Little Pearly Gates (Bridge) in middle position in HSH? (C8 bridge, WLH neck)

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Bo-Hawk

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I want to replace the Quarter pound single coil in my HSH strat. I like the QP but the hum is just too much for my setup.

I currently have a Custom 8 in the bridge and a WLH in the neck. I leaning towards the Little PG from the custom shop with a series parallel switch for the middle position.

I like the fat tone from the QP (not the hum) and I am not expecting to be an identical replacement. I want something a little warm and a little fat in the middle position and was leaning towards the PG, specifically the higher output bridge version.

Mahogany body, Maple neck, Pao Ferro fretboard.

Your thoughts?
 
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Re: Little Pearly Gates (Bridge) in middle position in HSH? (C8 bridge, WLH neck)

Why not hot rails?
 
Re: Little Pearly Gates (Bridge) in middle position in HSH? (C8 bridge, WLH neck)

that would be pretty cool, I didn't even know you could get the pearly gates in a single coil size. That pickup configuration sounds like it would be killer.
 
Re: Little Pearly Gates (Bridge) in middle position in HSH? (C8 bridge, WLH neck)

Actually, I think that would be a cool choice. If you go through with it, come back and let us know how it worked out.
 
Re: Little Pearly Gates (Bridge) in middle position in HSH? (C8 bridge, WLH neck)

i really like a lil 59 bridge in the middle position so i bet it would work well
 
Re: Little Pearly Gates (Bridge) in middle position in HSH? (C8 bridge, WLH neck)

I'm buying one from a music shop on eBay since I got 50 bucks in reward money from a big purchase a few months ago.

It will be a week or so before I get installed and tested

Cheers :friday:
 
Re: Little Pearly Gates (Bridge) in middle position in HSH? (C8 bridge, WLH neck)

I finally got around to installing and trying out the little pearly gates.

One thing to note is I am using a single 500k volume pot in this HSH strat (and one tone and one EMG SPC variable mid boost). I know Seymour Duncan instructions have 250k volume pots used for single coil sized humbuckers. IMO I have always liked using a larger valued volume and tone pots when I have a pickup that uses an A2 magnet. My Jackson Rhoads Model has a CC in it and I found a major improvement in tone (especially in the higher end) as well as a slight bump in output when I used a 1 Meg pot in that guitar.

The little PG Bridge pickup (almost 12k impedance) is perfect for my setup. By itself it has a few of qualities of the QP mixed together with qualities of a hot PAF. Very bluesy and can still pack a punch. In position 2 and 4, it blends surprisingly well with the C8 and the WLH.

I did have to raise the little PG slightly higher than the C8 or the WLH, but not my much.
 
Re: Little Pearly Gates (Bridge) in middle position in HSH? (C8 bridge, WLH neck)

Thanks for the review, and I am happy you are back to (hum-free) rocking!
 
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