snotncandy
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hey guys,....just wondering if anyone uses a neck wound hot rail in their neck position. What are you guys using for the bridge if you do? how would a JB sound with one?
Anyone use a Hot Rails in the neck?
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pstarove
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Re: Anyone use a Hot Rails in the neck?
I used to have 2 HotRails (neck in the neck, bridge in the middle position) paired with an Invader in my MIK BC Rich (HSS configuration). High output and very dark sounding. I must say that the sound examples on in the clips section of the SD website sound EXACTLY like it sounded. If this is what you are after, go on. Those pickups are a love it or hate it thing.
I used to have 2 HotRails (neck in the neck, bridge in the middle position) paired with an Invader in my MIK BC Rich (HSS configuration). High output and very dark sounding. I must say that the sound examples on in the clips section of the SD website sound EXACTLY like it sounded. If this is what you are after, go on. Those pickups are a love it or hate it thing.
_Guitarzan_
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Re: Anyone use a Hot Rails in the neck?
I've tried it and the string pull from the magnets were too much to hold a nice sustain. The HR are too dark in my opinion. I switched to a DiMarzio Pro Track for a better "PAF" sounding single sized rail. I seem to like DiMarzio's singles a bit better. In that Strat, I have a Chopper in the bridge, Cruiser (bridge) in the middle and the Pro Track in the neck. Try this set up...it freaking rocks!
I've tried it and the string pull from the magnets were too much to hold a nice sustain. The HR are too dark in my opinion. I switched to a DiMarzio Pro Track for a better "PAF" sounding single sized rail. I seem to like DiMarzio's singles a bit better. In that Strat, I have a Chopper in the bridge, Cruiser (bridge) in the middle and the Pro Track in the neck. Try this set up...it freaking rocks!
blueman335
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Re: Anyone use a Hot Rails in the neck?
The resonant peak on a Hot Rails is VERY low, meaning an unusually low amount of treble. Less than most full-size HB's, very dark. It's wound too hot for many players. They could cut the ohms by several thousand, to brighten it up a bit. Normally you try to warm a bridge PU, but with this one, you may need to go in the opposite direction.
The resonant peak on a Hot Rails is VERY low, meaning an unusually low amount of treble. Less than most full-size HB's, very dark. It's wound too hot for many players. They could cut the ohms by several thousand, to brighten it up a bit. Normally you try to warm a bridge PU, but with this one, you may need to go in the opposite direction.
Re: Anyone use a Hot Rails in the neck?
I had a Hot Rails in the neck of a 24-fret Jackson. Great for high-gain soloing and, when split, nice for clean tones (totally useless for clean tones un-split IMO). Like another poster mentioned, I would tend to go for a Dimarzio over a Duncan for neck usage though, specificall a ProTrack or a Chopper. I would have put one in the Jackson, but I would have had to special-order one with no front flange (which I did, but by the time it arrived, I had sold the guitar
).
-Austin
I had a Hot Rails in the neck of a 24-fret Jackson. Great for high-gain soloing and, when split, nice for clean tones (totally useless for clean tones un-split IMO). Like another poster mentioned, I would tend to go for a Dimarzio over a Duncan for neck usage though, specificall a ProTrack or a Chopper. I would have put one in the Jackson, but I would have had to special-order one with no front flange (which I did, but by the time it arrived, I had sold the guitar
).-Austin
snotncandy
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Re: Anyone use a Hot Rails in the neck?
thanx guys....is a JB too weak to run with one ya think? i have a cool rail for the middle. should i switch them around?
thanx guys....is a JB too weak to run with one ya think? i have a cool rail for the middle. should i switch them around?
revolution
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Re: Anyone use a Hot Rails in the neck?
I use a hot rails neck and I think it's a freakin' animal. I run it straight to a 1 meg pot and no tone controls so the thing is wide open. I tried this in the neck of my Les Paul once(same way 1meg no tone)...and I loved it! I use it in the neck of my HM strat and it sounds good drilled into the wood but I know it will sound better once I modify the pickguard to make it dangle.
I use a hot rails neck and I think it's a freakin' animal. I run it straight to a 1 meg pot and no tone controls so the thing is wide open. I tried this in the neck of my Les Paul once(same way 1meg no tone)...and I loved it! I use it in the neck of my HM strat and it sounds good drilled into the wood but I know it will sound better once I modify the pickguard to make it dangle.
Robert Delahunt
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Re: Anyone use a Hot Rails in the neck?
To be honest, I played the squier hot rails strat, and I was very disappointed. The bridge position for one of these is nice, but the other two were too overbearing. It was a big "what the @#$ Squier" moment for me.
To be honest, I played the squier hot rails strat, and I was very disappointed. The bridge position for one of these is nice, but the other two were too overbearing. It was a big "what the @#$ Squier" moment for me.
