ferrinbonn
New member
Hi all. I'm going to do a Warmoth build and could use some advice about pickup choice. It will be ash body, maple/rosewood neck and HS pickup configuration. I usually play dirty on the bridge pickup but I want to be able to get some good strat style neck tones as well. I'll wire it with a 3 way switch and a push/pull to split the humbucker.
I'm planning to put a 59/Custom Hybrid in the bridge. I thought it would be a good choice. I like that pickup normally and the split coil should give some cool tones also. The neck pickup is my dilemma. I want something that's not going to be totally overpowered by the bridge pickup but is still capable of some traditional sounding strat tones. I was thinking of going with a Dimarzio Virtual Vintage Blues. I thought the higher output than the other Area pickups would balance better with a humbucker and also would work better with 500k pots for the wiring.
Today though I heard that the Quarter Pounder can be coil tapped and I was intrigued with that possibility. It would give a beefy neck tone normally that might be cool with gain. Any experience of what they sound like when tapped? Would it sound like a more traditional strat neck pickup that way? Are there any other single coils that can be tapped that I should be considering?
Any thoughts or advice would be really helpful. I like the idea of having two different output options on the neck pickup similar to being able to split the bridge humbucker, but I'm not sure if this is a situation of trying to have my cake and eat it too. Thanks!
I'm planning to put a 59/Custom Hybrid in the bridge. I thought it would be a good choice. I like that pickup normally and the split coil should give some cool tones also. The neck pickup is my dilemma. I want something that's not going to be totally overpowered by the bridge pickup but is still capable of some traditional sounding strat tones. I was thinking of going with a Dimarzio Virtual Vintage Blues. I thought the higher output than the other Area pickups would balance better with a humbucker and also would work better with 500k pots for the wiring.
Today though I heard that the Quarter Pounder can be coil tapped and I was intrigued with that possibility. It would give a beefy neck tone normally that might be cool with gain. Any experience of what they sound like when tapped? Would it sound like a more traditional strat neck pickup that way? Are there any other single coils that can be tapped that I should be considering?
Any thoughts or advice would be really helpful. I like the idea of having two different output options on the neck pickup similar to being able to split the bridge humbucker, but I'm not sure if this is a situation of trying to have my cake and eat it too. Thanks!
