Neck humbucker - for a violin sound

[Archer250]

I mean sounds like this:
2:43
https://youtu.be/r_4us480K9M?si=OCfFXGHGEfWYmsBA&t=163

2:09
https://youtu.be/IEDo4rova_A?si=YLwvSyUT34TL7xeQ&t=129

Yeah just get the 59, Pearly Gates, A2P or the DiMarzio PAF 36s I'm using here

 

[Archer250]

I think that tone is more about rolling back the tone control ala Eric Clapton/Carlos Santana. In fact Carlos is usually playing bridge pup with the tone rolled down, that gets pretty "violin" as well.

Not the examples he's giving. That's honestly just "non-scooped high gain tone on neck pickup"

 

[Archer250]

So, like this?...

https://youtu.be/sxCLVc1094o?si=HWXBP4xn0edQl5-t&t=187

https://youtu.be/FZNwpaSVXh0?si=WwiQD3M_Oi2sQxDW&t=131

Second clip is playback btw, but here's another version with the 24 fret Larrivee super tele. JB and 59 IIRC

https://youtu.be/5JJwuGlnuXM?t=129

CarlosG it really is just a non-scooped high gain neck pickup tone. Don't worry too much about it you'll get this out of almost any pickup.

But in a strat if you want to be really sure, then my recommendations are Duncan 59, Duncan A2P, Duncan WLH, DiMarzio PAF 36, DiMarzio Air Norton

 

[freefrog]

Second clip is playback btw, but here's another version with the 24 fret Larrivee super tele. JB and 59 IIRC

Thx.

Yeah, I'm a bit facetious sometimes. The Whitesnake video was off too, since it involved Adrian Vandenberg + Warren de Martini and not John Sykes.

The idea behind my "tongue in cheek" links was that this kind of tones seems doable with a relatively wide choice of pickups, finally. So, if it was for one of my Strats, I wouldn't hesitate to experiment with HB's (and various wiring options) but also with stacked HB's or rails PU's - yesterday, BTW, I've devoted a few minutes to violin like solos on neck PU's with some of my own instruments and pedalboards : it worked with a Cool Rails bridge in neck position of a Fender scale guitar, with a 6.9k full sized humbucker hosting UOA5 + short screw poles in an Explorer, with the J200 neck stack and mid boost / preamp of my old Charvel CH4... Non limitative list. I had to change the kind of boost + settings used in each case but found satisfying sounds rather quickly with all the configurations used. Not sure if it's the fruit of my experience these last decades or if it just shows that my old ears are shot but this was at least a funny fact checking (from my perspective, necessarily discussible as subjective).

I hope Carlos will find what he searches...

 

[CarlosG]

Second clip is playback btw, but here's another version with the 24 fret Larrivee super tele. JB and 59 IIRC

https://youtu.be/5JJwuGlnuXM?t=129

CarlosG it really is just a non-scooped high gain neck pickup tone. Don't worry too much about it you'll get this out of almost any pickup.

But in a strat if you want to be really sure, then my recommendations are Duncan 59, Duncan A2P, Duncan WLH, DiMarzio PAF 36, DiMarzio Air Norton

You has great tone on mp3.
I listened to some clips on the internet and I like the 59 and Air Norton the most (regular and S version)

 

[soulforger]

Not the examples he's giving. That's honestly just "non-scooped high gain tone on neck pickup"

I mean mainly on that "Is This Love" solo, I don't think he's getting that tone from the pickup only, there is definitely some tone roll off there in that solo. Sykes had the original T-Top in the neck position, but I think the previous suggestion of an Air Norton would be where I'd go for that sound in a Strat, it has a bit of that tone already in it to compensate for the Les Paul's construction.

 

[Artie]

I love that "violin" tone. I think Vinny is getting that here with a JB/Jazz. It looks like he's mostly using the Jazz on this track.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG10jmRDkvY