Replacement pickups for Fender Strat Single/Single/Humbucker

BBN-Boys · Post by **BBN-Boys** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 3:21 am

Hi guys,

Happy New Year!

Can you guys please recommend replacement pickups for my Fender Sambora Strat (alder body) with Floyd Rose Tremolo bridge? The guitar is currently stock and is equipped with two Fender Texas Special singlecoils (neck/middle) and a Dimarzio PAF Pro in the bridge. As expected with many Fender strats, the tone tends to be on the bright side (bordering on thin sounding). The Dimarzio PAF Pro just doesn

JimiJames · Post by **JimiJames** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 5:12 am

Hey, I like that guitar for a super strat like the HM Series ! Don't care for the Star inlays.

The two Fender Texas Special's are cool....The PAF Pro is fired !
With an exception of DiMarzio's Virtual Vintage Series those pickups carry a certain "stain" on them
that ya can't rinse off.

Your range is from 70

St August · Post by **St August** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:44 am

Also Important to know. What amp are you using?gauge of strings? any inline Pedals etc... And as Jimi said sound clips .. these thing will better help getting you in the right direction

BBN-Boys · Post by **BBN-Boys** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 1:40 pm

St August wrote:Also Important to know. What amp are you using?gauge of strings? any inline Pedals etc... And as Jimi said sound clips .. these thing will better help getting you in the right direction

I've been stringing this guitar with 10-46 gauge strings (D'Addario EXL110 XL). My signal path is uasually very simple. From the guitar, it goes through a overdive (modded ts9, SD1 or MXR ZW) and maybe a Boss DD-3 delay. The amps are usually Marshalls or clones, '69 plexi, jcm800.

I've had great tones from all my Gibson guitars (es335, LP Custom, '58 ri LP) through this setup. Fenders are almost a totally differnt animal compared to Gibsons.

mightymike · Post by **mightymike** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 2:11 pm

My recommendation:

Humbucker
WCR - Darkburst - Bridge

Single coils

VanZandt - Vintage Plus - Neck
Vanzandt - Rock - Mid (make sure the mid is reversed)

And Skinny Top Heavy Bottom Strings.

New CTS pots
Hovland .022 Cap

npminard · Post by **npminard** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 1:43 am

It's all about soundclips, what JimiJames and St. August suggested. I find myself on http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/ check the "Players" area for tons of clips with Bareknuckle Pickups...boutique p/u's. I'd second the WCR based on rockstah's Darkburst clips, but there are many variables as mentioned before. A pickup one guy thinks is great, another could think sounds like shit so remember that it's up to your ears

Good luck

St August · Post by **St August** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:49 am

JimiJames wrote:Hey, I like that guitar for a super strat like the HM Series ! Don't care for the Star inlays.

JIMI has one Just Like it Except his Inlays say *JIMI*

Thats why he dont like your inlays

BBN-Boys · Post by **BBN-Boys** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 2:18 pm

St August wrote:
JimiJames wrote:Hey, I like that guitar for a super strat like the HM Series ! Don't care for the Star inlays.

JIMI has one Just Like it Except his Inlays say *JIMI*

Thats why he dont like your inlays

So.... I should rip out the stars and replace them with *JIMI*. Maybe that would make the guitar sound better

......

Thanks for the suggestions.