What pups do you use in your Strat?
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Guitar Toad
Toadily Stratologist
Re: What pups do you use in your Strat?
What do you think of those Surfers?Stratcat said:
Re: What pups do you use in your Strat?
my buddy's got a cheap peice of crap strat (the ones that are 150 bucks brand new) and he put in one of those dimarzio yngwie malmsteen pickups in the bridge.... lol
it actually sounds awesome tho, it almost makes me want to touch a strat... but im a metal head, i hate single coils with a passion .. cmon
my buddy's got a cheap peice of crap strat (the ones that are 150 bucks brand new) and he put in one of those dimarzio yngwie malmsteen pickups in the bridge.... lol
it actually sounds awesome tho, it almost makes me want to touch a strat... but im a metal head, i hate single coils with a passion .. cmon
Guitar Toad
Toadily Stratologist
Re: What pups do you use in your Strat?
There's no reason to be afaid of a strat. It won't hurt you.
I knew that strats existed back when I was a metal guy. But, they weren't even under consideration for consideration. I had no use for them.
But, now that I've had one for a few months. I like it. Unless it has higher output SC sized HB's in it, it'll be no good for metal but I think the strat would grow on you...I you gave it a chance. The strat was good enough for Jimi. Put some JB jr's in and you can do Iron Maiden.
TRy a strat, it'll put your artistic mettle to the test.
Gugnir said:my buddy's got a cheap peice of crap strat (the ones that are 150 bucks brand new) and he put in one of those dimarzio yngwie malmsteen pickups in the bridge.... lol
it actually sounds awesome tho, it almost makes me want to touch a strat... but im a metal head, i hate single coils with a passion .. cmon
There's no reason to be afaid of a strat. It won't hurt you.
I knew that strats existed back when I was a metal guy. But, they weren't even under consideration for consideration. I had no use for them.
But, now that I've had one for a few months. I like it. Unless it has higher output SC sized HB's in it, it'll be no good for metal but I think the strat would grow on you...I you gave it a chance. The strat was good enough for Jimi. Put some JB jr's in and you can do Iron Maiden.
TRy a strat, it'll put your artistic mettle to the test.
music_man_chad
New member
Re: What pups do you use in your Strat?
I just installed a JB-jr in the bridge, a Duckbucker in the mid, and a Li'l '59 in the neck of my American Strat...WOW, what a sound!
I just installed a JB-jr in the bridge, a Duckbucker in the mid, and a Li'l '59 in the neck of my American Strat...WOW, what a sound!
Kommerzbassist
Thunderbirdologist
Re: What pups do you use in your Strat?
Actually, you'd put Hot Rails in too...
I just ordered two Antiquity Texas Hots and a '59 for my Strat.
Guitar Toad said:
Actually, you'd put Hot Rails in too...
I just ordered two Antiquity Texas Hots and a '59 for my Strat.
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Kommerzbassist
Thunderbirdologist
Re: What pups do you use in your Strat?
Yeah... I wanted to say you'd also put the HRs in...
I think it's HR Neck, JBjr Bridge...
Yeah... I wanted to say you'd also put the HRs in...
I think it's HR Neck, JBjr Bridge...
Simon_F
Super Moderator
Re: What pups do you use in your Strat?
Don't tell anyone, but I'm going all DiMarzio in my Strat. I have an FS-1 in the bridge that I love, and I just got an as-new Blue Velvet on ebay that's going in the neck. Looking out for another bargain Blue Velvet for the middle.
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Don't tell anyone, but I'm going all DiMarzio in my Strat. I have an FS-1 in the bridge that I love, and I just got an as-new Blue Velvet on ebay that's going in the neck. Looking out for another bargain Blue Velvet for the middle.
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Artie
Peaveyologist
Re: What pups do you use in your Strat?
On a quick side note: One of these days I'll have a genuine MIA Fender Strat. That guitar will get the setup that Lew talks about in the "Ultimate Strat" thread. (Surfers and whatever the bridge du jour is.)
