neverrecover
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Hello SD Forum! I've been here several times over the years just lurking the pages after stumbling via-google...but I finally made an account.
Anyways, I'd appreciate any advice/insight into a current project I have going. Right now I have a Strat with only one pickup in it. It is SSL-4 (quarter pound), and it is the flat version (tapped). I have it set-up with a 500k push/pull to activate the tapped sound. Currently no tone control, it's right to the jack after the volume pot. This was my first encounter with the SSL-4 and I love it to death. I want to keep it at the bridge, and I don't want to lose the tapped option. Ideally, I'd like to keep my controls as simple as possible.
This guitar is my favorite guitar I've ever owned so I want to make it a little more versatile. I want to add a pickup to the neck position. I'd like to go with a humbucker or noiseless (or low-noise) P-90. I've got experience with a lot of neck buckers, but I've never paired them in a guitar with a high powered single-coil at the bridge before hahaha. Anyone have any experience, recommendations, other insight? I'm very open minded on this one. I want something that plays well with the SSL-4, and is hum canceling or low noise. 2 wire would be fine as I'm not too interested in coil-splitting up there. I don't want to spend more than $200 on the pup, closer to $100 would be ideal.
I also would like some ideas about wiring. I'm planning on adding a tone pot and a 3 way switch (LP/switchcraft style). Would it be possible to run both pups off of a 500k volume pot after the switch, and then run a push/pull 500k tone pot that controls only the bridge so I can tap the SSL-4? What are some other options? The pickgaurd now is custom routed for just my bridge pup and the single volume pot, it may be just as cheap to get a new one made for the new routing rather than having my local shop re-route this one.
Wow, sorry this was so long. Thanks for reading. I'm really hoping to hear back from some of you on this. Thanks for your time and patience.
Anyways, I'd appreciate any advice/insight into a current project I have going. Right now I have a Strat with only one pickup in it. It is SSL-4 (quarter pound), and it is the flat version (tapped). I have it set-up with a 500k push/pull to activate the tapped sound. Currently no tone control, it's right to the jack after the volume pot. This was my first encounter with the SSL-4 and I love it to death. I want to keep it at the bridge, and I don't want to lose the tapped option. Ideally, I'd like to keep my controls as simple as possible.
This guitar is my favorite guitar I've ever owned so I want to make it a little more versatile. I want to add a pickup to the neck position. I'd like to go with a humbucker or noiseless (or low-noise) P-90. I've got experience with a lot of neck buckers, but I've never paired them in a guitar with a high powered single-coil at the bridge before hahaha. Anyone have any experience, recommendations, other insight? I'm very open minded on this one. I want something that plays well with the SSL-4, and is hum canceling or low noise. 2 wire would be fine as I'm not too interested in coil-splitting up there. I don't want to spend more than $200 on the pup, closer to $100 would be ideal.
I also would like some ideas about wiring. I'm planning on adding a tone pot and a 3 way switch (LP/switchcraft style). Would it be possible to run both pups off of a 500k volume pot after the switch, and then run a push/pull 500k tone pot that controls only the bridge so I can tap the SSL-4? What are some other options? The pickgaurd now is custom routed for just my bridge pup and the single volume pot, it may be just as cheap to get a new one made for the new routing rather than having my local shop re-route this one.
Wow, sorry this was so long. Thanks for reading. I'm really hoping to hear back from some of you on this. Thanks for your time and patience.
