Desopolis Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 So I rewired my strat with some SD pickups, new pots, etc. theres a duckbucker bridge in the neck(woops, need to read the packages) a regular noiseless in the middle and a Hot rail in the bridge. Now they all have slight differences, but for the most part the same overtones. No longer is my bridge super bright and my neck dark, its all a weird medium. Also I almost completly lost the strat tone, and for a bluesy SRV kinda guy, im starting to miss it. Dont get me wrong, the pickups are killer, and Im often in the bridge/middle position, but I miss the range I had. should I change it arround? get a new pup? witch ones? dunno.. maybe its my amp, or all in my head... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 Welcome to humbucker-land. You've essentially turned your Strat into a Les Paul. If you're a bluesy-SRV guy, why did you feel the need to change? Especially when you already had a noiseless setup? There's really no need to endlessly swap pickups if the stock setup was right for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desopolis Posted November 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 its a squire body, and the pickups were terrible. only the middle is a noiseless. I wanted somthing with more gain and more heat, so I went with the Hot rail over the Texas tone pack. and I read the Duck would maintain that strat sound with being a humbucker. Its definatly quacky, but not the same. im considering putting the duck in the middle and some warm single coil in the neck. its definatly a quality improvment over stock, but if you heard it without seeing it you wouldnt think strat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marossy Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 Can you coil tap those humbucking pickups? That would help to get the twang back... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desopolis Posted November 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 I think I can the hot rail.. I dont remember on the duck though, I dont think so as it splits the open pole piece between bobbins. Ill check though.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_the_damned Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 maybe go for stacked coils? or lace sensors? you'll keep more of the single coil sound and still be noiseless. or just buy some non-humbucking regular single coils! out of intrest are you still using 250kohm pots? might be an idea to swap to 500kohm pots as that might give you more highs out of your bridge pickup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 Dude. Lace Holy Grails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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