papersoul
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Hey guys, I have been a Gibson guy for years. I tend to prefer dual humbucker, arched top guitars. I am aslo the type of player who plants his picking hand on the body. Now Strats have bothered me before because being a hard rock guy, I thought they sounded a little thin, but mind has changed recently playing a lot of different strats and seeing the light. Plus my collection is all Gibson and PRS and want something different.
Two things I have struggled with were picking, I tend to hit the middle pickup a lot and also my hand hits the volume knob, so I tend to adjust my hand position and lower the middle pickup all the way so it is not used.
I also want a humbucker in the bridge position so I was thinking or a new Standard Fat Strat and installing one of my favorites, either a Rio Grande BBE or Duncan EVH/78. Otherwise I could buy an SSS strat and install a Rio Grande Rail Runner humbucker bridge p'up.
I do not take more than one guitar to a gig so running a humbucker bridge like the Rio Rail Runner or BBQ and splitting might be nice for variety.
Any thoughts from the strat experts?
So how do you guys switch between Strats and Gibsons? Easy to get used to?
Two things I have struggled with were picking, I tend to hit the middle pickup a lot and also my hand hits the volume knob, so I tend to adjust my hand position and lower the middle pickup all the way so it is not used.
I also want a humbucker in the bridge position so I was thinking or a new Standard Fat Strat and installing one of my favorites, either a Rio Grande BBE or Duncan EVH/78. Otherwise I could buy an SSS strat and install a Rio Grande Rail Runner humbucker bridge p'up.
I do not take more than one guitar to a gig so running a humbucker bridge like the Rio Rail Runner or BBQ and splitting might be nice for variety.
Any thoughts from the strat experts?
So how do you guys switch between Strats and Gibsons? Easy to get used to?