High gain strat pickups?

skullfunkerry

I haven't tried them, but I have it on good authority from someone on here that the Entwistle noiseless single coils are excellent with loads of gain, and they're ridiculously cheap as well...

Edit: and talking of cheap, the Duncan Designed hot rails in my Jackson sound really good. I believe they're slightly hotter than the SD ones they're based on

Fez

I have a Strat version of the Oil City Hardman DC resistance is 9k and it has a steel back plate. It really kicks without being too compressed. Overwound Stone Tones may well fit your bill. 

axisus

Alex2678 said:

https://www.alchemypickups.co.uk/product-page/hemlock

I’ve got one of these in the bridge position, absolutely rips with high gain, still stratty when needed. Think it reads 16k. Made in U.K., great returns policy if they’re not to taste. Pretty quick turnaround in my experience, think the site says 10 days but was less in my case.

put a video on Instagram when I installed it if you’ll excuse the quality of both the playing and the video : 
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3KQGRTHjf7/?igshid=f5uth91zkzoi

Thanks for that, useful to see the video. I went to their website but was going to discount it as they don't have any spec at all, but I see that you reckon it's about 16k - once again useful!

grungebob

I’d go for dimarzio HS2’s. Great pickups for clean and handle fuzz and dirt very well. 

bandmaster188

Chopper!

Philly_Q

bandmaster188 said:

Chopper!

Grifter!

bandmaster188

Philly_Q said:

bandmaster188 said:

Chopper!

Grifter!

 Didn’t know dimarzio did a whole range of Raleigh  pickups.

ToneControl

why not get that boost system that is passive until you go past the central notch, or just one that switches on when you want it with a switch or push/push pot?

then you can have both

I essentially have both on my EMGs with active EQ

Seziertisch

Anyone tried the Seymour Duncan Red Devil? 

Adey

grungebob said:

I’d go for dimarzio HS2’s. Great pickups for clean and handle fuzz and dirt very well. 

They are eye-wateringly expensive though...

£100million,

but on the plus side, they do also get you to Birmingham from London in 45 minutes.... If that is a positive? (not sure really)

Funkfingers

Seziertisch said:

Anyone tried the Seymour Duncan Red Devil? 

They are on my wish list.

What I have tried that is very similar are the Duncan Custom Shop Pearly Gates for Telecaster and for Stratocaster. Both surprisingly LP-ish until around the fourteenth fret, where the screwed in neck loses out to a glued in one for mechanical sustain.

TTBZ

MrBump said:

I had a BKP Trilogy Suite set.  Briefly.  Absolutely hated them, couldn't get anything that I liked out of them.  Definitely not Stratty, if they ever make the list.

I wasn’t a huge fan of my neck one either. It was ok for smooth compressed leads but anything else wasn’t so good. I had better luck with BG Pickups Vintage 60s with a fatter bridge pickup option.