Jafet_Moon
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Hello! Recently I decided to change the pickups of a strat (an american special one) but there are a lot of pickups! I'm searching good and warm distortion, without a lot of noise, but preserving the "quak" and "stratty" clear tones. And a neck pickup with good distortion at high volumes (like used in min 1:40 to 2:10 in this video https://youtu.be/K9O6VqNcZ94).
In my searching i found some configurations:
Bridge: Hot Rails
Middle: Vintage Rails (neck version)
Neck: Cool Rails
Bridge: Hot Rails
Middle: YJM Fury
Neck: Classic Stack Plus (STK-S4)
I decided to go straight with hot rails because they are hot enough for me (maybe a little bit hotter than i wanted but it doesn't matter). But now the problem are the middle and neck pickup.
Initially i was convinced with Cool rails but I saw that they are too warm and not preserve that "quack" too much. But the STK-S4 does, they preserve it. The problem is the middle pickup YJM, seems to me too powerfull, could the YJM Fury overpower the 4th position (STK-S4 + Fury)?
Another option i tought was STK-S7 in neck position, or split the cool rails in neck. But i have some questions. Do the Cool Rails (and split cool rails) do the job? Differences between STK-s4 and S7 or YJM Fury for the middle and neck positions?
I saw a lot of threads that recommend YJM Fury in neck but personally i found that they are too loud and crispy and i want some warmer.
Ill appreciate any help
(sorry for my english)
In my searching i found some configurations:
Bridge: Hot Rails
Middle: Vintage Rails (neck version)
Neck: Cool Rails
Bridge: Hot Rails
Middle: YJM Fury
Neck: Classic Stack Plus (STK-S4)
I decided to go straight with hot rails because they are hot enough for me (maybe a little bit hotter than i wanted but it doesn't matter). But now the problem are the middle and neck pickup.
Initially i was convinced with Cool rails but I saw that they are too warm and not preserve that "quack" too much. But the STK-S4 does, they preserve it. The problem is the middle pickup YJM, seems to me too powerfull, could the YJM Fury overpower the 4th position (STK-S4 + Fury)?
Another option i tought was STK-S7 in neck position, or split the cool rails in neck. But i have some questions. Do the Cool Rails (and split cool rails) do the job? Differences between STK-s4 and S7 or YJM Fury for the middle and neck positions?
I saw a lot of threads that recommend YJM Fury in neck but personally i found that they are too loud and crispy and i want some warmer.
Ill appreciate any help
(sorry for my english)
