WTB Higher Output Strat Bridge PU

elusivelight

Something for a strat bridge with a little more poke than your average bridge pickup. 
Single coil size. 

Was thinking Tone Zone or JB but open to options. 

paulnb57

I put a Bare Knuckle Sinner neck pickup with metal backplate, at the bridge on one of my Strats, it’s fabulous!

Yamaha77

Unsure if it's a humbucker or strat sized pickup you want but I have a Seymour Duncan Full Shred with half hex screws and half regular screw poles. 

elusivelight

Yamaha77 said:

Unsure if it's a humbucker or strat sized pickup you want but I have a Seymour Duncan Full Shred with half hex screws and half regular screw poles. 

Thanks, I've a full shred in a Charvel and it's a good pickup, but looking for a single sized. 

rze99

Careful what you wish for. You tend to lose cut and Strat tone and gain mids with the hotter winds.  I went through a bunch and I ended up going back to vintage spec with a little more whack - the Seymour Duncan  1 

Funkfingers

Oil City Pickups Diamond Geezer. Full output rocks hard. Tapped output is Stratty sound with a bit more poke.

Seymour Duncan Antiquity and Antiquity II bridge position single coils are offered in a higher output version, c. 9k.

The Duncan STK-10b YJM Fury has a fuller sound thanks, in part, to its special polepiece magnet length “stagger” pattern. (This pickup is not appreciably louder than the traditional single coil unit. It just sounds less wiry.)

Yamaha77

In that case I'd recommend a Dimarzio Chopper or a Duncan SSL-5 or 6

elusivelight

rze99 said:

Careful what you wish for. You tend to lose cut and Strat tone and gain mids with the hotter winds.  I went through a bunch and I ended up going back to vintage spec with a little more whack - the Seymour Duncan  1 

That does concern me a little, I was looking at the output of the JB jr earlier and it's mega hot. Had a look at the Dimarzio injector which is a stacked SC and it's closer to single coil output. 

nacnudnai

I've just had some Dimarzio SDS-1s delivered today. I've put them in the neck and middle, but from what I've played so far they definitely have a lot more poke - but they don't sound like a humbucker at all to my ears. I reckon one would sound ace in the bridge, and you can get them new for like £50. Could be worth a punt.

Jeddy3

I don't have one for sale but try Q pickups 'Monster' for bridge. Hand made in Croatia. The specs look like they'd be stupidly overwound but they are actually still very stratty with a beefier output. I have a set in my parts build. 

Yamaha77

elusivelight said:

rze99 said:

Careful what you wish for. You tend to lose cut and Strat tone and gain mids with the hotter winds.  I went through a bunch and I ended up going back to vintage spec with a little more whack - the Seymour Duncan  1 

That does concern me a little, I was looking at the output of the JB jr earlier and it's mega hot. Had a look at the Dimarzio injector which is a stacked SC and it's closer to single coil output. 

You could always put a series/parallel wiring with a jb jr. No routing for a full humbucker? The sc sized buckers are always a compromise as they sample a smaller part of the string. Some can sound honky. 

elusivelight

Yeah it's routed for a full HB but I wasn't planning on changing the scratch plate. I suppose I could just buy a full HB and be done with it. 

Johnnyseven

I have a Dimarzio FS1 I am thinking of selling.

hairmetal

Another vote for Dimarzio FS1