Looking for a Deadly stock pickup replacement

[KINGV02]

So my friend gave me a crappy spectrum strat that he bought from kohls after I gave him a spare speaker/phone charger and ever since I've been looking to mod it. I play metal and I want a ride the lightning/peace sells tone. Wood isn't a problem and I would prefer the pickup to be passive, thanks!

UPDATE: I'm getting a two Humbucker pickguard so I will be able to use an invader, dimebucker, DD, Custom, etc.

UPDATE#2: I decided to go with a set of Invaders and I plan to close this thread in a couple of days but once I get my parts and install the two pickups I will create a new thread that will tell how it went and how they sound. Thank you all very much for the help!

[Rand-O-Monium]

Re: Looking for a Deadly stock pickup replacement

Pics?

How's it routed?

1st thoughts are probably Hot Rails or Fast Tracks @ nk & br.

[treyhaislip]

Re: Looking for a Deadly stock pickup replacement

Metal? Look no further than the Dimebucker!

Hot Rails are a great option as well

Pics would be great...never thought of Kohls as carrying guitars.

[KINGV02]

Re: Looking for a Deadly stock pickup replacement

Pics?

How's it routed?

1st thoughts are probably Hot Rails or Fast Tracks @ nk & br.

Two humbucker pickguard, 1 500k volume pot, 1 500k tone pot, 0.022 capacitor, 3 way blade switch. I haven't gotten the HH pickguard yet.

[KINGV02]

Re: Looking for a Deadly stock pickup replacement

Metal? Look no further than the Dimebucker!

Hot Rails are a great option as well

Pics would be great...never thought of Kohls as carrying guitars.

I actually think it was gifted to him since he doesn't play guitar (lol) it is actually set up really nice all it needed when I got it was a string change to function, now I'm looking to turn it into "the mean, heavy sounding beast you always knew it could be." - sh-8 invader description

[dominus]

Re: Looking for a Deadly stock pickup replacement

Two humbucker pickguard, 1 500k volume pot, 1 500k tone pot, 0.022 capacitor, 3 way blade switch. I haven't gotten the HH pickguard yet.

Have you taken the stock pickguard off to check the routing? It may be HSS under there.

[KINGV02]

Re: Looking for a Deadly stock pickup replacement

Have you taken the stock pickguard off to check the routing? It may be HSS under there.

It is an sss with 2 tone pots and a volume pot (not sure of the resistance as the soldering has covered it up) I can send you a picture but it would suck since I would have to take it with my phone. And I would rather just buy totally new electronics because the pots and capacitors are shady af.

[dominus]

Re: Looking for a Deadly stock pickup replacement

It is an sss with 2 tone pots and a volume pot (not sure of the resistance as the soldering has covered it up) I can send you a picture but it would suck since I would have to take it with my phone. And I would rather just buy totally new electronics because the pots and capacitors are shady af.

Okay, but what I meant was to take the old pickguard off and look at the routing of the body itself. You could be in for disappointment if you get all your parts and discover the body isn't physically routed for a neck humbucker. I had one of those a while back and I think it was HSS routed. (I was using a single bridge humbucker at the time so it was fine for me.) If I remember correctly, the neck routing was a little larger than standard, so a mini-humbucker might have fit but a full sized one wouldn't have.

[KINGV02]

Re: Looking for a Deadly stock pickup replacement

Okay, but what I meant was to take the old pickguard off and look at the routing of the body itself. You could be in for disappointment if you get all your parts and discover the body isn't physically routed for a neck humbucker. I had one of those a while back and I think it was HSS routed. (I was using a single bridge humbucker at the time so it was fine for me.) If I remember correctly, the neck routing was a little larger than standard, so a mini-humbucker might have fit but a full sized one wouldn't have.

Not really I'll post a picture of my guitar but I'm pretty sure 2 humbuckers will fit.

[KINGV02]

Re: Looking for a Deadly stock pickup replacement



Here's the Guitar.

[Rand-O-Monium]

Re: Looking for a Deadly stock pickup replacement

You're good to go,then!

[KINGV02]

Re: Looking for a Deadly stock pickup replacement

You're good to go,then!

Alright Now back on topic, what humbuckers? I've been mainly looking at invaders but I'm open to other options, even if it isn't seymour duncan, heck there is a local pickup company called motor city pickups that I've been thinking about also. (I live in Michigan)

[KINGV02]

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If this at all helps or if you're just interested to look here is the exact guitar on Spectrum's website: http://www.target.com/p/spectrum-cus...lot=medium_1_4

[dominus]

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Here's the Guitar.

That's called a swimming pool rout. You can do anything with that.

JB/Jazz will get you Peace Sells.
Invader/Jazz will get you RTL.
Custom/Jazz may get you more in the ballpark of either one. (I believe Gary Holt of Exodus used the Custom in the 80s.)

You could also try a Black Winter Set, or a Nazgul/Sentient set.

[DrNewcenstein]

Re: Looking for a Deadly stock pickup replacement

A Big Muff Pi pedal will get you RTL easily. Not sure what Dave was using to record Peace Sells, but I think he was still using his Mockingbird. And then you have all the studio mastering and compression/EQ trickery to account for.

Can't recall what pickup I have in my KV2T when I recorded this a while back, I'm pretty sure it's a Custom, though.

It's a partial playalong with the title track to Ride The Lightning:

http://newcenstein.com/mp3/KV2T_M13_212_RTL.mp3

Line6 M13 with Fuzz PI pedal model
Marshall JCM800 head (Low input, Pres 6, Bass 4, Mid 2, Treb 5, Master 8, Pre 6)
Carvin VE212 cab with Carvin British 12s
Shure SM57

and the isolated track:

http://newcenstein.com/mp3/Track%201_014.mp3