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Hi-gains in a Strat?
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 10:42 pm
by aristeas
I'm a fan of the hi-gain sound (love that punch and sparkle!) and I'm trying to reproduce it in a 96 Strat Plus with a new pup in the bridge position. Rather than go nuts with the router I'm looking for a Strat style pup which has a similar sound.
Can anyone give me the output stats for the hi-gain? And any advice on an aftermarket pup with similar tone/output?
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 3:17 am
by loverickbass
I think the G&L MFD pickups come really close.
Cole
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 5:51 am
by david_schwab
Hi-gains are a totally different design from the Strat pickups, and part of that is the shape of the coil... Hi-gains are wider aperture pickups. I think it would be hard to get a strat type pickup to sound like a high gain.
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 6:47 am
by jwr2
some strats are routed out for a humbucker ... so a ric pickup might fit in that hole ...
actually a ric hb1 might sound good on a strat ...
I was thinking of putting sic pickups on my sg ...
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 7:54 am
by admin
A RIC pickup will fit in a humbucker/P90 sized hole, but the outer edge of the pickup will not come up through the hole.
This is not a problem, however, as there isn't enough space between the strings and the pickup to raise it this high anyway.
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 8:39 am
by scott_s
I've seen a Tele Thinline with toasters before. I'll try to dig up a pic.
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 2:49 am
by dustoff
If you are looking for an aftermarket pup...try O.C.Duff. He's great and can wind just about anything.
http://www.ocduffpickups.com/
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 9:11 am
by jwr2
sic pickups ... I meant ric pickups ...
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 1:22 pm
by jps
Sic...Sic...Sic...Sic...Sic...!
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 2:45 pm
by aristeas
Thanks guys - I'll definitely check out the G&L MFDs, and I'll let you all know how it works out.
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 10:07 am
by brian_l
I have a picture of Randy Bachman onstage with BTO in the mid-1970s with a white Strat that has a toaster in the middle position. I would post a pic of it, but its in an issue of Circus Magazine and I don't have a scanner. I always thought that the guitars on the song "Let It Ride" sounded quite jangly. I wonder if this particular guitar was used on that song?