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Wassup fellas.
Perhaps a bit of a lame question, but until now I've never owned an HSS guitar and consequently have never taken much notice of the pickups and their outputs etc. So I'm after suggestions for the ideal HSS balance (outputs I guess).
Basically 90% of the time I would use a strat-type for clean stuff on the neck pickup, or the in between settings (2 and 4), but obviously what I like about an HSS layout is the ability to wack the bridge on, kick in the Guvnor and get crunchy - AC DC to GnR kind of tones would be the range - ie not super high gain. From the bridge I would go for fat, warm and medium output. I guess this is PAF territory.
What are peoples' experience of HSS sets which have provided the ideal balance of the classic stratty-ness and balls-out rawk machine?
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just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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Every position is beautiful, especially 2 & 4.
I set the JB low to balance it out.
Totally loving this setup.
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Sounds good Fez. I have been talking to @guitarweasel already. The poor feller is rushed off his feet with new winds, thanks in part to the good people of this forum. Well we wouldn't him sitting idle would we
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If you're mainly using the single coil strat tones, you actually want the humbucker to be hotter than the singles, you don't want it to balance with the singles because you want the split humbucker to balance with them.
The other thing is, if the single coil tones are more important it might even be worth considering a humbucker with rod magnets rather than the more usual bar magnet, because (theoretically at least) when split it's closer to a genuine single coil, in effect a humbucker made like that is more like two Fender-style single coils whacked together.
I say "theoretically", though, because I haven't tried them and don't know how well they work in practice ) And (again, theoretically) your full-on humbucker tone might suffer a little.
If you can get over the cheap-looking aesthetics, the Rasmus Suhrs are pretty good guitars and have decent hardware and sounds. As they've been discontinued and came down in price, I reckon you should be able to get one used for under £500. Alternatively, hunt around for a PRS EG (my EGII has HSH but the HBs are coil-tapped) - great players and best of HB & SC worlds.
I actually have the guitar and it's already HSS so no need for the lil 59. I've had a look round and can't find any of the Suhr HSS sets easily available for sale so I think I'm going to have a go with our very own Guitaweasel. I've been promising myself some of his for a while now.
The guitar is this one:
I want to treat it to full new electronics and switch too. May put a separate thread up about what (good quality) pots and switches etc to get.
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Swapped it out for a set of Irish Tours and sold it to someone on the old MR forum.
It does work exceptionally well, but sounds unique ... not really like a conventional humbucker ... more like an old Fender Wide Range.
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
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As mentioned, get thee to Guitar Guitar and just try a Suhr HSS guitar and you'll hear how good their pickups work.
I've got a Suhr V60LP neck and mid for sale £60 for the PAIR.
The neck was custom made by Suhr with a flat stagger to work better in the neck.
I have them in all my guitars and was saving these for a project that I've had to cancel.