new pickguard for beater strat - recommendations needed on pickup selection

[appar111]

I'm thinking of ordering another pickguard for my beater strat (which has been my #1 for the last year and a half). Currently just has a PAF Pro in the bridge, slightly angled, with a single 500K volume pot. That's it.

Thinking of adding a couple pickups, but not quite in the usual format. I'm debating an SHS setup (singles in neck and bridge, and a full size 'bucker in the middle), sort of like the Wayne Kramer strat. I'd probably put the PAF Pro in the middle slot, and seek out a deep/fluid/stratty sounding neck pickup and some sort of rail pickup for the bridge position (maybe a Chopper?).

Most likely a 5-way switch and just a volume knob-- I hate fiddling with tone knobs. My goal would be to have each pickup position sound radically different from each other, so that I could have not only 3 distinct sounds, but also some interesting pairings in the 2 & 4 positions (as I typically hate the 2 & 4 sounds on a regular strat).

What should I be looking for in the neck slot? This would mainly be for clean stuff, or really ballsy bright/stratty distorted neck pickup sounds.

 

[allbutromeo]

Re: new pickguard for beater strat - recommendations needed on pickup selection

Maybe an Area 67 in the neck? Or go s/s/s with chopperb/Area67m/injector n

 

[appar111]

Re: new pickguard for beater strat - recommendations needed on pickup selection

Don't want to do a single coil in the middle, although all traditional sense would say it's a better idea than a humbucker

The Injector Neck might be a good choice-- I remember using it a couple years ago in the bridge position and liked it better than the Injector Bridge!