bluesguy53
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Re: Fender Big Dipper pickups
I've just come across this post - so apologies for the tardy response. I've played pretty much every style, model and configuration of Strat known to man. I own various Strats: '63, '82, 92, '10 and finally a John Meyer. And IMHO, the Meyer is the nicest sounding of all of them. Scooped mids? That's not my experience. Less brittleness on bridge pickup - yes. Rounder, softer tone - yes. But unless the missing mids referred to are extreme upper mids, that's just not what these pickups sound like. To my way of thinking, Strats with scooped mids should produce more "quack", not less. And the Meyer Strat isn't nearly as quacky as a typical Standard. As a matter of fact, I so love the tone that I went back to my music store to order "Big Dipper" for my other working Strat. Unfortunately, I was told they only come in Meyer Strats and aren't sold separately.
I've just come across this post - so apologies for the tardy response. I've played pretty much every style, model and configuration of Strat known to man. I own various Strats: '63, '82, 92, '10 and finally a John Meyer. And IMHO, the Meyer is the nicest sounding of all of them. Scooped mids? That's not my experience. Less brittleness on bridge pickup - yes. Rounder, softer tone - yes. But unless the missing mids referred to are extreme upper mids, that's just not what these pickups sound like. To my way of thinking, Strats with scooped mids should produce more "quack", not less. And the Meyer Strat isn't nearly as quacky as a typical Standard. As a matter of fact, I so love the tone that I went back to my music store to order "Big Dipper" for my other working Strat. Unfortunately, I was told they only come in Meyer Strats and aren't sold separately.
