STRATDELUXER97
Stratoblaster Tone Meister
Lew as usual was dead on again... :laugh2:
Just finished putting another Texas Hot in the bridge of one of my Highway 1 alder bodied/maple neck strats with a Surfer in the middle and neck...This is a great setup and here's why...
The neck and middle Surfer pickups give me the brighter,chimier tones I Like from their respsective positions....The mids are perfect in those spots with the A5 magnets...These 2 positions also seem to slightly tighten things up,especially in the needed neck position...The Surfers in the neck and middle are my favorites...
The Texas Hot in the bridge position is the ultimate marriage for me in bridge position strat tone...This pickup always pleases me right away...The A2 gives the strat more mids,still plenty of chime and highend,but not as "planky" or present as a Surfer bridge..I Like the way the A2 poles help bring out what some strats lack in the bridge position,and that's a bit more mids and more overall lows without taking any of the needed note articulation away...
The 4th position is great also(Bridge/Middle) in that there's some extra mids or lower mids mixed in that beefs the 4th spot up a tad...Still very "Sultan's of Swingish" tone there,but there's some extra girth in the mids..
This Texas Hot in the bridge is also great with gain in that it seems to smooth out,isn't ice picky and I always love how smooth this pickup responds just by slightly knocking the tone control back...I've loved these Texas Hots from day one,but now I have a wonderful mix of Surfers and Texas Hots to color my tone with...
I Pulled a Twangbanger out and put the Texas Hot in it's place....I Love the Twangbanger alot,but it's just not a true sounding vintage strat bridge pickup and the 4th position tones,though good,aren't great...The Texas Hot always fullfills what I like about the "correct" sounding strat bridge pickup...
Special thanks to my buddy Lew....This guy always manages to steer me in the right direction and always gives me great prices on my pickup and guitar needs....Thanks to Lew and everyone else that tipped me to try this combination and helped me install them correctly on the first shot at it..
This particular strat is going to get the most play...After that,my red American Deluxe that has a full set of Texas Hots is a tie with this strat...If something sounds that good to me right away,I Know I've got the right pickups in there.....WeeeeeeeHoooo...... :dance:
Just finished putting another Texas Hot in the bridge of one of my Highway 1 alder bodied/maple neck strats with a Surfer in the middle and neck...This is a great setup and here's why...
The neck and middle Surfer pickups give me the brighter,chimier tones I Like from their respsective positions....The mids are perfect in those spots with the A5 magnets...These 2 positions also seem to slightly tighten things up,especially in the needed neck position...The Surfers in the neck and middle are my favorites...
The Texas Hot in the bridge position is the ultimate marriage for me in bridge position strat tone...This pickup always pleases me right away...The A2 gives the strat more mids,still plenty of chime and highend,but not as "planky" or present as a Surfer bridge..I Like the way the A2 poles help bring out what some strats lack in the bridge position,and that's a bit more mids and more overall lows without taking any of the needed note articulation away...
The 4th position is great also(Bridge/Middle) in that there's some extra mids or lower mids mixed in that beefs the 4th spot up a tad...Still very "Sultan's of Swingish" tone there,but there's some extra girth in the mids..
This Texas Hot in the bridge is also great with gain in that it seems to smooth out,isn't ice picky and I always love how smooth this pickup responds just by slightly knocking the tone control back...I've loved these Texas Hots from day one,but now I have a wonderful mix of Surfers and Texas Hots to color my tone with...
I Pulled a Twangbanger out and put the Texas Hot in it's place....I Love the Twangbanger alot,but it's just not a true sounding vintage strat bridge pickup and the 4th position tones,though good,aren't great...The Texas Hot always fullfills what I like about the "correct" sounding strat bridge pickup...
Special thanks to my buddy Lew....This guy always manages to steer me in the right direction and always gives me great prices on my pickup and guitar needs....Thanks to Lew and everyone else that tipped me to try this combination and helped me install them correctly on the first shot at it..
This particular strat is going to get the most play...After that,my red American Deluxe that has a full set of Texas Hots is a tie with this strat...If something sounds that good to me right away,I Know I've got the right pickups in there.....WeeeeeeeHoooo...... :dance:
