How's this for a Strat combo??

Ikkyu88

Ikkyu88

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I'm planning on putting new pups in my legacy
Swamp Ash Body/Maple Neck

Bridge- Hot Rails (SHR-1)
Middle- Hot Stack (STK-S2)
Neck - Vintage Rails (SVR-1)

It's a 'rail' theme, descending in output. What do you guys think? :question:
 
Re: How's this for a Strat combo??

sounds fine to me. like you said, youll have decending output. really hot thick bridge, kinda hot and more stratty middle, brighter spankier lower output neck.
 
Re: How's this for a Strat combo??

It sounds good to me, but if it were my guitar i would go with a cool rails or another hot rails in the neck, but thats just me.
 
Re: How's this for a Strat combo??

Well, finally got the pups purchased and installed. I also got the expander switch mod done also. :22:

I am amazed with the tones I can get with this axe. I can get everything from heavy distortion to clean. Playing with the tone controls really has a big effect on the sounds. I've actually gotten that muffled tube sound that you hear from those people that eat that tube yogurt (go figure...yogurt in the guitar). :cool3:

My other guitar with standard G&L pups doesn't even come close to what I can get from this thing. This guitar actually vibrates against my chest now when I hit some notes.

I can't wait to see what some pedals will do to this thing... :32:

Just wow. I lucked out with this combo. :saeek:
 
Re: How's this for a Strat combo??

What you've done with your Strat is just a slight variation of what I just did with mine . . . and I agree, its killer. :)

Love those rails. I'm surprised that the Hot Stack sounds louder than the VR. I just swapped out a HS for a VR, (but there was a PG inbetween), and I definitely percieve the VR as higher output than the Stack.

Oh well . . . doesn't matter. Its all good tone. ;)

Enjoy.
Artie
 
Re: How's this for a Strat combo??

Yeah, with the hot stack in the middle, I can actually use the middle pup by itself for useable tones and not just for the mix of the 2 and 4 position.
 
Re: How's this for a Strat combo??

once i fix my hotrails im puttin it in the bridge of mystrat. does it clean up at all?
 
Re: How's this for a Strat combo??

It cleans up but not that well...there's a reason for that pickup selector switch man.

-x
 
Re: How's this for a Strat combo??

One thing I found with the hotrails in the bridge, you have to roll back the tone knobs to about 7-8 to get a 'cleaner' distortion sound. Running with both tones at 10 gives that muffled tubey sound.
 
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