Hi,
I have a HSS strat. It came with fender single coils and a diMarzio humbucker (don't know which model)
I replaced the single coils with lace sensors (blue in neck, red in middle).
Now I want to replace the (bridge) humbucker too.
I tried to temporarily install a seth lover (SH-55), that I bought for another guitar. It sounds much better and nicer than than the dimarzio, somehow a much purer tone (and I like that). I always found the diMarzio a bit muddy.
But it seems to have lower output than the lace sensor (if I adjust them to the same distance from the strings, and even a bit closer), and it also sounds kind of "thin" or closed in comparison. (It has the gold covers, would it sound more "open" without them?)
What I want is simply a nice tone. There's no specific kind of sound I am looking for. Just a nice clear and full sound that goes well with the lace sensors (but it is though not a must).
I am also considering coil splitting it (not a must). I play mostly jazz (mostly on neck PUs) and rock. I like more of a classic rock guitar tone, either clean or only valve over drive as opposed to metal-ish type of tone. (not that I have anything against metal).
Since the Seth Lover PU has the moderate output icon (the blue icon, it is called vintage output) , and it is lower output than the lace sensors, should I look for pickups with high output?
Are there some that are better suited for coil splitting than others (appart from the fact that PUs with a two conductor cables are less suitable than those with four).
They don't necessarily need to be seymour duncans, but easily available is definitly a plus.
The seth lover is pretty nice and are definitly good enough. But I would like something a bit more "open" and bigger sounding (it's hard to use words to describe sound).
SH-1 (59') and SH-4 (JB) is what the tone wizard recommends. I like both those suggestions and have listened to a lot audio samples.
It seems that the SH-1 would be a good choice me (but it also has the moderate output icon and I would get the 4 conductor cable option). But I just wanted to get other's opinions. Is there anything else I should take in consideration or models I should consider?
I have a HSS strat. It came with fender single coils and a diMarzio humbucker (don't know which model)
I replaced the single coils with lace sensors (blue in neck, red in middle).
Now I want to replace the (bridge) humbucker too.
I tried to temporarily install a seth lover (SH-55), that I bought for another guitar. It sounds much better and nicer than than the dimarzio, somehow a much purer tone (and I like that). I always found the diMarzio a bit muddy.
But it seems to have lower output than the lace sensor (if I adjust them to the same distance from the strings, and even a bit closer), and it also sounds kind of "thin" or closed in comparison. (It has the gold covers, would it sound more "open" without them?)
What I want is simply a nice tone. There's no specific kind of sound I am looking for. Just a nice clear and full sound that goes well with the lace sensors (but it is though not a must).
I am also considering coil splitting it (not a must). I play mostly jazz (mostly on neck PUs) and rock. I like more of a classic rock guitar tone, either clean or only valve over drive as opposed to metal-ish type of tone. (not that I have anything against metal).
Since the Seth Lover PU has the moderate output icon (the blue icon, it is called vintage output) , and it is lower output than the lace sensors, should I look for pickups with high output?
Are there some that are better suited for coil splitting than others (appart from the fact that PUs with a two conductor cables are less suitable than those with four).
They don't necessarily need to be seymour duncans, but easily available is definitly a plus.
The seth lover is pretty nice and are definitly good enough. But I would like something a bit more "open" and bigger sounding (it's hard to use words to describe sound).
SH-1 (59') and SH-4 (JB) is what the tone wizard recommends. I like both those suggestions and have listened to a lot audio samples.
It seems that the SH-1 would be a good choice me (but it also has the moderate output icon and I would get the 4 conductor cable option). But I just wanted to get other's opinions. Is there anything else I should take in consideration or models I should consider?
get yourself an SSS pickguard, and swap the red to the bridge and in install a silver in the middle and you'll get a nice balanced and versatile noise free set of pickups which all play nice with 250k pots.
