Members Know-dem-scales Posted March 1, 2020 Members Share Posted March 1, 2020 First, let me thank you all for not being a bunch of smart arses with my question. I have a Fender Strat American Professional. I want a bridge pickup that rocks a la, Guns n Roses, ZZ Top, also southern rock, and maybe a little harder, Metallica. Not too much though like crazy hard metal. A humbucker in a single coil slot. I don’t wanna break the bank either. What ya got? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jtr654 Posted March 1, 2020 Members Share Posted March 1, 2020 You don't need a new pickup get a booster pedal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Know-dem-scales Posted March 1, 2020 Author Members Share Posted March 1, 2020 I had the Zoom g1ON pedal. Love that thing. Does it have enough boost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rustyjones13 Posted March 1, 2020 Members Share Posted March 1, 2020 you want a hot rail. a great pick for just that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted March 2, 2020 Members Share Posted March 2, 2020 If you hate those metallic SC artifacts (I do), Hot rail in the bridge is killer. No trace of single coil whatsoever. otherwise, booster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onelife Posted March 2, 2020 Members Share Posted March 2, 2020 Seymour Duncan SL59-1b Little '59 for Strat Bridge Pickup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted March 2, 2020 Members Share Posted March 2, 2020 I vote full sized humbucker and a replacement pickguard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted March 2, 2020 Members Share Posted March 2, 2020 Any single coil I going to retain a good deal of metallic quack tones a Fender is noted for. My suggestion is, if you want the Humbucker tone, get another guitar that produces those tones. There is no shortage of great used guitars which will give you those tones you want. Keep the fender stock and learn to make it do the things its great at doing, make the other guitar do the that's its great at doing. As others said, you can modify pickups or add gain boxes, but those are at best compromises and you usually wind up with a guitar that's doesn't do either tone very well. I have a guitar with just about every combination you can think of including full sized, and mini Humbuckers in Strat's. Since yours is an American Pro I wouldn't advise modding it. Especially not with a full sized HB. Those don't have what you'd call a boat route like cheap Strats do. You'd wind up destroying the instruments value routing a hole big enough to fit a full sized HB. You're much better off buying a good used Epiphone, Jackson, Ibanez etc for a humbucker sound. The exception might be the ZZ Top tones. I can nail them on a tele quite well using the right gain boxes. I don't come close using a Strat, mainly because of the pickup positions and tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AJ6stringsting Posted March 3, 2020 Members Share Posted March 3, 2020 I love to use a Bill Lawrence L-250, Dragonfire Duo Rail, Dimarzio Chopper or Seymour Duncan Screamin' Demon stacked humbucker in the neck. Try a Seymour Duncan Hot Rail or a Dimarzio Fast Track 2 in the bridge. Both , the Hot Rail and Fast Track 2, split great with toggle switch and deliver great single coil tones when split. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members humbuckerstrat Posted March 4, 2020 Members Share Posted March 4, 2020 Another vote for the Dragonfire Duo Rail. And they definitely won’t break the bank, they cost $20 @ GuitarPartsOnline.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members t_e_l_e Posted March 4, 2020 Members Share Posted March 4, 2020 another one for seymor duncan lil'59 strat pick up... i have a tele one in a tele and it rawks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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