My Strat-o-clone is in transition, but I'm pretty happy with its current setup:
Cool Rails bridge
SSL-6 (tapped) middle
Lil 59 neck
I can get a nice jazzy/bluesy tone out of the neck, a twangy, yet smooth tone out of the CR, and the SSL-6 combines beautifully with either notch position to get classic Strat. Tapped and untapped are two different sounds, providing a pretty versatile axe.
I have the first three postions of the 5-way wired as a 3-way, so I can get:
neck
neck and bridge
bridge
Then I use an on-off-on DPDT switch to add in the SSL-6, tapped or not, at any time.
On a quick side note: One of these days I'll have a genuine MIA Fender Strat. That guitar will get the setup that Lew talks about in the "Ultimate Strat" thread. (Surfers and whatever the bridge du jour is.)
My Strat-o-clone is in transition, but I'm pretty happy with its current setup:
Cool Rails bridge
SSL-6 (tapped) middle
Lil 59 neck
I can get a nice jazzy/bluesy tone out of the neck, a twangy, yet smooth tone out of the CR, and the SSL-6 combines beautifully with either notch position to get classic Strat. Tapped and untapped are two different sounds, providing a pretty versatile axe.
I have the first three postions of the 5-way wired as a 3-way, so I can get:
neck
neck and bridge
bridge
Then I use an on-off-on DPDT switch to add in the SSL-6, tapped or not, at any time.
STRATDELUXER97
Stratoblaster Tone Meister
Re: What pups do you use in your Strat?
I own about 6 strats so off of memory..
Surfers
Texas Hots
Twangbanger
APS2s
SSL1s
Fender Fat 50s
Fralin SP43
Fullsized Scremon Demon
PGB/Custom Hybrid
I own about 6 strats so off of memory..
Surfers
Texas Hots
Twangbanger
APS2s
SSL1s
Fender Fat 50s
Fralin SP43
Fullsized Scremon Demon
PGB/Custom Hybrid
Re: What pups do you use in your Strat?
:grumble: :argue: :chairfallSimon_F said:Don't tell anyone, but I'm going all DiMarzio in my Strat. I have an FS-1 in the bridge that I love, and I just got an as-new Blue Velvet on ebay that's going in the neck. Looking out for another bargain Blue Velvet for the middle.
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Luke Duke
PRSlustologist
Re: What pups do you use in your Strat?
I have APS1's in the neck and middle, and an APS2 in the bridge.
For the metal guys who think a strat won't cut it, Singles are different, but with the right ones you can get some very unholy tones. My APS' do best with heavy OD/Dist. The bridge could use a few more winds...kinda like a twangbanger. Woah a twangbanger for metal.....how unholy! :headbang:
Luke
I have APS1's in the neck and middle, and an APS2 in the bridge.
For the metal guys who think a strat won't cut it, Singles are different, but with the right ones you can get some very unholy tones. My APS' do best with heavy OD/Dist. The bridge could use a few more winds...kinda like a twangbanger. Woah a twangbanger for metal.....how unholy! :headbang:
Luke
Apprentice
New member
Re: What pups do you use in your Strat?
I have a MIM Strat equipped with Hot Rails Bridge and Neck; the middle is disconnected. It's pretty :saeek: and super slick to play.
I have a MIM Strat equipped with Hot Rails Bridge and Neck; the middle is disconnected. It's pretty :saeek: and super slick to play.
Woodcutter
New member
Re: What pups do you use in your Strat?
If you want to play metal on a strat I'd get a fat strat so you have a full sive humbucker. In my fat strat I use CR neck, fender custom shop texas special mid, and JB in the bridge. My five way selector switch is wired:
1 position: mid
2 position: mid and neck
3 position: neck
4 position: neck and bridge
5 position: bridge
I also added push pull pots to split the CR and JB. It sounds awsome. I also installed the fender out of phase with the CR.
If you want to play metal on a strat I'd get a fat strat so you have a full sive humbucker. In my fat strat I use CR neck, fender custom shop texas special mid, and JB in the bridge. My five way selector switch is wired:
1 position: mid
2 position: mid and neck
3 position: neck
4 position: neck and bridge
5 position: bridge
I also added push pull pots to split the CR and JB. It sounds awsome. I also installed the fender out of phase with the CR.
