HSS with P-Rail @ Bridge. Does it play nice with single coils @ N/M??????

[singlecutkiller]

Anybody tried this set up????

thinking P-Rail at bridge and either a couple of Classic Strat Plus N/M or Classic Strat Plus at Middle and Cool Rail at neck. Gonna go 1 Vol (push pull) and one tone (push pull) with 5 way switch. Push/Pull's will ONLY affect the P-Rail. Both down gives me Series Hum, Vol only up gives me rail (sc), Tone only up gives me P90 and both up give me Parallel Hum.

 

[AlexR]

Re: HSS with P-Rail @ Bridge. Does it play nice with single coils @ N/M??????

Even the cooler of the p-rails is very hot in series. This wouldn't play well with any s/c apart from a hotrails neck. The parallel is like a typical PAF humbucker, so you might get it to play ok with a ssl 5. Typically there is a volume drop between vintage singles and humbuckers.

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: HSS with P-Rail @ Bridge. Does it play nice with single coils @ N/M??????

Good choice...P-Rails is a great pup with lots of options and works very well combined with singles when in parallel, P-90, or Rail. As AlexR said, in series it is very powerful and full sounding and can overpower singles.

 

[singlecutkiller]

Re: HSS with P-Rail @ Bridge. Does it play nice with single coils @ N/M??????

Thx guys for the replies,
What if I went a bit hotter(than the Classic Stack Plus)on the SC's? Say the Vintage Hot Stack Plus or Custom Stack Plus or Quarter Pound for N/M positions?
Thoughts? I have a H/S set up in my So Cal now (Custom Custom@bridge and Cool Rail@Neck) which is a great set up, I just wanna a bit more Strat-ish. Any one familiar with how the CC behaves when split? Could use it at bridge with the Classic Stack Plus n/m or one of the others I mentioned.
I wanna have a MEGA versatile strat.....classic rock/ southern/newer country sorta gig