MIM Roadhouse 2017 strat: bridge pickup?

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I picked up a Classic Stack plus for the neck and a Classic Stack Plus RWRP for the middle for my MIM Roadhouse 2017 strat. What should I put in the bridge?

Torn between

1) The Custom Stack Plus: Slightly overwound, warm, lots of bass. This pickup has RAVE reviews.
2) The Hot Stack Plus: VERY overwound, tonnes of midrange. Basically a midway point between an SC and a Bucker.
3) The Li'l 59: Humbucker, a full, fat ol' 'bucker.

Experiences with them?


I hate the current bridge single coil (Fender Vintage Noiseless) which makes me want to avoid bridge single coils altogether but something tells me it's likely because the Vintage Noiseless pickups are particularly bad, more so in the bridge position, probably because they aren't even slightly overwound, and are silly scoped in the mids. Am I wrong? I am looking for a nice, versatile pickup that balances well with the classic stacks. I'm not biased in favour of either SC's or 'Buckers, I just want a nice versatile sound for playing a kind of progressive music that sits smack dab in the middle of rock and metal, I guess?


Cheers folks!
 
Re: MIM Roadhouse 2017 strat: bridge pickup?

I like 1 or 3, mostly because I've used those combos and really like them. I go for a Little 59 if I want the tone/feel more on the humbucker side, and the Custom Stack if I want it more on the single coil side (still with some quack).
 
Re: MIM Roadhouse 2017 strat: bridge pickup?

Consider a cool rails bridge model. Use one in my strat and it sounds great. It will match very well with the stacks in terms of eq and output.

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Re: MIM Roadhouse 2017 strat: bridge pickup?

Mincer said:
I like 1 or 3, mostly because I've used those combos and really like them. I go for a Little 59 if I want the tone/feel more on the humbucker side, and the Custom Stack if I want it more on the single coil side (still with some quack).
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AH! This is interesting.

1) Did you use 250K pots with the little 59? Or 500? In either case, did it make the bridge pup too dull or did it make middle and neck too shrill and sharp, respectively?

2) How does the Custom Stack Plus handle high gain? Not like Bogner Mesa Diezel high gain but like a loud Marshall 80's hard rock crunch kinda high gain?

Thanks!
 
Re: MIM Roadhouse 2017 strat: bridge pickup?

1. I've used both. I have started with 250k, and if it was too thick sounding, I bump it up to 500k. It was different in the 2 guitars I used it in.
2. The Custom Stack Plus is great with classic rock-amounts of high gain. I don't think it would do full on metal well, but with even Marshall-modded sounds, you will be great.
 
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