Good HB for strat bridge?

[Jack Dotson]

I picked up a Strat from my son that has a HB in the bridge that's too heavy/hot for my taste. So what's a good HB for classic rock/pop that would match well with the stock PU's in a new American Standard strat and be used primarily for rhythm?

Tks.

[stevel]

Hi Jack,

I'm sure you'll get a billion answers with the typical responses generated by pup questions, but I'll throw in my half-penny's worth:

I have an American Deluxe and I put in a Seymour Duncan SH59 (nickel cover even) and have really been happy with it.

I also put CS54s in the neck and middle (came with the original noiseless SCs and a Dimarzio HB).

Walter W (TGP member) wired it up for me so the middle/bridge position splits the HB and combines it RW for hum cancelling (since the middle pup of a CS54 set is not RW/RP).

I also have one tone wired to the SCs and the other tone wired to the HB by itself.

Best,
Steve

[VanR]

Seymour Duncan JB for me.

[Mike9]

Suhr DSV or a DSH for more meat.

[walterw]

oh yeah, suhr 'buckers are perfect in strats. after all, they are voiced to sound right in his strat-style guitars, and to mix nicely with single coils.

[Catoogie]

Can't go wrong with the kind that have one black and one creme coil, those sound best in my opinion.

[walterw]

Can't go wrong with the kind that have one black and one creme coil, those sound best in my opinion.
sure, if you like blues. if you're a metal guy, the ones with two black coils sound the best. :D

[Gnarlly]

JB. Coil tapped, and it matches well with Strat single coils.

[musicnut24-7]

A Dimarzio 36th Anniversary PAF should do quite nicely!

[woude]

I loved the SD alnico II pro in the strat bridge position.

[rickc007]

Favorite so far is a Duncan Antiquity Bridge Pup

[chrisgraff]

I replaced a JB with a Seymour Duncan 1978 (formerly the EVH). Waaaay better - almost sounds like a single coil.

Amazing. Plus if it was good enough for Eddie...