im gonna be putting together a strat in the next month or two, tell me what pus to ge

[Oudy]

swamp ash body, wenge neck (having the wenge in my custom v and playing a friend's wenge necked bass made me want to use it for a special strat) ziricote fretboard (for the gorgeous spider webbing like look), and a spalt top (I know the old school strat purists are screaming bloody murder). Gonna order the parts from warmoth and probally make it a semi hollowbody style (a question unrelated to pickups at theend of the thread too just since i didnt want to make an independent thread for such a small question).


Anyways, Id like to get a set of s/s/s strat pickups (or maybe to be a little more unique a p90/s/s) that are versatile, perform well under low gain/clean settings for a nice, jazzy like tone but still stratty with plenty of balls and zing when i need it. but still can push it and get nice sound under disortion and do everything in between.
I was thinking of a set of antiquity texas hots but i don't know a great deal about strat pickups so the help is appreciated.


(the small unrelated to pickups question is this (and again purists will be asking for my head on a stick) can you put a floyd rose on a semi hollow guitar like this one will be (i know chris poland's semi hollowbody yamaha has one [at least im sure it's a floyd]) or would i have to use a different tremolo o no trem at all?



thanks guys.

 

[Oudy]

Re: im gonna be putting together a strat in the next month or two, tell me what pus t

bump before i go to sleep

 

[theodie]

Re: im gonna be putting together a strat in the next month or two, tell me what pus t

"tell me what pus to ge"?????


The kind that does not smell too bad and feels real good!

Or the kind that is simply willing.

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: im gonna be putting together a strat in the next month or two, tell me what pus t

Doesn't have to be willing, just asleep.

 

[Bludave]

Re: im gonna be putting together a strat in the next month or two, tell me what pus t

I have the Texas hots as well as the Surfers. Its a toss up for which I like better. They are both excellent pickups. I would recommend getting the RWRP middle pickup to cancel the hum in position 2 and 4. I really like the neck pickup of the surfers as well as the neck of the Texas Hots. The TH have a little more quack to them in positions 2 and 4, but the Surfers seem to have a little more clarity. I am going to say I like the Surfers a bit better, but I think its more that I like the neck on this guitar a little better than the guitar with the TH in it. Bottom line is I don't think you can go wrong with either set. Some people prefer adifferent" bridge pickup with these, but I have the Custom bridge with both sets and I think the Bridge pickup kills.

 

[baritone]

Re: im gonna be putting together a strat in the next month or two, tell me what pus t

I have the Everything Axe set in my Squier Strat. Every time I pick up that guitar, it amazes me more.

 

[ParameterMan]

Re: im gonna be putting together a strat in the next month or two, tell me what pus t

You're gonna love the Wenge/Swamp Ash combo- and the Warmoth hollow is pretty dang cool. The only thing is it'll make the body really light, and you might end up a little neck weighted. Oh, and you'll lose some snap and sustain, but it won't matter as it'll feed back controllably at anything above normal conversation level. I could talk with some one and get nearly infinite chord sustain standing about 5 feet from my amp.

As fer pickups, with those woods and what you're looking for in sound, I'd take a long hard look at Bill Lawrence L-200s or L-280s. Maybe an L-298 in the bridge. They're noiseless and sound amazing clean and distorted if you're looking for something a bit more modern and controllable. Some sound clips can be found at their corner of the FIB.

 

[Oudy]

Re: im gonna be putting together a strat in the next month or two, tell me what pus t

You're gonna love the Wenge/Swamp Ash combo- and the Warmoth hollow is pretty dang cool. The only thing is it'll make the body really light, and you might end up a little neck weighted. Oh, and you'll lose some snap and sustain, but it won't matter as it'll feed back controllably at anything above normal conversation level. I could talk with some one and get nearly infinite chord sustain standing about 5 feet from my amp.

As fer pickups, with those woods and what you're looking for in sound, I'd take a long hard look at Bill Lawrence L-200s or L-280s. Maybe an L-298 in the bridge. They're noiseless and sound amazing clean and distorted if you're looking for something a bit more modern and controllable. Some sound clips can be found at their corner of the FIB.

Thank you so much i think the BL sound exactly like what i need, im prolly just gnna end up going solid body so the neck doesn't feel weighted.


I have another swamp ash/wenge (but with an ebony fretboard) guitar coming too (Crazy 8 bridge/parallel acess stack [middle], and PATB original in the neck). i wan't wait to get this strat project going once i get back to the states, hopefully i can learn how to set up and put all this stuff together withut stuffing it up

 

[Oudy]

Re: im gonna be putting together a strat in the next month or two, tell me what pus t

I have the Texas hots as well as the Surfers. Its a toss up for which I like better. They are both excellent pickups. I would recommend getting the RWRP middle pickup to cancel the hum in position 2 and 4. I really like the neck pickup of the surfers as well as the neck of the Texas Hots. The TH have a little more quack to them in positions 2 and 4, but the Surfers seem to have a little more clarity. I am going to say I like the Surfers a bit better, but I think its more that I like the neck on this guitar a little better than the guitar with the TH in it. Bottom line is I don't think you can go wrong with either set. Some people prefer adifferent" bridge pickup with these, but I have the Custom bridge with both sets and I think the Bridge pickup kills.

im just curious, how do your ants perform under medium-heavy distortion