/cool rail are the only single coils that could not screw up the sound in between changes because of the imence output

Can you explain me it a little bit more please

[enb141]

Re: Help me to choose a Single Coil for an HSH setup

Bump

[jeremy]

Re: Help me to choose a Single Coil for an HSH setup

if you used a low output middle pup the volume will drop, but youll also get more quack. i tend to like a lower output middle pup.
the qp and sds1 are both cool choices. neither sounds like a traditional strat pup but they have a single coil character to their sound, a big fat single coil. i have both and they both sound very nice

[enb141]

Re: Help me to choose a Single Coil for an HSH setup

if you used a low output middle pup the volume will drop, but youll also get more quack. i tend to like a lower output middle pup.
the qp and sds1 are both cool choices. neither sounds like a traditional strat pup but they have a single coil character to their sound, a big fat single coil. i have both and they both sound very nice

A couple months ago I was thinking to get an YJM but some guys told me that Single Coil has a very very low output, what do you think about this single coil?

Are the Quarter pound and SDS1 equals to YJM in output?