Need new single coils for a new rosewood fingerboard alder strat

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fusionid

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So I have a maple EJ that has been my main guitar for a while. I am putting together a rosewood fingerboard alder body and I am interested for a different tone. More rock, more modern.

To be specific in comparison to the EJ set, I want:

Neck: warmer and more output
middle: glassier and more output
bridge: closer to a p90

Looking for a set that would do the trick since I don't want to go tone chasing...too much
 
Re: Need new single coils for a new rosewood fingerboard alder strat

SSL-6 or quarter pounder in the bridge would get you a hotter, middier, more p90 kinda sound.

SSL-2s neck and middle are a little hotter than the EJ set, and would get you a glassy sound in the middle but they're not dark pickups if that's what you're looking for in the neck.
 
Re: Need new single coils for a new rosewood fingerboard alder strat

Do you still want single coils? Stacks? Single-size humbuckers?
 
Re: Need new single coils for a new rosewood fingerboard alder strat

I am open to everything as long as they look traditional.
 
Re: Need new single coils for a new rosewood fingerboard alder strat

when you say warmer for the neck, can you describe what you mean with more detail?
 
Re: Need new single coils for a new rosewood fingerboard alder strat

jeremy said:
when you say warmer for the neck, can you describe what you mean with more detail?
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closer to a low wind humbucker on a gib 355 but still resembling a strat tone.
 
Re: Need new single coils for a new rosewood fingerboard alder strat

so you want a t-top in a 335 tone that still resembles a strat? that sounds like a unicorn :) im gonna start with vintage hot stack neck, hot stack + bridge. glassier but higher output is tricky. the classic stack + is a fine middle pup, so is the ssl2, for a vintagey strat sound that still has a bit of push to it compared to a late 60's strat pup
 
Re: Need new single coils for a new rosewood fingerboard alder strat

Texas Hot Antiquity set with Power Bridge and RW/RP middle. Sweet, warm, powerful. Trust me.

I gig with a G&L Legacy and a Legacy Special. The Legacy has vintage alnicos; the LS has Gotoh Dual Blade humbuckers with more of a PAF tonality going on. Good contrast.

The Texas Hots lay perfectly in the middle...still single coil, but not the pop-py bite of a vintage Strat. More rock than twang. Smoother, more body, more P90-ish in some ways.

I think you'll like them.

Bill
 
Re: Need new single coils for a new rosewood fingerboard alder strat

Fender Texas Specials aren't a million miles from what you're describing. There's a ton of tonal variety available from adjusting the heights. Every time I think I'm dissatisfied with mine, I raise or lower them, and all of a sudden I'm super happy again.
 
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