Greetings all,
I have a '93 Strat Plus Deluxe currently outfitted with the stock blue/silver/red Fender Lace sensors.
I intend to pull the bridge (red) pickup and replace with a Seymour Duncan HotRails pickup.
Here's the question:
The Strat (I believe from searching online) has a 250k volume pot with a TBX tone pot for the bridge, which I understand is the only pickup wired to the pot..
What changes do I need to make to the guitar to get the best sound out of it? Obviously with the HotRails I am going for a thick, driving higher output tone compared to the rather hot & thinner sounding red Lace sensor.
Can I just leave the TBX & volume pot and switch out the pup? I'm concerned that wiring it in straight will leave the hotrails dark and flat sounding, but the balance is I don't want ruin the nice bluesy/jazzy/funk tones from positions 1 (neck) -> 3 (middle) with a 500k volume pot.
If anyone has any experience, I am open to hearing your thoughts & guidance.
I appreciate you taking the time.
-C
I have a '93 Strat Plus Deluxe currently outfitted with the stock blue/silver/red Fender Lace sensors.
I intend to pull the bridge (red) pickup and replace with a Seymour Duncan HotRails pickup.
Here's the question:
The Strat (I believe from searching online) has a 250k volume pot with a TBX tone pot for the bridge, which I understand is the only pickup wired to the pot..
What changes do I need to make to the guitar to get the best sound out of it? Obviously with the HotRails I am going for a thick, driving higher output tone compared to the rather hot & thinner sounding red Lace sensor.
Can I just leave the TBX & volume pot and switch out the pup? I'm concerned that wiring it in straight will leave the hotrails dark and flat sounding, but the balance is I don't want ruin the nice bluesy/jazzy/funk tones from positions 1 (neck) -> 3 (middle) with a 500k volume pot.
If anyone has any experience, I am open to hearing your thoughts & guidance.
I appreciate you taking the time.
-C
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