Need help deciding on pickups to go with my Invader

[June-5-1994]

Hey everyone,

I'm trying to get a cleaner rock tone out of the neck position and a good driving rock tone from the middle position, and then of course have the Invader in the bridge wired in parallel. If anybody could tell me the different types of parallel wiring and which would be better for my situation that'd be great also.

Setup 1:

N: STK-S7 Vintage Hot Stack Plus
M: STK-S6 Custom Stack Plus
B: SH-8 Invader

*if I should swap the S7 and S6 around to get the tone mentioned above could you please let me know?

Setup 2:

N: STK-S4 Classic Stack Plus
M: STK-S7 Vintage Hot Stack plus (or an STK-S6)
B: SH-8 Invader

Thank you

EDIT: for a HSS American Special Stratocaster

 

[Mincer]

Re: Need help deciding on pickups to go with my Invader

Well, the S4 is certainly the cleaner, glassier sounding pickup by a big margin. I dig setup 2, but realize that even an Invader in parallel may be pretty loud compared to a Classic Stack. In normal series, it will overpower almost everything. Tonally, it is way different than the Classic Stack, too, as it has crazy mids. But in parallel, it is cleaner and not as middy.

 

[InbredJunk]

Re: Need help deciding on pickups to go with my Invader

Just buy 2 more invaders and rout that thing out for 3 humbuckers.

For me, they only pickup that doesn't sound like your playing a completely different guitar when you flip the switch is the invader neck pickup.

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