Sacrelige, or just too weird?

aristeas · Post by **aristeas** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 10:52 pm

I ahve a 96 Fender Strat Plus with the Lace Sensor Gold p/ups, plays great sounds great except for the neck pickup - thin, whiny, pointless. I've been thinking of replacing it with a slimline humbucker when it occurred to me... why not replace it with a Ric hi-gain?

Yes it would probably need routing, pickguard replaced etc - but what the hell, it's only a Fender.. Thoughts anyone?

I love the hi-gains

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 11:26 pm

There's one on Oz eBay at the moment, Lee. Couldn't hurt to give it a whirtl!

longhouse · Post by **longhouse** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 8:41 am

It's like putting a Corvette engine in a Mexican-built VW!

eggman · Post by **eggman** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 11:29 am

Lee,

Give it a try. I believe Randy Bachman (The Guess Who, BTO) did exactly the same thing with a strat and USED it for many famous recordings!
Noel: I liked your comment!

Larry

PS: I prefer the more common Hi-Gains to the vintage "Toaster Tops", for a 6-string. My two cents.

beefandbones · Post by **beefandbones** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 12:07 pm

I've thought about doing the same thing with a Tele, putting a toaster in the neck...

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 3:28 pm

Where would you put the juice extractor, Ethan?

longhouse · Post by **longhouse** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 5:23 pm

Ethan, my Aerodyne Tele has a P90 in the bridge position and I love it. My initial response to putting Ric pickups in other guitars was HERESY -but my views have softened a bit. The Tele idea would work cos Toasters TWANG! So it would add some glass and bite.

hmm

winston · Post by **winston** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 5:20 am

Put a Lace Sensor Hot Gold in the neck postion. They are really hot and have the punch of a P90 humbucker. Originally designed for the bridge position they work really well in the neck position. The Lacesensor Hot Gold pickup wrings out at about 13.2k

Regular Lace sensor Gold pickups wring out at about 6.0k.

If you put a non traditional pickup style on your guitar you will reduce its value significantly.

I also use Strats so this question is of interest to me.

winston · Post by **winston** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 5:22 am

If you are interested in my suggestion follow this link

http://www.youreq.com/musiceq/Pickups/electric/lace/hot-gold.asp

winston · Post by **winston** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 5:30 am

An alternate suggestion is to put a Seymour Duncan Hotrail in the neck postion. Different tonal range but same overall effect.

While channel surfing last night I ran across an Iron Maiden concert. All three of their guitarists use Hot Rails on Custom Strats. Their music may not be universally appealing but they get a great sound out their guitars.

winston · Post by **winston** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 5:34 am

If you would like to find out more about Hot Rails here is a link

http://www.zzounds.com/item--SEMSHR1B