Hey all,
I'm looking to get some more versatility out of my '99 American Strat. Alder body, maple neck. It currently has 3 texas specials. I'm looking for a humbucker for the bridge position and I'll likely do the Suhr wiring of a super switch so that the humbucker sees 500K and the neck/middle see 250K at the volume pot (and position 2 splits the bridge humbucker to blend with the middle).
I'm looking for thoughts/experiences with a similar setup. The main reason that I'm going to do this is that I currently play a Les Paul with coil taps on both pickups. So I get all of the tones I need out of the Paul, but I now have a singer who can't quite hit the notes (in standard tuning) on the detuned stuff. So I need a guitar that's tuned down 1/2 step for some songs that can get some bridge position humbucker crunch that is close to the Paul.
I'm considering a Seymour Duncan Alnico II pro humbucker. How will this blend with the texas specials? Unfortunately I can't afford to do a lot of trial and error, I need to get this right the first time. I'll be playing Seether, GnR, Van Halen, etc. and I'm looking for a classic rock based bridge tone. Nothing super high gain, my amp can take care of the hot rodding
Any input is appreciated. Thanks!!
Derek
I'm looking to get some more versatility out of my '99 American Strat. Alder body, maple neck. It currently has 3 texas specials. I'm looking for a humbucker for the bridge position and I'll likely do the Suhr wiring of a super switch so that the humbucker sees 500K and the neck/middle see 250K at the volume pot (and position 2 splits the bridge humbucker to blend with the middle).
I'm looking for thoughts/experiences with a similar setup. The main reason that I'm going to do this is that I currently play a Les Paul with coil taps on both pickups. So I get all of the tones I need out of the Paul, but I now have a singer who can't quite hit the notes (in standard tuning) on the detuned stuff. So I need a guitar that's tuned down 1/2 step for some songs that can get some bridge position humbucker crunch that is close to the Paul.
I'm considering a Seymour Duncan Alnico II pro humbucker. How will this blend with the texas specials? Unfortunately I can't afford to do a lot of trial and error, I need to get this right the first time. I'll be playing Seether, GnR, Van Halen, etc. and I'm looking for a classic rock based bridge tone. Nothing super high gain, my amp can take care of the hot rodding
Any input is appreciated. Thanks!!
Derek