Your pickup combinations.

Octafish

TTBZ said:

Position 2 & 4 sound horrible. Such a cheesy nasty sound.

I'm really enjoying my Axesrus pickups - neck Late 50s P90 and bridge Purist humbucker. Really versatile and in this instance they sound better than any other pickups I've had in there including Bare Knuckle (Mules and black dogs). I was half expecting them to be rubbish for some reason but they're still hand wound pickups at a reasonable price. I'd say the Purist is like a Mule but a bit hotter and less "blank canvas" sounding if that makes any sense. 

Yep, I'm a fan of Axesrus pickups, great bang for buck. The 50s Daddy'O set sound better than standard Alnicos in the 50s Classic Strat to me. I've also got a great sounding set of their Humbucker sized P90s in a Jazzmaster

impmann

Octafish said:

impmann said:

Gassage said:

The DG neck pup is the 69Fat CS.

if you want the SSl1C-DG then www.stratcat.biz is the only place that stocks them and they're well worth it. I've got one in my 1960 strat at the moment

Does it have the same backwards wiring that the SSL5 has? I loved the SSL5 but was annoyed that each time the strings touched the polepieces it cut the output of the guitar...

I'd say the pickup is set too high if the strings are making contact with it, or am I reading that wrong?

No - I have a heavy right hand technique! :-)

cbilly22

Gassage said:

The DG neck pup is the 69Fat CS.

if you want the SSl1C-DG then www.stratcat.biz is the only place that stocks them and they're well worth it. I've got one in my 1960 strat at the moment

I'm sure I saw a brief interview on Youtube with DG where he said he actually preferred the neck pickup in the replica to the one in his original black Strat. I may have imagined that but it seems to ring a bell.

axisus

Can't believe people diss strat 2 & 4. Awesome sounds. The one I rarely use is middle only, the beige of strat sounds.

impmann

cbilly22 said:

Gassage said:

The DG neck pup is the 69Fat CS.

if you want the SSl1C-DG then www.stratcat.biz is the only place that stocks them and they're well worth it. I've got one in my 1960 strat at the moment

I'm sure I saw a brief interview on Youtube with DG where he said he actually preferred the neck pickup in the replica to the one in his original black Strat. I may have imagined that but it seems to ring a bell.

I remember that too...

p90fool

impmann said:

richardhomer said:

Brize said:

It's news to me that some people hate the bridge/middle pickup combination on a Strat - one of my favourite tones.

It's a 'trendy' thing to dislike and a way of demonstrating how 'edgy' and 'cool' you are.

No one ever says 'that Les Paul bridge pick-up sound really annoys me - it's so over-used'....

I can't really think of any classic guitar tones which I particularly dislike - just those which don't neccessarily work for me as a player.

TRENDY?

FFS - I'm not 'edgy' or 'cool'. At 46, I've long since given up any hope of ever being either of those adjectives!!

Nope, I just don't like the sound - and never had, yet I love Strats.

I feel exactly the same, I'm 52 and have been playing Strats since the 70s, all of them, including my latest build, with a 3-way switch. 

Im convinced that a lot of the reason people say the Strat bridge pickup is too bright is because they've dialled their amps in to do the "quack" thing on 2 and 4.

Ignore those sounds totally and it's easy to get a big, fat, Blackmore-type bridge pickup tone.  

Gassage

impmann said:

Gassage said:

The DG neck pup is the 69Fat CS.

if you want the SSl1C-DG then www.stratcat.biz is the only place that stocks them and they're well worth it. I've got one in my 1960 strat at the moment

Does it have the same backwards wiring that the SSL5 has? I loved the SSL5 but was annoyed that each time the strings touched the polepieces it cut the output of the guitar...

You can order either way. I really recommend this pickup. It's got a tad of grit in it.

Steve Mac from Aussie Floyd uses it

Sporky

I really like the Kent Armstrong Sky lipstick in the neck position.

I think my favourite bridge 'bucker thus far is the SD Custom 5.

Motorhate

Best for me is the Bareknuckle War Pig bridge and Irongear Hot Slag in the neck which I have on my Mockingbird. BN War Pig and SD 59 on my USA Washburn Idol also sounds really good although, I could quite easily go without using a neck pickup altogether as I rarely use them. I’d go one further and dump the tone controls too as they’re always on the treble side.
I’d say my ideal guitar pickup config would be one bridge humbucker and one volume control or even just a kill switch. I may just convert some of my axes to this config.

octatonic

richardhomer said:

octatonic said:

My mail guitar has a Suhr SSV+ humbcuker in the bridge and a Suhr ML neck pickup.

Do keep us posted....

Predictive testicle strikes Agincourt!

Octafish

Gassage said:

The DG neck pup is the 69Fat CS.

if you want the SSl1C-DG then www.stratcat.biz is the only place that stocks them and they're well worth it. I've got one in my 1960 strat at the moment

Never come across a 69FatCS, I assume it's hotter version of the CS69 pickup? can it be bought separately?

MrBump

The set that blows me away every time I pick up the guitar is a calibrated set of BKP VHII's in my Charvel - but I think that's as much to do with the awesome replacement neck/ebony board on that guitar.  And my playing, obviously...

Maynehead

EMG 81 and EMG 81 on a super-strat. The ultimate combination for anything

Plus you can go all true bypass with no tone suck. That alone will make them sound better than most passives out there.

Joesa

Best all round set for me are the SD Pearly Gates Plus/Texas Special combo on my Fat Strat Texas Special Strat. Hendrix, Floyd, G&R. You name it, they can do it.

Ben

For years now my go-to bridge pickup has always been the Tremonti Treble from PRS. I've switched around many neck pickups, but bridge-wise, that one just slays every time!

Chalky

Lace Sensor Blue in a Strat neck, Twisted Tele in a tele neck.

I've got stock Gibson Classic 57s in Gibson ES 335, 336, 446 and 175, and to my ears each one sounds perfect for that guitar.  Which means they either vary dramatically or they just sound good.

Motorhate

MrBump said:

The set that blows me away every time I pick up the guitar is a calibrated set of BKP VHII's in my Charvel - but I think that's as much to do with the awesome replacement neck/ebony board on that guitar.  And my playing, obviously...

I'm not a fan of the EMG81 / 85 setup. I've got them in my ESP Viper and they just sound bland to me. The SD Blackouts blow them away IMO for output, headroom and tone.

Gassage

This is the precise pup in the Black Strat bridge.

http://www.stratcat.biz/ssl-1c-dg.shtml

cbilly22

Gassage said:

This is the precise pup in the Black Strat bridge.

http://www.stratcat.biz/ssl-1c-dg.shtml

Should I get another Strat in the near future (and with my Birthday looming in two weeks it's a distinct possibility) I might be hard pressed not to get one of the neck ones. It really was the most fantastic sounding pickup.

professorben

Worst combo was SD Invader bridge abs '59 neck in a Les Paul.
Yes yes I know, but I was just trying something ok?