STRATDELUXER97
Stratoblaster Tone Meister
Hello all....For those of you guys like myself that look for a fat bridge strat tone without carving out your body or replacing a pickguard etc....Check this pickup out..
Here's the deal with mine....I've had this alder/maple necked American Standard Strat that I bought new in the 80s...I thought I was going to be the next EVH back then,and so opted for a Floyd Rose bridge on this axe.. :smack: Guess what happened when I changed the bridge..? Yep,lost my lows and my sustain...The cure back then(Actually around the early 90s)was to put a JB Jr. in the bridge position...This pickup was ok and it cut some of the shrillness away and beefed up the bridge position...The gainey tones were pretty cool but I now couldn't get any strat type bridge tones and the 4th position was almost unusable.....UNTIL...
Lew recommended this Fralin Steel Pole 43 Hot for bridge pickup...Now picture having a pickup that does the strat bridge pickup tone really well both clean and with gain and yet still has a great quacky sounding 4th position tone,but with just so much more fullness of tone and no obnoxious midrange hump...The best part about this new pickup is that it also just fits right into my stock pickguard w/out modification...There are screws like on a humbucker instead of poles but from about 10 feet away you can't tell.....If you love P90s and you need or crave ballsy,full bridge tones,try this pickup out...All of the chime and bell like tone is still there,but everything is just alot more of everything...
Special thanks again to Lew who is a buddy and a guy I've learned to trust for my pickup needs...The guy knows his stuff,as we all know,and it was worth me telling you all about this great pickup....Lew also sold me a set of Antiquity Texas Hots for the strat you see in my avatar picture and these are great pickups also.....THANKS AGAIN LEW! :dance: :wink:
John
Here's the deal with mine....I've had this alder/maple necked American Standard Strat that I bought new in the 80s...I thought I was going to be the next EVH back then,and so opted for a Floyd Rose bridge on this axe.. :smack: Guess what happened when I changed the bridge..? Yep,lost my lows and my sustain...The cure back then(Actually around the early 90s)was to put a JB Jr. in the bridge position...This pickup was ok and it cut some of the shrillness away and beefed up the bridge position...The gainey tones were pretty cool but I now couldn't get any strat type bridge tones and the 4th position was almost unusable.....UNTIL...
Lew recommended this Fralin Steel Pole 43 Hot for bridge pickup...Now picture having a pickup that does the strat bridge pickup tone really well both clean and with gain and yet still has a great quacky sounding 4th position tone,but with just so much more fullness of tone and no obnoxious midrange hump...The best part about this new pickup is that it also just fits right into my stock pickguard w/out modification...There are screws like on a humbucker instead of poles but from about 10 feet away you can't tell.....If you love P90s and you need or crave ballsy,full bridge tones,try this pickup out...All of the chime and bell like tone is still there,but everything is just alot more of everything...
Special thanks again to Lew who is a buddy and a guy I've learned to trust for my pickup needs...The guy knows his stuff,as we all know,and it was worth me telling you all about this great pickup....Lew also sold me a set of Antiquity Texas Hots for the strat you see in my avatar picture and these are great pickups also.....THANKS AGAIN LEW! :dance: :wink:
John
