I hate you single coils.

[ATauO]

Now what to do with my strats?

 

I've been through different types and brands of single coils and I give up. I find myself sad by the sounds and end up playing da blues when all I want to do is rock out:rawk:!

 

 

Should I pool route and try something new?

[moctzal]

Go HSS or sell it and buy a Tele.

[Amigo]

why not have both?

 

[Saturnine10]

What PU's have you tried?

[SnorkelMonkey]

Have you tried vintage styles like those late 50's early 60's reissues (not Texas Specials)?

[k tone]

why not have both?

Want

 

 

Try some Area's from Dimarzio or some Fender SCN's. All but one of my Strats are fat though. My main Strat has a Dimarzio Super D in the bridge and Area 61's in the mid/ neck positions.

[murch33]

sell it and buy a Tele.

[Crxsh]

Tele. Or SG.

[joeyowen]

my ideal is h/sc/h

 

but coil tap the humbuckers

[Loobs]

Single Coils ftmfw.

[misterstomach]

single coils are a tool of the man. Humbuckers all the way.

[ATauO]

Lets see, Ive tried-

 

Fender-

Lace Blue (bridge)

Lace Red (set)

Lace gold (Neck)

Texas Specials (set)

and the stock that come in the American Standard (set)

 

Rio Grande

Muy Grande (set)

Tallboys (Set)

 

Klein

Scooped Mids (set) (nice but I found myself mayerbating)

Texas (set)

p90 (bridge) (Love this one)

63's (set)

 

Bare Knuckle Pickups -

Irish Tour - decent but close to everything else I didn't like

 

Duncans-

SSL-5 (set)

STK-S9 (Bridge)

SSL-1 (set)

 

Dimarzo-

sds-1 (Bridge)

Cruiser (neck, bridge)

[Fender&EHX4ever]

You're probably just not a Strat kinda guy.

 

I use Seymour Duncan stacks in my S3 Bullet, which are a hybrid single/humbucker. Have you tried that yet?

 

Edit: just saw previous post

[ATauO]

I really like the feel of strats - I've custom ordered necks and finished them myself, never really like the feel of anything else though.

 

guess I could sell the bodies and use the necks on Jazzmaster or a tele - but I could just custom order a pickguard and do whatever pickup setup I can think of.

[nomenclature]

single coil > passive buckers > active

[Fender&EHX4ever]

I always wanted an H2 to sister up with my S3. Maybe you could do a similar pup config.

 

[murch33]

P90 > single coil > passive buckers > active

[christianatl]

 

Single Coils ftmfw.

 

 

srsly.

[Loobs]

Single coils have always sounded way more aggressive and abrasive than humbuckers to me anyway. They sound way more pissed off than humbuckers.

[chris_d]

I like low-to-medium output SC-sized rail humbuckers, myself.

 

To my ear, they have a sound somewhere between singles and fullsized. It is tighter and thicker than the singles, and brighter, thinner, and more violent than the fullsized. I dig them.

[Zappa74]

I'm not a fan of single coils either.

 

I'll play my strat or my p90s and they sound good. But, whenever I switch back to my humbucker guitar, they just sound right.

[ItchyFingers]

I play buckers in the bedroom, but they just get lost in the band's mix when I play out. SCFTMFW

[Ben Co.]

Kinman Woodstock Plus set. That's what you need to check out.

 

http://www.kinman.com/Shop/strat.php

 

Have it in my G&L S-500 and love it. Get it with the K9 No Soldering Harness. Great because you don't need to have any experience doing anything - no soldering required. And you get new quality pots, switch, etc. that all work optimally with the pickups.

[Webinfront_]

 

I play buckers in the bedroom, but they just get lost in the band's mix when I play out. SCFTMFW

 

 

I've had this problem plenty of times. I think part of it comes down to darker cleans/buckers in general sounding better at lower volumes. Nothing cuts through the mix like a tele.

[motzman13]

have some friends that have loved this setup

http://accessories.musiciansfriend.com/product/Seymour-Duncan-Everything-Axe-SingleCoil-Electric-Guitar-Pickup-Set?sku=300068&src=3WFRWXX&ZYXSEM=0&CAWELAID=26021418