Hi Guys i'm looking for some help choosing new pickups for my fender strat.
I have just finished building a new strat (late 80's custom shop maple neck and nitro alder satin body) with a humbucker and two single coils. I put a seymour duncan fullshred in the bridge and texas specials in middle and neck on a five way switch. After 3 months i don't like the sound at all, and i'm thinking of going in a totally different direction.... something more modern with a chunkier sound which will work both clean and dirty. I have two other strats which i love the sound of but want something different with this new strat. I use the neck pickup a lot for lead, I am looking for a fatter creamier sound.
I've just picked up a dimarzio evo for the bridge and wanted suggestions for the middle and neck- so far contenders are Dimarzio cruisers (really like andy timmons' tone) or maybe some of the seymour duncan hotrails or single coil sized humbuckers- maybe even Lace Sensors?
My other guitars are:
Fender Yngwie Malmsteen Strat rosewood neck- dimarzio hs-3 and yjm pups- tone disconnected. This is a great sounding guitar with a super creamy lead sound on the neck which cleans up beautifully.
Fender Deluxe Players Strat ash body, rosewood neck with vintage noiseless pups.
Really great sounding guitar (noiseless pups don't deserve the stick they get) superb for gilmour style lead, really great clean sound not exactly vintage but somewhere there abouts.
I'm running the guitars through:
Mesa Express 5:25
2x12 Recto Cab V30's
THD Hotplate
pedals
Maxon OD808
Boss NS-2
Analogue man DOD YJM 308
Any suggestions would be much appreciated- as i don't want to waste money and time trying lots of different combinations.
cheers
Paul
I have just finished building a new strat (late 80's custom shop maple neck and nitro alder satin body) with a humbucker and two single coils. I put a seymour duncan fullshred in the bridge and texas specials in middle and neck on a five way switch. After 3 months i don't like the sound at all, and i'm thinking of going in a totally different direction.... something more modern with a chunkier sound which will work both clean and dirty. I have two other strats which i love the sound of but want something different with this new strat. I use the neck pickup a lot for lead, I am looking for a fatter creamier sound.
I've just picked up a dimarzio evo for the bridge and wanted suggestions for the middle and neck- so far contenders are Dimarzio cruisers (really like andy timmons' tone) or maybe some of the seymour duncan hotrails or single coil sized humbuckers- maybe even Lace Sensors?
My other guitars are:
Fender Yngwie Malmsteen Strat rosewood neck- dimarzio hs-3 and yjm pups- tone disconnected. This is a great sounding guitar with a super creamy lead sound on the neck which cleans up beautifully.
Fender Deluxe Players Strat ash body, rosewood neck with vintage noiseless pups.
Really great sounding guitar (noiseless pups don't deserve the stick they get) superb for gilmour style lead, really great clean sound not exactly vintage but somewhere there abouts.
I'm running the guitars through:
Mesa Express 5:25
2x12 Recto Cab V30's
THD Hotplate
pedals
Maxon OD808
Boss NS-2
Analogue man DOD YJM 308
Any suggestions would be much appreciated- as i don't want to waste money and time trying lots of different combinations.
cheers
Paul
