Mini humbucker for HSS strat

[Max Salas]

Ok
I might install stks4 in mid and neck of my strat type guitar (ESP vintage plus)
I need a mini humbucker to go with them, keeping in mind the ESP is a bright sounding guitar (as most strat type guitars are anyway)
Don't want too much mids so there is not a HUMP of mids when switching to the bridge pickup. And I also want it to be good when splitted with the splitted mid stks4 .
Due to the mids thing, I think the JB jr won't be a good choice.
Not sure if the little 59 will be good choice? It seems very bright, might not be a good choice for this particular guitar?
Duckbucker, vintage rails?
I have no clue, any suggestions are welcome.

To give you an idea, my favourite guitar players are landau, lukather, Steve Farris... You get it right? I know, I'm nearly 40

 

[mantis]

Re: Mini humbucker for HSS strat

I think the Hot rail would be a good choice. It's warm and punchy. Very clear and very strong. You'll have to play around with pickup height and using the 250k volume pot will keep things in perspective with matching to your other pickups. If you went all mini hum buckers in it you could switch to a 500k pot

 

[Mincer]

Re: Mini humbucker for HSS strat

I think the Hot Rails would be a lot of mids, and not much else. And it is far from those super clean sounds you are looking for. I like the STK-S4 here, connected to a master tone. You can even split them if you want for clean, clear quacky tones. The Little 59 is good, but doesn't sound like a Strat, and doesn't sound to me like the guitarists you mentioned.