SH Strat

[PaulPlayer]

hey,

I have a 2016 MiM Strat with Rosewood Fingerboard and I am thinking about giving it a SH setup (like you'd find on a tele).
Any recommendations for Pickups? (warm nice blues tone for the neck, classic strat sound for the bridge and preferably a classic look).
I haven't found many people doing this but I think that this would be a great combination.

Thoughts? Recommendations? Tips? Ideas?

 

[Mincer]

Re: SH Strat

Welcome to the forum!

I would dig a Seth Lover for the neck, and to keep the Strat quiet, an STK-S4 for the bridge.

 

[gregory]

Re: SH Strat

You'll probably need a humbucker with short legs.

If going with a Classic Stack Plus I'd at least get the -S4B version to keep it less brittle. 250k volume and tones with the -S4B and the Seth.

The DiMarzio Injector Neck makes and excellent bridge pickup that will keep up better with an HB in the neck than the S4.

For the neck I'd also look into the Pearly Gates or a DiMarzio Bluesbucker if you also want to split.

500k/22nF tone for the Injector Neck in the bridge, 250k volume and 500k tone and try a low value cap (~1n) for the neck and you should be good to go.

A DiMarzio Air Classic Neck with an A2 magnet and 22nF on the tone would also be an excellent choice. It's hotter wind with a magnet swap will make it warm and the air tech reduces the output in order for the hotter wind to work better with the single in the bridge. That and the Injector Neck in the bridge will give you excellent sustain.

On the same token, you could try a bridge model Pearly Gates in the neck with a half-air mod. The Pearly Gates Bridge will definitely split better than any A2 PAF-style Duncan neck pickup.

 

[Silence Kid]

Re: SH Strat

I've never had to use a short legged bucket on a Strat; shorter screws are key to getting long legs to work.

 

[STLMTLHD79]

Re: SH Strat

on a MIM strat, you will need to rout the neck pup area some. its enlarged but not big enough for a full size humbucker. I bet a mini-humbucker would fit there perfectly.

 

[gregory]

Re: SH Strat

I've never had to use a short legged bucket on a Strat; shorter screws are key to getting long legs to work.

How low can you drop the neck? If PaulPlayer wants a PAF in the neck to play nice with a vintage output single in the bridge that will have to happen.

 

[JB_From_Hell]

Re: SH Strat

Maybe start simple, '59 neck, SSL-6 bridge.

 

[gregory]

Re: SH Strat

SSL-6 or STK-S6 are good choices. They don't do vintage quack with a vintage middle, but there is no middle; otherwise they are pretty Stratty, just beefier and a smidge darker/less glassy.

For the neck I'd still go with a Seth, PG or APH-1.

 

[Silence Kid]

Re: SH Strat

How low can you drop the neck? If PaulPlayer wants a PAF in the neck to play nice with a vintage output single in the bridge that will have to happen.

Good point.

 

[Teleplayer]

Re: SH Strat

For warm blues tone, I'd recommend an APH-1n.
Definitely add a coil split switch for the aph-1 as it will combine well with strat pickups when split, and souds great.

For the APH-1, you will need a 500k volume, 500k neck tone. Depending on the bridge pickup you choose it could require a 510k load resistor to be wired across the brige pickup.