Recent content by ratkent

My strat has a hum/single/single setup with a master volume and a push/pull master tone that splits the bridge humbucker. I don't know if it is possible and I can't find a wiring diagram for this setup, but here is what I would like out of the super-switch on my strat. Position 1 would be the...

I just can't take the noise from the Quarter Pound Flats in the neck and middle of my strat anymore. They sound great, but they pull too hard on the strings and are just too noisy. I have a Custom in the bridge and it's doing its thing so I need something that will not be too big a drop in...

I've been using higher output pickups in my Les Pauls most of my career. I used EMGs back in the day and over the last 15 year or so I've lived on Duncan Customs, Custom Customs and recently the Suhr Aldrich. I've just gotten a modded Marshall JVM 410H and the other guitarist in my band has one...

So I'm thinking of putting these in the neck and middle of a project strat with a Suhr Aldrich humbucker in the bridge. I have three other guitars with the Aldrich bridge but they are double humbucking guitars with either a Jazz or Pearly Gates in the neck. I like the balance between the pickups...

The only experience I have with Duncan stacked single is the Cool Rails and Hot Rails. The HR is too hot and the Cool Rails was so long ago I don't even remember what it sounded like. Seems like it was kind of P90ish but I must have not cared for it because it's gone now. What mini-hum gets a...

I love the Quarter Pounders in the neck and middle of my strat but I just can't get over the noise. Does anyone know of any pickups that will get me close to the output and tone without the hum? It doesn't have to be a Duncan.

I have always used hotter pickups like the Custom and the Custom Custom but I had a friend's Les Paul in my studio and it had a 59 in the bridge that sounded fantastic. Had a great low end punch and stayed articulate. It was easy to get the mids in there while recording but I am wondering if...

I have a friend who is determined to put a "stealth" neck pickup on his Warmoth Esquire type guitar. Has anyone else done this and what were the results? He has a Duncan Quarter Pounder in the bridge so it's going to need to be something with quite a bit of beef. I suggested a JB or even a Full...

I've never tried a Duncan Distortion so I'm wondering where it fits with the models I'm more familiar with. My list of Duncan favorites are Custom Custom, Custom, Jazz, APII. I'm not a big JB fan. What's going on with the Duncan Distortion and which guitars does it sit in best? I am a mahogany...

What sounds like a Quarter Pounder in the noiseless realm for the neck and middle of my strat. The bridge is a Custom humbucker. I currently have Cool Rails in there and they are not doing it for me. I heard my friend's strat with QPs while I wasn't crazy about the bridge tone, the neck and...

I have been fighting the Custom Custom in my LP Custom and just could not get what I wanted. The CC is my favorite in just about every other LP I've owned but I could not get any low end to save my ass. I put in a Custom and there was the low end but the top had way too much fizz for me. I had a...

I have zero experience with Tele pickup swapping so be gentle. I have two Teles. The first is a Fender Lite Ash Tele that I plan on leaving stock and that fulfills all of my traditional Tele needs. The other is a Tele parts guitar (ash with maple neck) that currently has a Rio Grande Muy...

I got a Mockingbird Special on a complete impulse buy at GC today. The Rockfield pickups were really dreadful. Unfocused and nasty. I tried to have an open mind and imagine who would want that sound but I have to say they were so bad I thought it might actually be the guitar and it would have to...

Just got an AP2 free and I am considering which guitar to put it in. I'm familiar with the tones of the Jazz and Pearly Gates. How does the AP2 compare? Thanks

I thought I was done with my Strat but I'm not completely sold on the Hot Stack in the middle. I have a Custom Custom in the bridge and a Cool Rails in the neck both of which I am very pleased with. I only really use the middle in conjunction with the other pickups. Although the Hot Stack is...