What pickups for HSS guitar ?? 80s 90s Glam / Hard rock / Blues sound ***

[narcsoul]

Hello!

I think its time to upgrade an old custom hss guitar ( with no name pickups... too "thin" for me ) with a pickup set in order to achieve an 80s 90s hard rock / fusion sound. I was about to put also in bridge and neck ... the SD 59' and as for the middle... i dont know... because to be honest i dont use it at all!

First i would like your opinion about 59' for neck and (also) bridge... but i would like to suggest me and other choices !

Thanx in advance

 

[Aceman]

JB bridge

Honestly, the other two positions don't matter, but....

Lets go with a cool rails middle and a L'il 59 neck.


JB/Cool Rails/Lil 59


that will do everything you need.

 

[narcsoul]

JB bridge

Honestly, the other two positions don't matter, but....

Lets go with a cool rails middle and a L'il 59 neck.


JB/Cool Rails/Lil 59


that will do everything you need.

is it possible to put cover in these pickups ??

 

[Mincer]

is it possible to put cover in these pickups ??

Nope. Love them as they are. If you want a classic look (and classic single coil sound, look at the Classic Stack STK-S4.

 

[GuitarStv]

I say JB or Tone Zone bridge and a pair of SSL-6s neck + mid (or STK-S7 if you want noiseless singles). This will give you hot single coils with more mids than vintage ones, but that still sound like single coils . . . with a beefy 80s sounding bridge.

FWIW - if you want a '59 in the neck, can you route for a full sized bucker? The bigger '59 just sounds better than the little '59 in low and medium gain applications. The little one is muddier - they're about the same in very high gain stuff though.

 

[narcsoul]

what about Lace Pickups Deluxe Plus Set.. ?

 

[Benjy_26]

what about Lace Pickups Deluxe Plus Set.. ?

Lace sensors are cool, but they have a very distinct, almost rubbery attack. That's not a bad thing, but you have to WANT that sound/feel.

 

[ErikH]

Classic Stack Plus in the neck/middle, humbucker of choice in the bridge; Custom Custom, JB, Perpetual Burn, Custom, Screamin' Demon, whatever.

 

[narcsoul]

How many frets does your guitar have?
What type of neck joint?

24 frets ... fender strat joint

 

[Mincer]

Neck pickups sometimes sound markedly different in 24-fret guitars vs 21- or 22-fret models, due to where that pickup can be placed. Neck joints can sometimes impact the sound as well.

Yeah, way different. It depends what you want out of a neck pickup.

 

[devastone]

I would probably go Custom or Custom Custom depending on the guitar in the bridge, then probably Cool Rails in the neck and middle, I don't like the polepieces on the lil' pickups. The CR is very similar, maybe a little cleaner than the lil' 59. I like the JB, it's just not super versatile.

Or, if you want DMZ, Norton bridge, Fast Track 1 middle, and Chopper neck. I currently have that in one of mine.

Or, if I'm misunderstanding you and you don't like the rails and want dual rows of polepieces, put a lil' 59 in the neck and middle. Or, if you want the real single coil look, go with Mincer's suggestion of the classic stacks.

 

[jeremy]

jb bridge for the glam and hard rock stuff seems like an easy choice. what kinda blues are you talking about? single coil or humbucker tone? three knob setup or mv.mt?

 

[narcsoul]

jb bridge for the glam and hard rock stuff seems like an easy choice. what kinda blues are you talking about? single coil or humbucker tone? three knob setup or mv.mt?

3 knobs setup and a single coil splitter for bridge ........as for the blues sound.... lets say " gary moore" sound

 

[mIgaMiGA]

Guys, recommend one of the beauties

 

[Mincer]

Guys, recommend one of the beauties

Odd first post. Please explain.

 

[jeremy]

3 knobs setup and a single coil splitter for bridge ........as for the blues sound.... lets say " gary moore" sound

lil 59 or red devil neck, vintage hot stack middle, jb bridge

 

[narcsoul]

what about dimarzio crunch lab for bridge and dimarzio cruizer for neck ??

 

[treyhaislip]

JB bridge plus 2 Hotrails–totally nails what you are looking for, IMO.

 

[jeremy]

that would be a good setup for sure. i dont love the hr in the middle though so id go stks6

 

[ErikH]

JB bridge plus 2 Hotrails–totally nails what you are looking for, IMO.

That's the exact same config the Fender Iron Maiden Strat came with. The one that was MIC, black, mirror guard, maple fingerboard, chrome Floyd Rose. I had one. Man, I miss that guitar. Another one that I should've kept.