Pickup booster: old vs new

[JB_From_Hell]

Re: Pickup booster: old vs new

Shane Theriot (a favorite of mine) runs a Hot Rails with two vintage style singles in his Hamer and covers tons of ground with that guitar.

Here's a funny twist to the story:

(Shane Theriot is the touring guitarist for Hall & Oates, and the MD/lead guitarist on Live from Darryl's House)

I emailed Shane to see how he thought the Hot Rails balanced with the vintage pickups. He said he used a Screamin Demon before, switched to the Hot Rails, liked it better for a fatter bridge that was still Stratty, and used a coil split sometimes. He then said he'd gotten a Duncan Pickup booster earlier this summer and really liked it for fattening up his Strat sounds, so maybe I should try that instead of a pickup.

So I'm back to square one

 

[ItsaBass]

Re: Pickup booster: old vs new

The Pickup Booster alone really changes/fattens a Strat tone, even without using the resonance switch, just because it creates a signal that hits your amp with more juice, thus affects how your amp reacts to your guitar tonally. It might be enough for you.

I bought one when they first came out, and I still have it. I can't recall whether or not the resonance switch got used much, but probably not.