Slide pickup recommendation?

[MikeRocker]

I'm in the early stages of designing a guitar to build for my brother, and could use some pickup suggestions. It'll probably be a Strat body, and he wants to use if for slide. All pickup types (Hum, Single, P-90) are a possibility. I'm looking for something that'll be more on the sweet side (George Harrison, Duane Allman), maybe up to a Joe Walsh kind of sound, but not as raunchy as the George Thorogood tone. Anybody have any ideas?
Thank you.

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: Slide pickup recommendation?

Harrison might have used Filtertrons, though I'm not sure about that. Allman used PAF's, so some Antiquities would get you there.

BTW, I think Thoroughgood's rough sound comes from his amp selection.

 

[jeremy]

Re: Slide pickup recommendation?

most of my friends that are big slide players use antiquity buckers in the neck. i use a seth neck and pearly gates bridge and a pearly neck with a phat cat in the bridge. the seth/pg is in a strat scale guitar the other is in a guitar similar to an sg. those are my two main slide guitars (as in if i know im gonna be playing silde i grab one of those two.
a vintage type p90 gets a nice slide tone as well

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: Slide pickup recommendation?

Harrison might have used Filtertrons, though I'm not sure about that. Allman used PAF's, so some Antiquities would get you there.

BTW, I think Thoroughgood's rough sound comes from his amp selection.