Recent content by Nickolai

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    Custom series mag swap?

    Hi all! I think i'm getting bored of my regular SH-5 Custom in one of my fat strats. Kinda seems a bit like nothing special or maybe just lacks some mids and/or is too much on a bright-ish side. I need to stop buying pickups so i just want to try swapping magnets. Tried a Custom Custom (Alnico2)...
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    Push/pull TONE pot to split the bridge humbucker

    Hey guys! Looks like I'm finally converting one of my strats to HSS and i'm wondering if i can use the bridge push/pull tone pot to split the humbucker. Basically it's gonna be 2 Dimarzio Areas and the soon arriving 59/Custom hybrid. 500k push pull volume pot with neck pickup added in any...
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    The bridge version Five Two used in the neck?

    Hey guys. What about a smoother and A BIT hotter neck pickup than the usual vintage/vintage-hot things? It was originally an antiquity texas hot set with custom bridge which i love but i couldn't live without that alnico 5 thing on the bass strings of the neck pickup through a slightly...
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    59, Pearly Gates, Screamin' Demon, or 59/Custom hybrid in the bridge of hss?

    Hey guys! Imagine a pretty regular setup: standard hss strat (maple fingerboard, 500k pots, DMZ Areas), Marshall style amp, TS-9. Playing blues, blues-rock, hard rock, occasionally heavy metal/hair metal. I need the fullest sounding humbucker in the bridge excluding all of the high output...
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    Mixing texas hots with surfers

    Hi guys I have a set of antiquity texas hots in my MIM and i love the whole set but i think i want a surfer in the neck position now. No way i will ever change my bridge tx hot though. I know some people have surfers in the neck and middle positions and a txs hot in the bridge and love it...
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