Help needed..what pickups for Fender strat classic floyd rose?

[chr0maticism]

Guys i really need some help..... :yell:

I have a Fender American Strat Classic floyd rose here are the details:

1.Pickup conf: HSS
2.Body : Alder
3.Neck: Maple
4 Fret : Rosewood
5. Bridge: Floyd rose

I'm planning to change all the stock pups, as they're too thin and not
loud...what i need is:
1. High output and fat bridge humbucker not muddy, tight, perfect for
playing lead and power chords
2. Fat and loud single coils both for neck and middle, for the neck pu
it's
capable of giving nice, sweet distorted solo, for middle it's loud and
fat
enough to play clean rhytm, Blues thingy, but not so bright.

Based on these info, do you have any recommendation what single coil
pickups
and humbucker i can install...thanks a bunch!!!

 

[fenderiarhs]

Re: Help needed..what pickups for Fender strat classic floyd rose?

I have the same guitar as you and the best results i got with passive pickups is with the JB. I cannot comment on single coils as i am not very experienced with them.

 

[Nite_Maresz_25]

Re: Help needed..what pickups for Fender strat classic floyd rose?

hey chr0maticism, WELCOME TO THE FORUM!!!
for the humbucker i would say a jb would work great for you there. Im not so sure about the singles, but i would think a quarter pounder would work well for you in the middle. And maybe a custom staggered in the neck..??
Again, im not so sure about the singles. Maybe someone like lew who knows singles really well will chime in with more info that what i could provide
hope this helps
-alex

 

[theodie]

Re: Help needed..what pickups for Fender strat classic floyd rose?

Here you go,

Custom bridge
Hot rails neck position in the middle
Cool rails neck position in the neck

 

[chr0maticism]

Re: Help needed..what pickups for Fender strat classic floyd rose?

Thanks alot everybody!! i've been thinking about installing EMG SA for single both on neck and mid and EMG 85 on bridge, my friend did it and his guitar sounds fat, and thick..But i don't want to have the same sound as his, cos we're in the same band...well let's see, how about JB in bridge, hot rail in neck and cool rail in mid position? Theodie, why do you suggest Hot rail in mid and cool rail in neck?
Actually i have a friend, he suggested putting JB in the bridge and for neck and mid position install lil' screaming demon....what do you guys think?
Thanks for answering me, as i'm saving some money to buy the right pickups i don't want to waste my hard earned money for something that i will feel sorry later on, so i'm sorry if i sound like a stubborn guy... :blackeye:

Oh for your info, i play something like coldplay, some blues stuff, and some hard rock. I do solo as well....

Thanks again for helping guys!! much appreciated...

 

[Boleslaw Gers 666]

Re: Help needed..what pickups for Fender strat classic floyd rose?

I'd definitely go with a Super Distortion in the bridge, and probably a Lil '59 in the middle and a Cool Rails neck. I have not encountered a single coil that can handle distortion in a manner that I like.