Dual pickup in Strat bridge position viable?

[eclecticsynergy]

I have a "TallBreed" hybrid from RioGrande, two great singlecoils combined into a humbucker.
Same idea as the StagMag, I guess, only made with a Tallboy and a Halfbreed. It's a good solution.

Series mode is fat, punchy and articulate. Perhaps a bit less smooth / liquid than typical strong humbuckers.
Still, absolutely serviceable - with excellent definition at gain thanks to the focused field of rod mags.

And the singlecoil tones are the real deal, no compromises.

 

[Jack_TriPpEr]

I have a "TallBreed" hybrid from RioGrande, two great singlecoils combined into a humbucker.
Same idea as the StagMag, I guess, only made with a Tallboy and a Halfbreed. It's a good solution.

Series mode is fat, punchy and articulate. Perhaps a bit less smooth / liquid than typical strong humbuckers.
Still, absolutely serviceable - with excellent definition at gain thanks to the focused field of rod mags.

And the singlecoil tones are the real deal, no compromises.

Thanks for mentioning this kind of pickup exists. I've never heard of it but want to check into as an option for the Bridge position in my recently acquired HSS strat.

[Edit] found more info about it. Looks like they've renamed it to "Muy Grande"? Then I saw their "Tallboy humbucker" which I think is a little closer to what i psrsinally would want (not as hot as the Tallbreed/Muy Grande because it doesn't have the hotter Halfbreed as the 2nd coil).

https://www.riograndepickups.com/singles-for-humbucking

 

[hamerfan]

Re: Dual pickup in Strat bridge position viable?

Speaking of the Stag Mag and other magnet-pole humbuckers... Experience with those split/not split leads me to think the magnetic field changes must explain away some of the sound there. The Stag Mag is not high output at all even in Series, esp. for its DCR. But it's a clear, chimey humbucker that sounds like a fat-ish Telecaster bridge somewhat.

The Stag-Mag or the former version, The Mag, are wound with thinner wire (43 AWG) on a humbucker bobbin. The higher DCR leads you in the wrong direction: it's vintage based number of wire turns on a bit smaller bobbin.

 

[Spirit of 76]

Not sure if a Stacked Single Coil would give you the specific sound that you are looking for, but I installed one in my Strat a long time back because I had felt that my bridge pickup was a little to flimsy sounding; on my guitar with my gear, it was a huge improvement.

I haven't looked into who all is making Stacked Single Coils or which ones are any good nowadays (I am sure someone on this forum can advise) but it might worth checking out.

 

[Mincer]

The stacked single coils, as you go up in power, get progressively thicker...more mids and bass. The Classic Stack is a remarkable clear, well, classic sounding single coil, though with a little more power.

 

[dotsdad]

It would be a lot easier to just put in a little 59 in your strats exising pickup spot and hook it up to a push pull pot for series/parallel switching. Thst would give you a humbucker sound and a stratty sound. And you wont have to carve up your guitar.

 

[Mincer]

It would be a lot easier to just put in a little 59 in your strats exising pickup spot and hook it up to a push pull pot for series/parallel switching. Thst would give you a humbucker sound and a stratty sound. And you wont have to carve up your guitar.

Honestly, that is what I'd do. I don't really like a normal Strat's bridge pickup sound, so I wouldn't miss it. The Little 59 has the right EQ (mids!) and output for me.

 

[eclecticsynergy]

Thanks for mentioning this kind of pickup exists. I've never heard of it but want to check into as an option for the Bridge position in my recently acquired HSS strat.

[Edit] found more info about it. Looks like they've renamed it to "Muy Grande"? Then I saw their "Tallboy humbucker" which I think is a little closer to what i psrsinally would want (not as hot as the Tallbreed/Muy Grande because it doesn't have the hotter Halfbreed as the 2nd coil).

https://www.riograndepickups.com/singles-for-humbucking

Some of Rio's humbuckers use matched pairs of coils from their Strat pickups with the same names: Tallboy, Halfbreed, and Muy Grande.

When their page says the Muy Grande humbucker has all the features of the Tallboy & Halfbreed, they mean it has the same rod-magnet construction and exhibits similar qualities, only using the extra-hot wind of their Muy Grande singlecoil.

Mine was custom ordered and isn't as hot as a Muy Grande: it literally has one Tallboy coil and one Halfbreed coil.

 

[ItsaBass]

What about a pedal instead? The Seymour Duncan Pickup booster is great for what you describe needing, and also very versatile. If you already have pedals, add one on the floor.

 

[Mincer]

The Pickup Booster might even be the same price as a pickup, and you get to keep your stock sound. It also does a credible version of a humbucker from a single coil via its Resonance switch.

 

[Adieu]

Magnetic fields probably need to be oriented in the same direction, right?

 

[Howlermonkey]

Main thing is to make sure the magnetic fields of your choices are not interfering with each other when you put two discreet pickups next to each other.

 

[Mincer]

Main thing is to make sure the magnetic fields of your choices are not interfering with each other when you put two discreet pickups next to each other.

I think this is why the Lace Sensors worked so well.