Bridge Humbucker on a Strat?

siraxeman

but if you slap 500k pots in then you will end up making the single coils harsh(er).

poopot

Before you swop out the pickup, google “Dan Armstrong strat wiring”...

its a blend circuit and easily reversible... psudo humbucker, could get you where you want without changing pups.

Philly_Q

siraxeman said:

but if you slap 500k pots in then you will end up making the single coils harsh(er).

I was thinking of a swanky Suhr wiring scheme where you add a resistor (or two?) to the circuit, so the humbucker "sees" a 500k pot but the single-coils "see" 250k.

Bennyboy-UK

https://www.riograndepickups.com/tallboy-2

Try one of these - their whole thing is Humbuckers that don't compromise on single coil tones when split. 

I've got one, but haven't used it yet - I got it as part of a plan for an HSS strat - in the end I stuck a PATB-1 in there.

prowla

I've got an Iron Gear Tesla Shark on a Partscaster - it's not bad.

I've also got an SD SH-2/SH-4 pair for another project, but I've not yet tried them.

thegummy

Philly_Q said:

siraxeman said:

but if you slap 500k pots in then you will end up making the single coils harsh(er).

I was thinking of a swanky Suhr wiring scheme where you add a resistor (or two?) to the circuit, so the humbucker "sees" a 500k pot but the single-coils "see" 250k.

I wired up my Strat so the humbucker had a separate volume pot to the single coils, both so it could have a 500k pot and so its volume could be set independently.

It worked but I quickly decided I prefer SSS so can't say how it would work for a gig or if it would be good to play in the long term.

blueskunk

Iv got a lovely strat from 2013, it's the hss model with a fender bucker in the bridge - diamond back I believe. 

Recently stuck a Oilcity BrassKnuckle in the bridge which is a lovely humbucker. It's not a traditional bucker , more two singles together. Lots of bight but it really responds to messing with the height etc. Great tones.