Hi, I have Fender Deluxe Strat HSS (Rosewod) but I am dissatisfied with N3 noiseless pickups so I want to change mid and neck pickups but I can't decide between Seymour Duncan SSL-1, Fender Fat 50's, Fender Texas Special. I want to get the tone of David Gilmour and John Frusciante. Do you have any other suggestions? Also I want to covert my guitar to SSS. What do you think about it?
Pickup suggestions for Fender Strat
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Funkfingers
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Re: Pickup suggestions for Fender Strat
Welcome to the forum.
I share your dissatisfaction with the Fender Noiseless pickups. Right now, I am deriving a great deal of enjoyment from the SD STK-10 YJM Fury pickups for Stratocaster.
Welcome to the forum.
I share your dissatisfaction with the Fender Noiseless pickups. Right now, I am deriving a great deal of enjoyment from the SD STK-10 YJM Fury pickups for Stratocaster.
JimmyO
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Re: Pickup suggestions for Fender Strat
I've tried a couple of guitars with noiseless pickups and also didn't get on with them. They seemed a bit sterile and lacked some vintage mojo.
I have two strats, a 57 reissue with Fender 57/62 pickups and a 2012 Standard with the Fat 50s. They are both the stock pickups and sound great so have no need to change them. The 57/62s are low output but have a warm vintage tone, and the Fat 50s are an all around great all purpose pickup with a vintage vibe. For the artists you have suggested you may want to try the Fat 50s, as they are vintage enough for Frusciante style funk, but have a bit more output than true vintage which would help with those Gilmour lead tones. And yes if you are after a Frusciante tone you'll want a single coil in the bridge position. Hope this helps.
I've tried a couple of guitars with noiseless pickups and also didn't get on with them. They seemed a bit sterile and lacked some vintage mojo.
I have two strats, a 57 reissue with Fender 57/62 pickups and a 2012 Standard with the Fat 50s. They are both the stock pickups and sound great so have no need to change them. The 57/62s are low output but have a warm vintage tone, and the Fat 50s are an all around great all purpose pickup with a vintage vibe. For the artists you have suggested you may want to try the Fat 50s, as they are vintage enough for Frusciante style funk, but have a bit more output than true vintage which would help with those Gilmour lead tones. And yes if you are after a Frusciante tone you'll want a single coil in the bridge position. Hope this helps.
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wolf5150
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Re: Pickup suggestions for Fender Strat
Suhr V60LP or Lollar Blackface.
both are incredible.
Suhr V60LP or Lollar Blackface.
both are incredible.
Re: Pickup suggestions for Fender Strat
Looks like Fender has some new noiseless Strat pickups, they have split side by side coils, I don't know what guitars they are putting them in, but it seems to me that that would be better than the stacked-coil method. I would think they would be similar to the dual coil pickups that they used to put in the old Fender XII 12 string guitar, which looked sort of like the P-bass pickups, except in this case they fit in a regular Strat cutout:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fender-Super-55-Split-Coil-Stratocaster-Pickup-Set-/301024248782?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item46167183ce
I'd like to hear how these sound, most noiseless Strat pickups just don't do it for me.
Al
Looks like Fender has some new noiseless Strat pickups, they have split side by side coils, I don't know what guitars they are putting them in, but it seems to me that that would be better than the stacked-coil method. I would think they would be similar to the dual coil pickups that they used to put in the old Fender XII 12 string guitar, which looked sort of like the P-bass pickups, except in this case they fit in a regular Strat cutout:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fender-Super-55-Split-Coil-Stratocaster-Pickup-Set-/301024248782?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item46167183ce
I'd like to hear how these sound, most noiseless Strat pickups just don't do it for me.
Al
El Supremo
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Re: Pickup suggestions for Fender Strat
I'd say Fender CS '69's or SSL-1's will get you in PF/RHCP territory. I converted my strat to SSS too and combined those pickups with a SSL-5 with coil tap. Full on for leads and tapped for a more authentic strat bridge tone.
I'd say Fender CS '69's or SSL-1's will get you in PF/RHCP territory. I converted my strat to SSS too and combined those pickups with a SSL-5 with coil tap. Full on for leads and tapped for a more authentic strat bridge tone.
Diminished Triad
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Re: Pickup suggestions for Fender Strat
SSL-1 for neck and middle and SSL-5 at bridge.
SSL-1 for neck and middle and SSL-5 at bridge.
elelpe
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Re: Pickup suggestions for Fender Strat
^ This or SSL-6 bridge and SSL-2 middle and neck (flat poles version)
for noiseless option: STK-S6 bridge, STK-S4 middle, STK-S7 neck
^ This or SSL-6 bridge and SSL-2 middle and neck (flat poles version)
for noiseless option: STK-S6 bridge, STK-S4 middle, STK-S7 neck
