Strat Pickups

[stratomaster]

I am making a Strat out of Ebay parts. I am going to put in a (from neck to bridge) SHH pickup configuration. What kind of pickups should I use? I want to model the sound of Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

[chiro972]

I dunno, but every time I have seen Clapton or Vaughan play a strat, it was S-S-S. So I would think you would want that config if that's who you want to sound like.

[stratomaster]

 

Originally posted by chiro972 I dunno, but every time I have seen Clapton or Vaughan play a strat, it was S-S-S. So I would think you would want that config if that's who you want to sound like.

 

 

Well, I was speaking more of the neck single coil when I spoke of them (I should have been more specific). I have the humbuckers to get more of a rock sound. So it goes like this

 

Single Coil: Model SRV and Clapton

Humbuckers: Model more alternative artists.

[vintage clubber]

this set up can do it all. HSS configuration with a Deaf-Eddie FAT HSS switch. It gives you the stock HSS selects; splits the bridge humbucker to give you standard strat switching; gives you the neck/bridge combo and some series/parallel combos...

 

pickguard assembly from mystix monster:

 

 

[boyfarrell]

I have old Tokai strat pickups in at the moment. If you want that raw strat sound that's the way to go it think.

 

You should talk to this guy:

 

http://www.ocduffpickups.com/

 

I asked him to make a set of tele pickups to custom order. Just described what I wanted them to sound like. He knows his stuff. And they sound great!

 

Mr Duff also makes replacement steve ray pickups to the EXACT spec.

 

Check it out.