So I got a Squier Bullet HS Tele...

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MauricioAbbadie

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Hey everyone! Just logged into the Seymour Duncan forum and would like to ask for advice on something.

So I have this Squier Bullet HS Telecaster I bought a couple weeks ago and 1. The guitar is extremely lightweight, 2. It is a dream to play for my slow, dumb hands. I want to turn it into a mod platform for songwriting and gigging. I put it apart as I was changing the strings and saw that it is routed for a humbucker in the neck. Here are a couple pics.

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So my question is. Hardware aside (looking into Hipshot/Graphtech/Fender locking tuners, nut and bridge) I am wondering on what to do pickup wise. I want tones that are aggressive enough for modern metal/djent, but still clear and beefy enough on the cleans. If I go with humbuckers, which set would you recommend for a basswood guitar? The Alpha/Omega or the Pegasus/Sentient?

If I go for the HS route, which neck single-coil pickup could I use to compliment the tones of the Omega or Pegasus? Also would like to know if a 4-way switch is a good idea for this configuration or just get a coil-tappable tone. Thanks in advance and happy to be here!
 
Re: So I got a Squier Bullet HS Tele...

Somebody on this forum has a PGn for sale in the Trading Post.
I would do that with whatever Tele bridge you can find here

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I assume you mean "Coil-split" not "Coil-tap". You need a specially wound and wired pickup to do coil-tap, but any humbucker can be "split" depending on how it's wired.

The bridge is also routed for humbucker?

If so...

Bridge: StagMag
Neck: 1) Screamin Demon, 2) Jazz, or even 3) Pearly Gates

I would use an Oak Grigsby 4-way 2-pole Lever Switch which will allow you to get both pups in series with each other, in addition to the usual bridge/b+n/neck. And I'd use a 500k push/pull pot for the tone control to split both pups. This will give you 8 very distinct tones from single coil Tele-ish bridge tones to monstrous heavy tones and everything in between, including some nice clear acoustic-ish tones.
 
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+1 on the Pearly Gates. Bridge you can get a typical tele pickup, maybe an Alnico II, a stack like the Hot Stack or Classic Stack, or a humbucker like the hotrails. Just depends on the genre
 
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I say route it all!

But even a Sentient in the neck would be a good idea for that music. If the bridge is a standard Tele, go for a Hot Rails.
 
Re: So I got a Squier Bullet HS Tele...

Yeah you could route it all, but I feel like just putting a hot rails in is far easier, and that's a great pickup.
 
Re: So I got a Squier Bullet HS Tele...

I think we can safely assume that his guitar is routed HH. He said his guitar was HS to begin with (the photo clearly shows a single in the neck position, therefore the bridge must be the humbucker), and he was surprised to find that under the neck pup it was routed for a humbucker.

So no further routing would be required, just an HH pickguard.
 
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He’s asking for modern metal/djent tones. Scooped PAFs aren’t the way to go.

You need something with tight bass, slightly boosted mids, and moderate output.
 
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Wow! Didn't expect so many replies to my first posts. I appreciate your contributions.

To clarify, yes. The guitar is routed for humbuckers both in the bridge and neck positions. So my choice is whether to keep the HS configuration or go full humbucker. This may take some time, though since I'm barely beginning to figure out a bit more about modding and don't have a huge budget to begin with.
 
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GuitarDoc said:
I assume you mean "Coil-split" not "Coil-tap". You need a specially wound and wired pickup to do coil-tap, but any humbucker can be "split" depending on how it's wired.

The bridge is also routed for humbucker?

If so...

Bridge: StagMag
Neck: 1) Screamin Demon, 2) Jazz, or even 3) Pearly Gates

I would use an Oak Grigsby 4-way 2-pole Lever Switch which will allow you to get both pups in series with each other, in addition to the usual bridge/b+n/neck. And I'd use a 500k push/pull pot for the tone control to split both pups. This will give you 8 very distinct tones from single coil Tele-ish bridge tones to monstrous heavy tones and everything in between, including some nice clear acoustic-ish tones.
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Where can I find those Oak Grigsby switches and how much do they cost? That might be an interesting way to go due to both pups together in series. Wonder how THAT's going to sound like! I was definitely going for the coil-SPLITable tone knob, but then again, do you know if I can find a way to instead make the tone knob being only active when pulling up on the knob? I still have no real clue on what to do in that regard, but those are some great points! Thanks!
 
Re: So I got a Squier Bullet HS Tele...

SD for life ( ;-)), but do yourself a favor, listen to JB and give the Imperiums a good hard look and listen! Not that I"ve played it áll, but thus fsr nothing came close to the Imperiums when it comes to modern metal. At least to my ears.
 
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MauricioAbbadie said:
Wow! Didn't expect so many replies to my first posts. I appreciate your contributions.

To clarify, yes. The guitar is routed for humbuckers both in the bridge and neck positions. So my choice is whether to keep the HS configuration or go full humbucker. This may take some time, though since I'm barely beginning to figure out a bit more about modding and don't have a huge budget to begin with.
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Mincer said:
I'd throw a Pegasus/Sentient set in there and get on to playin'. You can slowly upgrade the other parts over time.
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And there we go...
 
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nexion218 said:
SD for life ( ;-)), but do yourself a favor, listen to JB and give the Imperiums a good hard look and listen! Not that I"ve played it áll, but thus fsr nothing came close to the Imperiums when it comes to modern metal. At least to my ears.
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I'm trying my best to avoid active pickups since the guitar's body is not too thick (and again, very lightweight already being basswood), and the JB sounds like an interesting choice overall. I guess I should be a little more specific in terms of the tone I want to get out of the guitar with new pickups.

For starters, I'm trying to achieve full chord definition without it sounding muddy through high gain (which I know it doesn't only depend on the pickups) and try to get a tight, aggressive sound while distorted as well as clean tones that are full sounding and clear as day without the harshness of high frequencies. Since I'm still not playing through a pedalboard (amp sim guy here, don't judge me for it) I require enough clarity for recording.
 
Re: So I got a Squier Bullet HS Tele...

Someone had a Perpetual Burn for sale in the Trading Post. I'd check and see if it's still there.

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