Humbucker recommendation for HSS with STK-S7

[napoleonboot]

I am building a guitar with HSS configuration, and a mahogany body. I play modern blues, so the sound I am after is crunchy, mildly overdriven, vintage, lots of character.

I am set on the Vintage Hot Stack Plus STK-S7 in both the neck and middle positions, as I have used them in another guitar and they sound great. What humbucker would be good in the bridge?

The STK-S7 is moderately hot so I don't know if a vintage output humbucker would keep up. I want the bridge to be a similar output volume to the neck and bridge. I am also happy to hear any suggestions outside of the Seymour Duncan range.

​​​​​​ Thanks in advance!

 

[Mincer]

Welcome to the forum!

I'd think you can look at the Custom, or if you want more mids in the bridge, look at the Custom Custom.

 

[donaldr]

I had a STK-S7 neck with a Screamin Demon bridge in a Strat with 250k pots. The SD was almost flush to the strings and the STKS7 way down to have them balanced volume wise.
As the STK-S7 is a bridge pickups, it's darker in the neck than a STK-S4 so I would look for a bridge pickup that is not too bright to also balance tone wise.

 

[Synapsys]

On my Ibanez S761FM I went with a '59/Custom Hybrid. Match made in Heaven with a set of STK-S7s in the middle and neck.

 

[eclecticsynergy]

Perpetual Burn is worth considering also!

 

[Artie]

Perpetual Burn is worth considering also!

You beat me to it. Love the PB.

 

[napoleonboot]

It may be sacrilegious to mention a competitor to SD in this forum, but I have a HSS strat (Schecter Nick Johnson) with exactly what you are doing: a Vintage Hot Stack Plus STK-S7 in middle and neck, and I put a DiMarzio Bluesbucker in the bridge, I all works together very well indeed. I am a blues fan, so I aim at (and get) tones like Matt Schofield and Robin Trower.

 

[jeremy]

the custom family is where id start. personally i might end up with a custom with an a3 magnet. its become a favorite of mine for slightly more than vintage