1st World Strat Problem

[Seraphial]

Bit of a dilemma, and yes I totally understood this is a first world problem.

I have multiple S/S/S s-style guitars. Each with their own sounds. One if ultra traditional 50's strat-like, another has 60s tone + a humbucker bridge, another for more Pink Floyd-type sounds. My main strat which I play most often has some custom-wounds I got a few years ago. It sounds great but very p90 like. Not enough spank and transparency for my liking, especially the neck. When I gigged it was great because of the extra mids, but now that I don't gig and listen to it in a home studio I miss that attack and definition. It kinda sounds like Gilmour with a mid boost.

Question is: since it sounds different should I just keep it that way, since other guitars fill that void? Or buy new pickups (in which case all my strats will sound similar)?

 

[Lucius Paisley]

Leave them.

 

[jeremy]

yeah, leave em. im all about new pups. hell, i now have five pick guards wired up for one guitar, but if you already have a vintagey sounding strat for those tones makes sense to keep this one as it is

 

[Clint 55]

Up the pots to see how much glass you can bring out.

 

[GuitarStv]

50's strat is one thing. A strat with p90ish overwound pickups is another thing - and you say you like gigging it. I say keep both of those.

Pink Floyd sounds are pretty much just a low wind neck and middle with a high output bridge . . . which I'd figure is probably pretty damned close to 60's pickups with a humbucker in the bridge. For me, one of these two guitars would probably be on the way out. Very, very similar sounds between the two.

 

[Mincer]

I say, wire up a pickguard with a Molex connector so you can swap them out without soldering. Switch them out as you see fit.

 

[alex1fly]

I'd leave them and play the guitars that are giving you what you want currently. What's the point in making them all sound similar? You'll find a use for it again.