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Hi there,
I've just bought a Fender Custom Shop strat which has a hss set up, the single coils are Ancho Pablano and the bridge is a Seymour Duncan 59.
I find the 59 to be too thin and quite shrill on the high notes. I'm looking for something to give me a thick warm lead tone with smooth highs and a nice midrandge that stands out in the mix. I play mainly rock, blues and a bit of fusion.
Any suggestions would be great.
Cheers
Steve
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If so, its tone could be improved by changing the bar magnet from polished Alnico 5 to Alnico 4 or un-orientated Alnico 5. The highs could be smoothed by fitting a good quality metal cover.
For more output, consider the Duncan '59/Custom Hybrid or the custom shop Brobucker.
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Just discovered Creamery Pickups, anyone had any experience with them? It says that they will build them to the voicing of your choice.
Look at Oil City, Bareknuckle, Mojo or Creamery UK-made pickups that sound every bit as good as US-made ones and can often be custom-spec'ed.
Bear in mind that you probably need hotter/fatter-sounding pickup than you would chose for a Gibson, to get the same sort of tone in a Strat which is inherently brighter.
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Why not just get a Les Paul if you're after that sound?
Sounds like a Les Paul to me.
There aren't only two choices.
"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
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I'd get over to the pickup manufacture's sites for audio comparisons as it's a minefield and totally subjective.
JBs were the pickups used in the original Kramer Barrettas, good for the EVH tones.
and if you get a chance, try out the Frankenstein, its a fantastic pickup-in one of mine it was the best bridge tone i'd heard. Since then , Bareknuckle VH11 are nice, Cold sweat sound good in a maple topped LP junior type, havent tried it in a strat though.
SD custom/59 hybrid is ok, screamin demon is a more trebly JB,
JB's are very under-rated in my opinion, and work very well in strat, trem equipped guitars.
YMMV--wildly, good luck with the journey.
cheers
andy k
It's approximately 40% more winds, much hotter than a PAF. You definitely won't get a volume match unless you're using hot singles.
You want a hot PAFish wind with an alnico 2 magnet I reckon.
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/89942/caspercaster#latest
just my 2 cents anyway
cheers
andy k