jimijames
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Hello, been a while since I was a regular here, but I do have a question that I'd like the group's opinion on.
I've got a HSS routed Strat that currently has two strabro 90s and a p-rails bridge.
I love the tapped sound of the strabros - best single tone I've ever had. I use the p90 mode sparingly, basically when I need more meat for a lead or when I'm trying to cop more of a Gibson-esque sound. But that's probably 5-10% of my use case vs. using them tapped.
The p-rails bridge I'll use mostly (>95% of the time) split - I've got the 5-way wired to be series/parallel with the tone pot down and rail/p90 with it up. After playing this setup for many years I've realized I'd probably prefer a dedicated single coil with a tap, so that way I can rewire the 5-way to allow for a bridge+middle setting, with maybe a "bridge on" switch to allow for neck + bridge and all 3 pickups.
I play mainly through an 18w Marshall 1974x clone (the "baby will" lite IIB retrofit for the Epiphone valve junior if you're familiar). But I've been looking at ceriatone more and more and I'm thinking hard about their hey what 50w amp for the headroom. Pedalboard is pretty simple, main drives are a Benson fuzz and a barber gain changer.
Probably my favorite pickup of all time is the telecaster Jerry Donahue. I love how articulate and toothy it is, especially on bass notes. Favorite humbucker is between the pearly gates bridge and the A5 59/Custom although I've been thinking about trying it with C8 because the Custom with ceramic is such a good sound too.
With that overly verbose setup out of the way, my question is this - is there a telecaster pickup out there that at least gets close to the JD tapped (realize that part of the sound I like so much is the fixed tele bridge with brass saddles and lack of a middle pickup, so I won't ever get 100% there but that's why I own a tele), but can keep up with the strabro 90s at full output? I'm thinking reverse slant because the humbucker cavity will allow that configuration and the steeper slant will really make the bass notes pop.
The custom shop recommended the bg1400 but I'm worried about the extra mid-range it has compared with the low output side of the strabros. Am I over-thinking it? Are there any options out there that would accomplish what I'm looking for?
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I've got a HSS routed Strat that currently has two strabro 90s and a p-rails bridge.
I love the tapped sound of the strabros - best single tone I've ever had. I use the p90 mode sparingly, basically when I need more meat for a lead or when I'm trying to cop more of a Gibson-esque sound. But that's probably 5-10% of my use case vs. using them tapped.
The p-rails bridge I'll use mostly (>95% of the time) split - I've got the 5-way wired to be series/parallel with the tone pot down and rail/p90 with it up. After playing this setup for many years I've realized I'd probably prefer a dedicated single coil with a tap, so that way I can rewire the 5-way to allow for a bridge+middle setting, with maybe a "bridge on" switch to allow for neck + bridge and all 3 pickups.
I play mainly through an 18w Marshall 1974x clone (the "baby will" lite IIB retrofit for the Epiphone valve junior if you're familiar). But I've been looking at ceriatone more and more and I'm thinking hard about their hey what 50w amp for the headroom. Pedalboard is pretty simple, main drives are a Benson fuzz and a barber gain changer.
Probably my favorite pickup of all time is the telecaster Jerry Donahue. I love how articulate and toothy it is, especially on bass notes. Favorite humbucker is between the pearly gates bridge and the A5 59/Custom although I've been thinking about trying it with C8 because the Custom with ceramic is such a good sound too.
With that overly verbose setup out of the way, my question is this - is there a telecaster pickup out there that at least gets close to the JD tapped (realize that part of the sound I like so much is the fixed tele bridge with brass saddles and lack of a middle pickup, so I won't ever get 100% there but that's why I own a tele), but can keep up with the strabro 90s at full output? I'm thinking reverse slant because the humbucker cavity will allow that configuration and the steeper slant will really make the bass notes pop.
The custom shop recommended the bg1400 but I'm worried about the extra mid-range it has compared with the low output side of the strabros. Am I over-thinking it? Are there any options out there that would accomplish what I'm looking for?
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