Re: Strat pickups
If you believe in noise free single coils then maybe Santa or the Tooth Fairy will bring you some? Only if your very good though??? Try some Lace pickups if the 60 cycle hum bothers you that much, they are about the closest thing to a TRUE noiseless S.C. I can think of & they have a pretty unique design? The rest of the "Noiseless pickups" are in realty S.C. sized humbuckers or they use a dummy coil to quell the 60 C hum but that basically makes them humbuckers as well? I'm kind of a purest when it comes to Strat's, Tele's, & all single coil pickups really? I have one of my Stratocasters with a JB-jr in the bridge & another with a Lil 59 neck pickup in the bridge, sounds much better than the bridge model I.M.H.O. but that's another story for another forum, As far as the rest of my S.C. guitars I just use REAL good single coils & if I want to cancel hum I've got positions 2 & 4 for that. If it's the late 60's early 70's Clapton/Hendrix Strat sound that you want you should stick with true singles & perhaps a noise gate if it still bothers you? Also, the Phat Cat is a awesome S.C. that is quite quiet compared to most p-90's but you'll end up with a guitar that looks like it has covered humbuckers in it but the sound will be all there & they will be dead quiet when you use both pups together as the neck is R.W.R.P. in respect to the bridge.
