Neck humbucker for Strat (w/split)

[surfinboy]

I'm considering dropping a humbucker in the neck position of my Strat so I can get nice jazz rhythm sounds, but I'd like something with a coil tap so I can get the single-coil sounds as well. Any advice on neck humbuckers that also sound good when tapped?

 

[Artie]

Re: Neck humbucker for Strat (w/split)

Hi surfinboy; Welcome to the forum.

Let me qualify this by saying that I'm strictly an amatuer, who plays exclusively in a home music room setting. (The adult "bedroom".)

I play mostly blues/jazz, and the guitar I end up playing the most, is the Patriot in my sig with a Distortion in the neck, and a big hole in the bridge. I have it wired with an on-off-on switch so that can split to either coil. Its cleans are great. Nice "Stratty" sound when split, which mellows nicely, but still stays clean when in humbucker mode.

Its a great all-purpose pup.

Artie

 

[tone4days]

Re: Neck humbucker for Strat (w/split)

welcome surfin boy

i bet a 4-wire, neck version of a '59 would sound good for that purpose .. i like my '59n both normal and split ... if you can swing a on-off-on so as to split either of the coils, you'd have that much more versatility

good luck
t4d

 

[jeremy]

Re: Neck humbucker for Strat (w/split)

i might suggest a aph. nice warm bucker sound and sounds pretty great split too

 

[surfinboy]

Re: Neck humbucker for Strat (w/split)

Thanks folks. What about stacked humbuckers? Are there any that sound good split? If I did a stacked humbucker I wouldn't have to do any routing to my pickguard.

 

[surfinboy]

Re: Neck humbucker for Strat (w/split)

Anybody?