Let's talk output volume, single coil verses humbucker

[JB6464]

I currently use the 59N in most of my custom-built Tele's and would like to replace it with something close to a single coil and possibly maintain the same output.
I know single coils are not as powerful as low output humbuckers even if they both have the same dc rating.

How would I calculate the output needed of a single coil to get close to the 59N?

Would the Classic Stack Plus single coil get me close?
Seymour Duncan Classic Stack® Plus Strat | Seymour Duncan

 

[beaubrummels]

It might require a bridge single-coil model that has slightly more output to match up.

Those classic stack DCRs on the web site seem to be reverse of what I would have expected.

 

[JB6464]

It might require a bridge single-coil model that has slightly more output to match up.

Those classic stack DCRs on the web site seem to be reverse of what I would have expected.

Maybe something like the Vintage Hot Stack plus that has a 11.9 dc output?
Seymour Duncan Vintage Hot Stack Plus Strat | Seymour Duncan

 

[Mincer]

Just go for a Little 59.

 

[beaubrummels]

What is the bridge pickup it's matching up with?

 

[JB6464]

Just go for a Little 59.

I would like the cut and tone of a single coil, not a humbucker which I already have.

 

[JB6464]

What is the bridge pickup it's matching up with?

JB Antiquity with an aged nickel cover.

 

[Mincer]

I would like the cut and tone of a single coil, not a humbucker which I already have.

Then, yes, the Classic Stack Pluss is the one.

 

[JB6464]

This is an interesting pickup as well, single coil A5 slugs in a P90 humbucker form from Lindy Fralin.
Alnico Noiseless P90 Humbucker - Designed by Lindy Fralin (fralinpickups.com)

 

[jeremy]

500k pots?

 

[JB6464]

500k pots?

Yes

 

[Mincer]

I use the Classic Stacks with 500k pots, too.

 

[Clint 55]

A 59n is gonna be punchier than everything except the hot single coils ime.

 

[jeremy]

matched with a jb, with 500k pots, i say ssl6 or custom stack plus. still single coil sounding but matches the jb better to my ear. with 250k pots, it sounds dark in the neck. with 500k, matched with a bucker i think it works well

 

[eclecticsynergy]

A neck P-rails and a 5-way switch (or even a push-pull tone pot) would offer some interesting possibilities.

 

[Juanhanglo]

Something like a harmonic design vintage plus or s90, or zhangbucker paul bunyan (louder singlesbut not overwound) for the bridge.

A humbucker sized p90 in the neck. Everybody makes one and some make them noiseless too.