American Strat Pickup Suggestions
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Re: American Strat Pickup Suggestions
Antiquity Texas Hots and Custom bridge. That's the ticket!
Alot of guys like the APS-1's and Twangbanger bridge pickup too...haven't tried them myself.
For a glassier, more Hendrixy tone, I like the SSL-1's for the neck and middle.
Lew
Antiquity Texas Hots and Custom bridge. That's the ticket!
Alot of guys like the APS-1's and Twangbanger bridge pickup too...haven't tried them myself.
For a glassier, more Hendrixy tone, I like the SSL-1's for the neck and middle.
Lew
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Re: American Strat Pickup Suggestions
250K CTS and a .02 Sprague Orange Drop tone capacitor. Lew
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250K CTS and a .02 Sprague Orange Drop tone capacitor. Lew
Re: American Strat Pickup Suggestions
Lew, what would you recommend to provide a fatter bridge pup tone in combination with the SSL-1's at the neck and middle? I have an SSL-1 set with RWRP middle in a California Series Strat (maple/alder), but the bridge pickup seems a bit thin, even after rewiring the bottom tone pot to the bridge pup (leaving the middle pup wide open). I play blues-based stuff veering towards rock. I have another Strat with Texas Specials that seems OK, along with the Teles I've mentioned in your Tele tone threads (and an LP Studio for good measure).
Lew, what would you recommend to provide a fatter bridge pup tone in combination with the SSL-1's at the neck and middle? I have an SSL-1 set with RWRP middle in a California Series Strat (maple/alder), but the bridge pickup seems a bit thin, even after rewiring the bottom tone pot to the bridge pup (leaving the middle pup wide open). I play blues-based stuff veering towards rock. I have another Strat with Texas Specials that seems OK, along with the Teles I've mentioned in your Tele tone threads (and an LP Studio for good measure).
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Re: American Strat Pickup Suggestions
On the standart singlecoil strats I used to play, I had an eq pedal to dial in some mids when I used my bridgesinglecoil.
And in general playing through fatter amps also helped alot.
On the standart singlecoil strats I used to play, I had an eq pedal to dial in some mids when I used my bridgesinglecoil.
And in general playing through fatter amps also helped alot.
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Re: American Strat Pickup Suggestions
"Lew, what would you recommend to provide a fatter bridge pup tone in combination with the SSL-1's at the neck and middle?"
The pickups Curly mentioned...especially the Antiquity Custom.
My buddy AJ has a Jimmie Vaughn Strat with SSL-1's. He's had that same set in a couple of Strats. He was using a JB JR for a long time, but recently switched to Fralin Steel Pole 43.
The Steel Pole 43 sounds alot like a P90 but being a single coil, when you combine it with the middle SSL-1 you still hear that classic Dire Straits/Layla/Buddy Guy kind of Strat tone.
I'd say the Duncan Antiquity Custom and Fralin SP43 are my two very favorite Strat bridge replacement pickups.
"Lew, what would you recommend to provide a fatter bridge pup tone in combination with the SSL-1's at the neck and middle?"
The pickups Curly mentioned...especially the Antiquity Custom.
My buddy AJ has a Jimmie Vaughn Strat with SSL-1's. He's had that same set in a couple of Strats. He was using a JB JR for a long time, but recently switched to Fralin Steel Pole 43.
The Steel Pole 43 sounds alot like a P90 but being a single coil, when you combine it with the middle SSL-1 you still hear that classic Dire Straits/Layla/Buddy Guy kind of Strat tone.
I'd say the Duncan Antiquity Custom and Fralin SP43 are my two very favorite Strat bridge replacement pickups.
Curly
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Re: American Strat Pickup Suggestions
just to clarify something, the SSL-6, Custom and the Antiquity Custom bridge are two different pickups - basically, both are Alnico II, but the Antiquity is a Custom Shop pickpup, about 9.7K; the SSL-6 is a production pickup somewhere around 13K (I think, without checking); the SSL-3, Hot is a production pup around 17K.
just to clarify something, the SSL-6, Custom and the Antiquity Custom bridge are two different pickups - basically, both are Alnico II, but the Antiquity is a Custom Shop pickpup, about 9.7K; the SSL-6 is a production pickup somewhere around 13K (I think, without checking); the SSL-3, Hot is a production pup around 17K.
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