Ant Surfers or Texas Hots with my JB humbucker?

[Soulman]

I've got 2 John Suhr V60LP's in my HSS Strat at the moment.

The Suhrs are going into another guitar and I need two real single coils to take their place.

I keep reading great things about Seymour's Antiquity Strat pickups so I thought I'd give them a shot and have a total SD Strat.:laugh2:

Should I go for the Surfers or Texas Hots with my JB?

 

[Soulman]

Re: Ant Surfers or Texas Hots with my JB humbucker?

Hey, I thought you guys already solved this problem!

No help for me?:yell:

 

[Soulman]

Re: Ant Surfers or Texas Hots with my JB humbucker?

Hey...if I get no love here, I'm going back to Suhr!

Last chance for some help to buy!:fing25:

 

[Jocelyn]

Re: Ant Surfers or Texas Hots with my JB humbucker?

neither will match the JB IMO hnag on for Lew

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: Ant Surfers or Texas Hots with my JB humbucker?

I haven't found a true single coil that I really love with the JB...but the Duncan Classic Stack Plus is a differant story and sounds great with the JB. Also you'll have humcancelling in all three pickup positions.

Neck and Middle Classic Stack Plus and bridge JB with 250K pots and a .02 tone cap and a blender pot to blend the neck and bridge pickups together. That's the set up I'd recommend.

Lew

 

[Soulman]

Re: Ant Surfers or Texas Hots with my JB humbucker?

I haven't found a true single coil that I really love with the JB...but the Duncan Classic Stack Plus is a differant story and sounds great with the JB. Also you'll have humcancelling in all three pickup positions.

Neck and Middle Classic Stack Plus and bridge JB with 250K pots and a .02 tone cap and a blender pot to blend the neck and bridge pickups together. That's the set up I'd recommend.

Lew

hmmm...after years of using Kinman noiseless I'm missing some real single coil hum...:laugh2:

So let's turn the question around...what humbucker?

What's the best Seymour Duncan HSS setup?

Tell me, Lew!

 

[strangegrey]

Re: Ant Surfers or Texas Hots with my JB humbucker?

I'm going to be tossing a neck and middle Fender texas special into a strat with a TB-4 (JB) in a few days...

I'll let you know how I make out...

I'm guessing the JB is going to overpower the singels a tad, but I wanted the JB in there for a number of reasons...I wanted a pickup that splits well, and I wanted one that kicks ass.... :fing25:

 

[mariuss]

Re: Ant Surfers or Texas Hots with my JB humbucker?

try a couple of CoolRails

 

[Guitar Toad]

Re: Ant Surfers or Texas Hots with my JB humbucker?

Soulman, you might be interested in reading this thread. It's about single coil and humbucker matching and some informative comments and information from Lew.

Here's a tiny exerpt:

Years ago I called Seymour and asked him what humbucker he thought would be the best choice for use as a bridge humbucker with two vintage output Strat single coils and he advised the Jazz Neck humbucker.

Lew

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: Ant Surfers or Texas Hots with my JB humbucker?

I think single coils get overwealmed by a pickup like the JB. The JB is so loud that with vintage output Strat neck and middle pickups, my experience is that after playing a solo on the bridge pickup, when I switch to a neck vintage output Strat pickup to go back to playing rythym, I don't even have to turn down the volume control of the guitar. That seems un-natural to me.

So with vintage output Strat neck and middle pickups, I think pickups like the Jazz or 59 are a better match than the JB.

However, I the new Duncan Stack Plus pickups match very well with the JB...that's why I recommended them.

lew

 

[Guitar Toad]

Re: Ant Surfers or Texas Hots with my JB humbucker?

Lew have you tried the Jazz neck in a HSS as per Mr. Duncan's recommendation?

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: Ant Surfers or Texas Hots with my JB humbucker?

Lew have you tried the Jazz neck in a HSS as per Mr. Duncan's recommendation?

Nope, because at the time it was not available in trembucker spacing. I have tried the 8.2K 59TB and liked it...but truthfully, the best I've heard in a S/S/H style guitar is the Stack Plus/JB combo in the Tom Anderson I reworked a month or two ago. After trying that I haven't really considered anything else. They just worked so well together! Lew

 

[Soulman]

Re: Ant Surfers or Texas Hots with my JB humbucker?

Thanks Lew and the others!

I'm getting a '59 trembucker and Ill hear how that sounds before I decide on what singles to get.

:smack:

 

[larry_emder]

Re: Ant Surfers or Texas Hots with my JB humbucker?

I have a jazz neck in my parker superstrat thing (hss).....works well! Has more oomph than i expected - and and nearly equal output with all pickups

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: Ant Surfers or Texas Hots with my JB humbucker?

I have a jazz neck in my parker superstrat thing (hss).....works well! Has more oomph than i expected - and and nearly equal output with all pickups

There ya go. That's why Seymour recommended the Jazz neck as a bridge humbucker with vintage output neck and middle Strat singles. Lew

 

[Soulman]

Re: Ant Surfers or Texas Hots with my JB humbucker?

SO HERE"S AN UPDATE!

I couldn't find a Jazz bridge pickup but I bought a '59 Trembucker and it is PERFECT!:laugh2:

Balances very nicely with the singles, nice and airy, no preponderant mids and a basic tone I really, really like.:laugh2:

I'm a happy guy!:banana:

As far as single coils go, I think definately Alnico 5 should mix very nicely.

It'll be SSL-1 or Antiquity Surfers, I guess.

I'll keep you posted!

Thanks for your help! :laugh2: :banana:

 

[nepalnt21]

Re: Ant Surfers or Texas Hots with my JB humbucker?

go with the surfers. you wont be sorry.

 

[Soulman]

Re: Ant Surfers or Texas Hots with my JB humbucker?

go with the surfers. you wont be sorry.

Have you tried them?

Go on...feed my GAS!:laugh2:

 

[nepalnt21]

Re: Ant Surfers or Texas Hots with my JB humbucker?

Have you tried them?

Go on...feed my GAS!:laugh2:

o own them. basically, they do the bright glassy bell strat from the sixties perfectly. through a fender twin amp, it jsut doesnt get better. its like perfect for bright cleans, and overdrive. ive not tried them for like heavy distortion, though. i use them with a texas hot custom bridge.