Single coil + SD A2P Humbucker ?

[SirJackdeFuzz II]

I have an Epi SL (very thin LP style twin single coil guitar)

I want to replace the neck single coil with a full size A2P humbucker.
I want to keep the bridge as a (strat) style single coil unit.
What Strat pick up will have a 50'ish vintage tone, but will not be over powered by an 8.5ko full size neck humbucker, when i play in the middle pos ?

Thanks to all.

 

[jeremy]

the short answer is none. a full size bucker in the neck will over power a vintage strat pup. shared pots too right? planning on 500k to get the best tone from the aph1 or 250k to keep the single coil from sounding shrill? if it was me and i was going to put an aph1 in the neck, id keep 500k pots and put a ssl6 or stks6 if you wanted noise cancelling. it isnt going to sound like a 50s strat pup. but that guitar aint gonna sound that way no matter what ya do. the aph1/ssl6 combo with 500k pots would match outputs fairly well once adjusted and give me good tones in all three positions

 

[SirJackdeFuzz II]

Thank you very much Jeremy

I was really hoping that ether the Antiquity Texas Hot, or the Antiquity II Surfer would be able to pull of the job.

 

[Synapsys]

On my ESP LTD TE-212 my main concern was matching output. So, I went with different outlooks for each position, ending with a STK-T2b (Hot Lead Stack) and an APH-1n (Alnico II Pro), a Les Paul three-way position switch, and individual switches for each pickup for Series / Parallel / Split wiring. Some magic on the pots, allowing to select between 500k or 250k, depending whether in series or split, to try and catch some classic tones.

The Hot Lead Stack still gives a Tele character, although a modern one. No hum, handles high gain very well. A2Pro is a dream on the neck, liquid solos just pour out, and parallel and split gives very usable tones, mainly in clean/ breakup. No volume mismatch between pups.

 

[jeremy]

you could try the custom bridge models of the antiquity line but that 9k isnt #42 wire so its not as hot as you think. a 6.5k surfer in the bridge will not keep up with an aph1 in the neck and for my tastes, the custom bridge models wouldnt either.

 

[Adieu]

Relative power isn't the potential problem, position is

Maybe do it the other way? PAF wind bucker in bridge, single coil in neck? Just about anything on the market will balance easily then

If not... you gonna need a very hot single.

 

[jeremy]

i agree that switching the bucker to the bridge and the single to the neck would balance much easier but thats also totally different tonally. im assuming there is a reason he wants a bucker in the neck

 

[Teleplayer]

There are plenty of aftermarket strat size humbuckers that may be better for your application. You could try a coolrails bridge, or even the neck coolrails placed in the bridge slot. Otherwise one of the Duncan Stack plus series will have more output than conventional single coils.

 

[SirJackdeFuzz II]

On my ESP LTD TE-212 my main concern was matching output. So, I went with different outlooks for each position, ending with a STK-T2b (Hot Lead Stack) and an APH-1n (Alnico II Pro), a Les Paul three-way position switch, and individual switches for each pickup for Series / Parallel / Split wiring. Some magic on the pots, allowing to select between 500k or 250k, depending whether in series or split, to try and catch some classic tones.

The Hot Lead Stack still gives a Tele character, although a modern one. No hum, handles high gain very well. A2Pro is a dream on the neck, liquid solos just pour out, and parallel and split gives very usable tones, mainly in clean/ breakup. No volume mismatch between pups.

Thank you very much !

Good Looking Tele you have there

 

[SirJackdeFuzz II]

i agree that switching the bucker to the bridge and the single to the neck would balance much easier but thats also totally different tonally. im assuming there is a reason he wants a bucker in the neck

YES . . . predominantly for the middle pos.

The bright'ish (traditional Start) tone combined with a warm fat neck position.

 

[Matt_Herman]

Zhangbucker has the Telebucker line, full-size neck HBs that are designed to match bridge singles. I personally like them a lot, and have bought a few.

http://www.zhangbucker.com/telebucker-5---super-telebucker.html


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[SirJackdeFuzz II]

Zhangbucker has the Telebucker line, full-size neck HBs that are designed to match bridge singles. I personally like them a lot, and have bought a few.

http://www.zhangbucker.com/telebucker-5---super-telebucker.html


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Thanks . . . looking into it right now !