recommendations for clapton strat bridge pickup

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mleffler

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I've got a mid 2000s Clapton Strat that I really love. A couple of years ago the stock bridge pickup (vintage noiseless) failed - just went dead one day. I replaced it with a STK-S7 Vintage Hot Stack, looking for something a little beefier at the bridge. After playing it for awhile, it still seems a little thinner and more trebely than I would like, even after playing with pickup heights quite a bit.

Any suggestions for a good solid replacement? I'm pretty open as long as I keep it single coil size and I would prefer noiseless. I love the sound of my tele bridge pickup (stock 52 reissue) but again I'm open to suggestions.
 
Re: recommendations for clapton strat bridge pickup

the next step up would be the stks6 custom stack, then hotter and middier is the stks9 hot stack. do you use the mid boost? still have the tbx control?
 
Re: recommendations for clapton strat bridge pickup

Thanks for the suggestions. Yep I've got the TBX - I keep it right in the middle. I also don't use the mid-boost that much - once in awhile I use it to fatten up the bridge, but I don't care for it that much on the other positions.
 
Re: recommendations for clapton strat bridge pickup

What are you playing?

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Re: recommendations for clapton strat bridge pickup

I like the SSL-5 or 6 in my Strats but since you want noiseless that's out. For a Clapton with the active circuit a lil 59 in the bridge I think might be really cool. Would be fatter than a normal Strat and you would loose a little of the chime in pos 2 but with the right set up and height should be a nice warm fat and open sounding pickup in one of those guitars! I have used that pickup with a pair of SSL-1's in a Strat a couple times and got solid tones.
 
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