Coodercaster Bridge Pickup Suggestion

[treyhaislip]

Decided to pull the trigger on a Coodercaster build. Going with the Desuenberg multibender on a Warmoth Strat. For pickups, I was thinking Goldfoils with a Stringthrough.

Lollar and Mojopickups are the only ones I can find that offer the “String through” pickups. Anyone try either of these?

Any pickup suggestions?

 

[JOLLY]

I had to look it up. I'd never even heard of string through pickups.

 

[treyhaislip]

I had to look it up. I'd never even heard of string through pickups.

I had never heard of it either until I saw a clip by Waterslide Guitars.

 

[Mincer]

That doesn't get in the way of your hands?

 

[treyhaislip]

That doesn't get in the way of your hands?

It does, basically eliminating palm muting. BUT...part of Ry Cooder's slide tone revolves around this type of bridge pickup.

 

[Mincer]

It does, basically eliminating palm muting. BUT...part of Ry Cooder's slide tone revolves around this type of bridge pickup.

Not knowing anything about this...I wonder if you can approximate that sound with a more conventional pickup. What does the cover add to the sound?

 

[ICTGoober]

I had to look it up. I'd never even heard of string through pickups.

The very first electric guitars (mostly lap steels - mostly Rickenbackers) were string through pickups.
This is a Ro-Pat-In, which preceded Rickenbacker.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/61/7f/f4/617ff46c6dc6c082b40a8821edc06f05.jpg

 

[treyhaislip]

Not knowing anything about this...I wonder if you can approximate that sound with a more conventional pickup. What does the cover add to the sound?

On the old Valco pickups, the cover is part of the actual pickup and helps with sustain (supposedly.) I could be wrong, but I think the design has magnets on the top and bottom of the string.

 

[Mincer]

On the old Valco pickups, the cover is part of the actual pickup and helps with sustain (supposedly.) I could be wrong, but I think the design has magnets on the top and bottom of the string.

Interesting. I wonder what that adds to the sound, and if it could be replicated another way.

 

[jeremy]

my turner baritone has an old ric style pup, sounds fantastic! looks almost identical to this

 

[idsnowdog]

I have seen him with a strat with a Jazzmaster pickup in the bridge too. If you really wanted to you could just use a string through pickup cover like you see on Rickenbacker's or Precision Basses. If you wanted to go cheap on the pickup https://www.guitarfetish.com/Vintage...ups_c_525.html . I'm not sure how true to the originals they are though?

 

[idsnowdog]

I had to look it up. I'd never even heard of string through pickups.

I believe the bridge pickup came from a Lap Steel guitar. Which would make sense since he's a slide player. But if you wanted a string through pickup cover you could go with an ashtray bridge on a Tele or use the cover from a P-bass.

 

[80's_Thrash_Metal]

I had never heard of it either until I saw a clip by Waterslide Guitars.

That is unlike anything I've ever listened to.....
I don't know how to feel about it. I mean it's nothing like what I am into whatsoever, but also...I don't hate it.... It's rather.... Pleasing?
Where can I find more of this kind of stuff?

 

[hamerfan]

Nice to watch Joe Gore‘s goldfoil strat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcHGmRUiSoU

 

[treyhaislip]

Interesting. I wonder what that adds to the sound, and if it could be replicated another way.

It supposedly adds quite a bit of sustain and makes for a very hot pickup.

Mojo makes one that is a regular humbucker and it doesn't quite sound the same to my ears.

 

[treyhaislip]

That is unlike anything I've ever listened to.....
I don't know how to feel about it. I mean it's nothing like what I am into whatsoever, but also...I don't hate it.... It's rather.... Pleasing?
Where can I find more of this kind of stuff?

Ry Cooder is the main guy behind this "type" of guitar (hence the Coodercaster name.) His bridge pickups are pulled from old lapsteels and his neck pickups were original Teisco Goldfoils if I've researched correctly. Blake Mills is a guitar player that uses a Coodercaster as well.

Waterslide guitars is a boutique builder that has several of those videos online.

I'm waiting on the parts from Warmoth and Mojo Pickups to build mine.

 

[Chistopher]

This feels like a Custom Shop question. Maybe even get a matching neck from them

 

[treyhaislip]

This feels like a Custom Shop question. Maybe even get a matching neck from them

I've only had bad experiences with the SD Custom Shop (actually never received a single custom shop purchase.)

I've never seen them offer a string-through pickup even in their custom shop offerings–not saying they would say no but just nothing I've ever seen from them.

 

[skydog]

Not knowing anything about this...I wonder if you can approximate that sound with a more conventional pickup. What does the cover add to the sound?

This. Cooder has a very interesting tone, but it’s not exactly unique.

 

[treyhaislip]

This. Cooder has a very interesting tone, but it’s not exactly unique.

This is funny because I've only ever heard of Ry Cooder as sounding unique...

https://producelikeapro.com/blog/ry...y unique,the soundtracks for seventeen movies.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/ry-cooders-roots-72735/

https://www.guitarplayer.com/player...y-cooder-reveals-his-stage-and-studio-secrets

https://gearspace.com/board/so-much...sounds-ry-cooders-paris-texas-soundtrack.html

https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/music-popular-and-jazz-biographies/ry-cooder