Ideal bridge humbucker to match Strat single coils?

[Lewguitar]

This question comes up alot!

I like the 59 Trembucker myself and find that anything much hotter overpowers vintage output single coils. Actually, even the 59B and 59 Trembucker overpowers 6K - 6.3K single coils a little, IMO.

The JB is just way to hot, IMO. When I had that JB in my guitar with pair of 5% overwound Fralin Blues Specials (10% overwound compared to vintage Strat pickups!) I'd take a solo on the JB and then switch to the neck pickup to play rythym and didn't even have to turn the guitar's volume control down!

Had the chance to ask Seymour this question once and he said to try a Jazz Neck humbucker as the bridge pickup with a pair of vintage output Strat pickups.

I'd like to see a Jazz N Trembucker made available...but most guys are convinced they need something at least as hot as the 59B.

Any opinions?

 

[Inge Malmstein]

Re: Ideal bridge humbucker to match Strat single coils?

I think a Jazz neck would also match not only in output, it should also match well in tone with the single-coils, because it's already a bright pickup.
What about a Humbucker from hell?

 

[Artie]

Re: Ideal bridge humbucker to match Strat single coils?

As much as I liked my JB, I didn't like it in the bridge of my Tele-clone with a pair of QP's. The C5 in there now is almost perfect. Its a nice blend with the QP's tapped or not, and the C5 split or not. Every combo is good in its own way. The only tone I don't care for, is the C5 split on its own.