The most quack from a strat pickup :-)

[fenderiarhs]

Well, i already think that one of the quackiest strat pickups are fender CS69 which i already have installed in some of my strats.

I'm planning to build one more strat so i would like to hear some more pickup suggestions with a high quack factor......SSL1??? Fender CS54???????

 

[BNSFJoe]

Re: The most quack from a strat pickup

I've been through quite a few singles lately.

57/62's - very neutral sounding.
CS 54's - simialr to the 57/62's but a bit more woody sounding.
GFS Texas Premiums - very good but quack isn't their specialty.

My first choice would be the CS 69's, but you have that covered.
The SSL-1's, to me, sound very, very similar to the 69's and they quack great as well. I'd try those first.

 

[bungalowbill]

Re: The most quack from a strat pickup

Any A5 vintage output pup will work. SSL-1, Surfer...Fender 57/62, Fat 50's, Fralins


I had Zhangligun wind me a lower output middle pup (5.9 K IIRC) and it quacks like daffy duck when mixed with the bridge.

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: The most quack from a strat pickup

The quakiest for me are the SA set with the SPC control turned up just a touch (like at 2-3 on the knob).

 

[Zhangliqun]

Re: The most quack from a strat pickup

There isn't "a" Strat pu that would do it. It takes two. To my mind, the best #2 and #4 tone comes from an underwound middle.

 

[fenderiarhs]

Re: The most quack from a strat pickup

I've used various pickups in the past and i don't remember the 57/62 being as quacky......same about the emg dg20 system.....The fender cs54 will be any better?

What about Fralin vintage hots?

 

[jerryjg]

Re: The most quack from a strat pickup

Well, i already think that one of the quackiest strat pickups are fender CS69 which i already have installed in some of my strats.

I'm planning to build one more strat so i would like to hear some more pickup suggestions with a high quack factor......SSL1??? Fender CS54???????

:duck::duck::duck::duck::duck::duck::duck::duck::duck::duck:
CS69.DiMarzio HS2(..what..a duck??..yeah..the HS-2; SOB quacks like a Chiropracter.)

 

[Dave]

Re: The most quack from a strat pickup

In the same vein as an underwound mid pup, you can "tweak" your own set by lowering the mid pup height just a bit, and that can bring out some quack. I've done it with modest results, but most effectively in the 2nd pos. (bridge/mid).

As said before, a vintage alnico 5 mag is the classic ticket!

 

[Yngwiestein]

Re: The most quack from a strat pickup

There isn't "a" Strat pu that would do it. It takes two. To my mind, the best #2 and #4 tone comes from an underwound middle.

+1 That and the amp. Turn up your mids and get more quack.

 

[Zhangliqun]

Re: The most quack from a strat pickup

In the same vein as an underwound mid pup, you can "tweak" your own set by lowering the mid pup height just a bit, and that can bring out some quack. I've done it with modest results, but most effectively in the 2nd pos. (bridge/mid).

As said before, a vintage alnico 5 mag is the classic ticket!

Lowering does help quite a bit. I like to combine the two, sub-6k + set well below neck and bridge level.

 

[Sanford]

Re: The most quack from a strat pickup

I like the 2 + 4 positions quite a bit on my strat, but I don't go for that cellophane type sound. Instead I use bridge/middle as sort of a "poor-man's woman tone" and the neck/middle as a mellower, almost jazz box sound. I tend to roll the middle pickup's tone knob down a bit in those combos. When I use the middle alone I put the tone knob back up for more of a jangly sound.

The Strat I have is a MIJ Fender from around '96/'97 and when I took the pickguard off once the pickups all had a "Fender Custom Shop" logo with a blue dot on the neck pickup and a red dot on the bridge pickup. I don't know which models they are, but there you have it.