a svr-1 vintage rails neck in the bridge position..

[gnoj_LL]

just bought an svr-1 VR neck for half the price brand new at guitar center. i wished it was for the bridge position, unfortunately the sale only applies for the VintageRails neck. im planning to put it into my strat.

knowing that it is for the neck postion, im still planning to put it into my bridge.. i really want to have that vintage strat sound for it. i love its current single coils but just hated that "infamous" 60-cycle hum that they produce..

that is why the VR caught my attention. it is a hum-canceling pup packaged in a single coil. accdg to the SD website, it is close to a vintage single coil. close enough but not specifically and presicely similar. that is why im planning to put the VR(neck) in the bridge position. i dont want to sacrifice the tone that my neck and middle (especially the neck) pups can offer. im willing to put the VR in the bridge because of its ceramic bar.

ill retain my strat's mid and neck pup. i dont want to put it in the neck because of the ceramic magnet. i prefer ceramic pups in the bridge position. im planing to do these because ill be using the bridge position with gain. i prefer ceramic pups in gain. on the other hand, i love the alnico's when clean.

my problem now is that im afraid the VR neck's tendency to have low-output in the bridge position. im also afraid that if i raise it to high near the strings, it might distort a bit and loose its twanginess.. or if its too close in the strings it maybe microphonic when in gain..

the main question here is: is it ok if i put a VR (neck) in the bridge position?

if VR neck is not suitable in the bridge position, i might as well put it in the middle position. but i really still want to put it in the bridge. i hope things go well:14:

i really need your help in this.. i thank you in advance for your insights or suggestions.

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here are the VR's specs:

SVR-1 Vintage Rails
Four Con.

DC Resistance
Neck : ** 2.31 k <---(** in parallel)
Bridge : ** 2.67 k <---(** in parallel)

Resonant Peak
Neck : 8.5 KHz
Bridge : 7.8 KHz

Ceramic Bar
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cheers!!

 

[Gr8Scott]

Re: a svr-1 vintage rails neck in the bridge position..

IIRC - The vintage rails is run in parallel instead of series. This means it has a lower output compared to the same pickup wired in series. That means that it could be low output on the bridge too. Don't know. Never tried it. Good luck though. I hope it works out for you.

 

[gnoj_LL]

Re: a svr-1 vintage rails neck in the bridge position..

IIRC - The vintage rails is run in parallel instead of series. This means it has a lower output compared to the same pickup wired in series. That means that it could be low output on the bridge too. Don't know. Never tried it. Good luck though. I hope it works out for you.

1) yup it is run on parallel.. but i dont know how to read the numbers, what does the DC Resistance and the Resonant Peak mean?

in your opinion, given the figures, would it be too low. i assume, even i havnt tried it, that it would be too low output in the bridge? but its still worth the try =)

if it does not compliment, ill put it in the middle. maybe to improve my notch positions. what you think?

2) just curious, to vintage rails users? before i put my VR into my strat, what should i expect with the VR. is it really comparable to single coil? havnt tried. im really exctied and looking forward to use it though: private:

3) anyway hahaha. you have to bear me on this and im really sorry for my ignorance. what does IIRC means? i used to chat with IRC but have no idea what IIRC stands for? lol

btw thanks again Gr8Scott!

 

[gnoj_LL]

Re: a svr-1 vintage rails neck in the bridge position..

... bump ...

anyway im not that familiar with the tone chart..

what does the DC Resistance and the Resonant Peak stand for?

 

[hamerfan]

Re: a svr-1 vintage rails neck in the bridge position..

The resonant peak is determined by the inductance of a pickup. The higher the resonance peak is located the brighter this pickup sounds. But also the height of the peak is important because it determines how strong this character comes thru. Think of an equalizer and how high the faders are.
The DC Resistance tell how much windings are on the coil, if you know what wire was used.

 

[Fusion1]

Re: a svr-1 vintage rails neck in the bridge position..

IIRC= if I recall correctly.

 

[gnoj_LL]

Re: a svr-1 vintage rails neck in the bridge position..

IIRC= if I recall correctly.

thanks! im still new with shorcuts and all that stuff. im such a newb haha