Single coil recommendations: HSS Strat with Whole Lotta Humbucker

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I recently converted my SSS Strat (MIM 1994 model) to HSS configuration. The bridge humbucker is a Whole Lotta Humbucker (TB-18), and the neck and middle single coils are Fender Tex Mex. I wired them using the Suhr method, so that the bridge sees 500K values while the singles see 250K. Overall I'm pretty pleased with it, but of course I have this urge to keep tinkering with it...

I'm interested in changing out the Tex Mex pickups for something with a little more "sparkle." They've always been kind of "meh" to me, but I like that their output is reasonably close to the bridge humbucker, so that there is only a minimal jump in volume when I switch to the bridge.

Any recommendations? I'm hoping there are some single coil pickups that have similar output (or maybe just a little more) than the Tex Mexes, but with more of that Stratocaster bell-like tone. I don't really need super-hot single coils anyway, since the Whole Lotta Humbucker is not a particularly hot pickup to begin with, and I'm trying to keep the output levels between the pickups reasonably close. Plus I understand that the hotter single coils get, the less Strat-like they sound.

Thanks. :cool:
 
Re: Single coil recommendations: HSS Strat with Whole Lotta Humbucker

If you go to the Duncan strat page then select true single coil and vintage output and choose at random, you literally can't go wrong. If you want max sparkle, try the surfer. If you don't want to spend that much, try the vintage.
 
Re: Single coil recommendations: HSS Strat with Whole Lotta Humbucker

I'd more likely go with a Stack, so everything is hum cancelling. The Classic Stack Plus is a great pickup that sounds, well, like a Classic Strat, but it is quiet and mixes well with humbuckers.
 
Re: Single coil recommendations: HSS Strat with Whole Lotta Humbucker

Ssl-1 or Alnico 2 pro single

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Re: Single coil recommendations: HSS Strat with Whole Lotta Humbucker

Thanks guys, there are definitely some good recommendations here that I hadn't considered.
 
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