wohzah Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 So I am looking into the pickups for my next build (a strat shaped semihollow, singlepickup). I am deciding between lipstick tube pickup or a normal stratocaster single coil. I am looking for a good texas blues sound slightly overdiven, to a more classic rock style sound heavily overdriven. On the clean side I want a pronounced aggresive tone filled by the sustain of the semi hollow, well suited to generic classic rock rythm guitar. thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 I've never heard of a high-output lipstick tube. I'm sure someone makes one somewhere (probably GFS), but they're legendary for their sparkly low-output clean. I wouldn't wanna mess with that formula just to say that it's lipstick. You're spoiled for choice in higher-output strat-style pickups, though. Classic Rock Rhythm... mmm.... p90..... I'm actually not AS gung-ho on p90s as I used to be. I'm starting to wear thin on them I think. But if you're talking single-coil, and you're talking driven blues and classic rock, there can be only one answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wohzah Posted June 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 Looking at p90's and hearing a few samples I am about to faint. So much talk about them never thought it really applied (yes thats possible). Thanks for the advice. I also love the look of soapbars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wohzah Posted June 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 I've never heard of a high-output lipstick tube. I'm sure someone makes one somewhere (probably GFS), but they're legendary for their sparkly low-output clean. I wouldn't wanna mess with that formula just to say that it's lipstick. You're spoiled for choice in higher-output strat-style pickups, though. Classic Rock Rhythm... mmm.... p90..... I'm actually not AS gung-ho on p90s as I used to be. I'm starting to wear thin on them I think. But if you're talking single-coil, and you're talking driven blues and classic rock, there can be only one answer. Just a little planning issue, are there specfic poles that one should use to line up the p90 or should I just make sure it is centered? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar101 Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 So I am looking into the pickups for my next build (a strat shaped semihollow, singlepickup). I am deciding between lipstick tube pickup or a normal stratocaster single coil. I am looking for a good texas blues sound slightly overdiven, to a more classic rock style sound heavily overdriven. On the clean side I want a pronounced aggresive tone filled by the sustain of the semi hollow, well suited to generic classic rock rythm guitar. thoughts? Is this what you mean??? http://www.tdpri.com/forum/telecaster-disc...ron-kirn-4.html There is a demo on you tube of these pickups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarter Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 If your looking for a sweet P90, I'd highly recommend checking out a BG-Pups Soapbar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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