Need help for neck and middle pickup to pair with hot rails bridge

nieveulv

nieveulv

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I have a hot rails for the bridge, any recommendation for the neck and middle pickup for a sugizo esp? (3 singlecoils with a volume control, no tone controls)

So my style of music is (radiohead, muse, coldplay, luna sea, alterbridge, porcupine tree,)

basically a hard rock and alternative guitar for hot searing and singing lead tones and rythm . No blues and jazz and vintage tones for this guitar, however, clean tones is useful (coldplay, radiohead clean modern tones)
 
Re: Need help for neck and middle pickup to pair with hot rails bridge

How about a pair of Cool Rails?

Failing that, a Cool Rails centre pickup and a Hot Rails neck position pickup. The output level of the HR-neck is calibrated relative to the HR-bridge.

Either way, the look will be consistent.
 
Re: Need help for neck and middle pickup to pair with hot rails bridge

what about 3 hot rails combo? Anyone tried it before? Cool rails sounds like a good idea :D
 
Re: Need help for neck and middle pickup to pair with hot rails bridge

Squier offers an Iron Maiden Stratocaster with triple Duncan Designed Rail pickups. My local guitar shop has had one in stock for a few months now. The local shredheads have all had a try on it. The guitar remains unsold. Why?

1) Could it be the ugly, square-ended pickup cut-outs in the scratchplate?
2) Could it be that the young 'uns dial out all of the midrange and kill the tone?
3) Could it be because the Squier lacks a double-locking vibrato?
4) Could it be that the other components on the instrument are lousy?

Answers on a postcard, please.

Maybe it is just that the Squier at my local store needs to be adopted, have the triple Hot Rails scratchplate assembly removed and listed on e-Bay so that a more traditional scratchplate assembly can take its place? ;o)
 
Re: Need help for neck and middle pickup to pair with hot rails bridge

3 Hot Rails works great, just set the neck and mid lower and your good to go.
 
Re: Need help for neck and middle pickup to pair with hot rails bridge

Funkfingers said:
Squier offers an Iron Maiden Stratocaster with triple Duncan Designed Rail pickups. My local guitar shop has had one in stock for a few months now. The local shredheads have all had a try on it. The guitar remains unsold. Why?

1) Could it be the ugly, square-ended pickup cut-outs in the scratchplate?
2) Could it be that the young 'uns dial out all of the midrange and kill the tone?
3) Could it be because the Squier lacks a double-locking vibrato?
4) Could it be that the other components on the instrument are lousy?

Answers on a postcard, please.

Maybe it is just that the Squier at my local store needs to be adopted, have the triple Hot Rails scratchplate assembly removed and listed on e-Bay so that a more traditional scratchplate assembly can take its place? ;o)
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It is not an Iron Maiden Squier. The official model is the Deluxe Hot Rails Strat. http://www.squierguitars.com/products/search.php?partno=0300510506. There is no mention anywhere of Iron Maiden in the product description. Let's not spew out false information. ;)

The Iron Maiden Strat with hot rails was out in 2001, was Crafted in Japan, a Fender (not Squier), had a JB Jr. in the bridge, and a Floyd Rose. ;)

If it were me, I'd toss a Hot Rails in the neck and middle too. Just get the neck version for both positions. And change all the pots to 500k. That Strat will be rockin' with that setup.
 
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Re: Need help for neck and middle pickup to pair with hot rails bridge

ErikH said:
The Iron Maiden Strat with hot rails was out in 2001, was Crafted in Japan, a Fender (not Squier), had a JB Jr. in the bridge, and a Floyd Rose. ;)
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Fender also makes the real iron maiden strat now, the Dave Murray Signature model.

Back on topic, hot rails bridge with cool rails neck and vintage rails middle seems a pretty popular combo.
 
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