Single coils

[Red Barchetta]

My Strat is a 91 American Standard...about a year ago, I replaced the stock setup with a pre-wired pickguard from Acme Guitar Works, featuring Lindy Fralin Blues Special pickups....also done was the "Tele-Mod" that changed the center tone to a master tone, and made the bottom tone knob a "blender" knob. Depending on if you had the neck or bridge p-up selected, you could blend in the other (neck or bridge) p-up to get that Tele twang, or if you had bridge-middle or neck-middle, you can blend in the 3rd p-up for another tone....

Bottom line is, the Fralins are a bit hotter, and sound awesome with the Road King. There has been some, but not much tweaking...just enough so that I can play both axes without any major on-stage tweakfest.


RB

 

[Peace]

Flex III .... Talk about tweaking...

Tube amps you have to tweak, Line 6 amps you have to have several degrees in computers to get the sound you like, especially with the Vetta and PODxt's. If you can dial in a tone on those, the tweaking involved on a Boogie is more rewarding and more fun and you can actually hear the difference :lol:

Line 6 and other modeling amps have their place and some sound amazing, but nothing beats the real thing :wink:

I got the Flex thinking maybe, just maybe, I'd end up having to take less crap to a gig but really it didn't turn out that way. Like you said Tele,

Line 6 and other modeling amps have their place and some sound amazing, but nothing beats the real thing :wink:

. The Flex is a good amp but it's missing the feel and response you get from a tube amp. People try an argue that all day but it's definitely true. You end up getting a valvulator or presonos Blue Tube and an OD pedal and an eq and on and on it goes to try and get what you're looking for from an amp that isn't made out of what you're looking for... I didn't go that route with getting a bunch of outboard stuff. I do have a valvulator but that has a few different uses and I'll probably use it with effects while using my RK. The Flex is a good amp and I'm not disgusted with it or anything, I just got tired of not getting the feel from it that I can from a tube amp. Sustain dropping off abruptly no real feedback if you want it, lots of different stuff... And it wasn't cutting back on anything I was taking to a gig....

My RK's ETA is T minus 14 and counting..... Hopefully it won't be any longer than that but it's worth the wait I guess.....

I went for the RK thinking maybe I'd avoid GAS for any other amps...... :roll: I've seen a few posts making me think like that might be a difficult task.... I really want to get the effects from this guy. I'm gassing for a few of those effects more than anything else right now... The four I'd like to get would be over $700 and after negotiations with the Mrs. over the RK there wasn't much of an opportunity to discuss this stuff.... :roll: you know how that goes.....
I'll ware her down...............

Thanks for the info guys.. I check this place everyday I just never really jump into posting... I feel almost blasphemous talking Boogie but not yet possessing MY Boogie....... lol

Soon..... very soon....... 8)

 

[Bobbypols]

hahah your picture or movie underneath your handle kills me

 

[SabuJSE]

My Strat with SCN pickups absolutely sparkles through my LSS.

My SG with the stock 490R and 498T puurs and grumbles nicely through the LSS.

My DC Aura sounds angelic through channel 1 on my LSS.

All the same settings.

EDIT: I got rid of a Flex III XL to get my LSS setup and have never looked back. I do however use a Pod XTL for all of my effects needs and just leave the modeling off. The Digital effects in the effects loop of the LSS are wonderful, including the distortion stomps and especially the FuzzPI stomp...

 

[estring]

So how abut an HSS amer ser strat???
I play Hard rock, Aic,PJ, 3doors type stuff. But I need a nice clean channel so I dont think the DR is for me.
Any Suggetstions??

Thanks

 

[mlockett]

Strat thru a Mark I is beautiful... I prefer it to my PRS. In most cases, single coil may need a little more drive (even for clean sounds) to warm it up. I haven't tried the strat thru the DR yet.

YMMV.

 

[eltrain858]

i jettisoned a flex iii for my mark iv, no looking back...

i'm getting killer tones, even driven high-gain tones, out of my strat now, but that's 100% due to the pickup replacement, lace sensors (neck - blue, middle - gold) and a SD hot rails in the bridge.. i've never been obsessed with the "real strat sound" of stock single-coils, so it wasn't a loss for me to swap them out, but i can still get very stratty tones with the laces in the neck and middle positions.

 

[ursinus]

Strats and other single coil gits sound great through a MKIV in any of the three channels. I recently played a swamp ash strat with the noiseless pups through a MKIV and it sounded awesome. Only had to do minor tweeking from my normal settings....

 

[Russ]

Strats and other single coil gits sound great through a MKIV in any of the three channels. Only had to do minor tweeking from my normal settings....

+1

 

[elpingua]

What about a strat loaded with a bridge hot rails pickup? I hear those pick ups sound real fat and juicy, they are supposedly a full blown humbucker in the slot of a single coil. I read the Seymour Duncan forums and people seem to like them there. Keep in mind they tend to be bias for SD as we are for MB - any opinions on this pickup in use with a Boogie? Esp in use with a Recetfier.

I am very much considering getting a KOA strat here at a local store. They have it for a insanely good deal, 450 brand new. My only issue is that I am not sure I can get the fat sound I am looking for out of a strat. I was thinking since the body is basswood with a Koa veneer (not a very bright wood like alder or ash as in some strats) I could get a decently fat sound.

My object is to get a humbucker sound out of the bridge but a totally strat sound out of the bridge/middle pups.

Please advise.

Thanks.

 

[MesaENGR412]

That is a BEAUTIFUL guitar (the Koa Strat). I have not personally played one, but they do come standard with SD alnico's in them, probably won't sound that bad right off I wouldn't think. But, if you need some real punch, may give EMG active single coils a try. Either way, if you want a heavier/thicker distortion tone, I'd get something with Ceramic magnets, to me they just sound a bit more aggressive than the alnico's. The EMG-S and SA pickups seem to be very popular in both country and rock settings. I know changing a battery sounds like a pain, but all the pickups are rated for about 3000 hours, which equates to 1-2 changes a year for most people who aren't playing 200+ shows/yr. I'm probably going to get the KH-20 pickup set (EMG-81/S/S b/m/n) for my strat ('98 Deluxe super strat) because the "super fat super strat" pups that came on it suck...and make it unusable for the music I play, and I took it apart and found out that it's already routed for a bridge humbucker haha (which you may want to look into..if you want a bridge humbucker sound...get a bridge humbucker). I love the neck on that guitar though, by far one of the best I've ever played (in the $400-500 range Strat category) ..just wish it had a 22nd fret....

-AJH

 

[eltrain858]

What about a strat loaded with a bridge hot rails pickup? I hear those pick ups sound real fat and juicy, they are supposedly a full blown humbucker in the slot of a single coil.

My object is to get a humbucker sound out of the bridge but a totally strat sound out of the bridge/middle pups.

Please advise.

Thanks.

Look about 3 posts above yours... PM me if you have any specific questions

 

[eltrain858]

But, if you need some real punch, may give EMG active single coils a try.

i was playing an american strat with EMG singles (not sure of the exact model of them) before i got my new one with the lace sensors and hot rails. i A/B'd the guitars at rehearsal last week and the guitar with the EMGs sounds tinny and sterile sounding compared to the new setup.

 

[ylo]

For the styles I play and the amps I have the EMG S pickups are a little too bright, especially is the strat bridge position. I switched to the SAs. These are still a bit bright, but more full-bodied and warmer. I've also got the SPC (mid boost), which gives a pretty fair emulation of a humbucker sound if you turn it up about half way.