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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: studiojig on October 06, 2009, 11:17:26 PM

Title: Single coil for neck position??
Post by: studiojig on October 06, 2009, 11:17:26 PM

I have a Miracle Man bridge (10% overwound) in my new Jim Root tele and want to put a single coil in the neck position. I've never played guitars with single coils but love that bell-like, warm, round, but not mushed out/overly bassy sound of strats with singles in the neck position. Which would you recommend to pair with the MM?? Thanks in advance!

Title: Re: Single coil for neck position??
Post by: Copperhead on October 06, 2009, 11:44:51 PM

MQ :D

Title: Re: Single coil for neck position??
Post by: studiojig on October 07, 2009, 12:12:14 AM

Isn't the MQ a P90 size pup? I'm looking for single coil... well, single coil size single coil :-)

Title: Re: Single coil for neck position??
Post by: Copperhead on October 07, 2009, 12:59:35 AM

It's a P90 on a humbucker frame. It will drop right in the Jim Root. At least the ones I've seen have been hum/hum.

Title: Re: Single coil for neck position??
Post by: Copperhead on October 07, 2009, 01:01:08 AM

.....I have one paired with a Nail Bomb and they really go together nicely  :)

Title: Re: Single coil for neck position??
Post by: Fourth Feline on October 07, 2009, 11:38:34 AM

I presume you have checked out Andrew W's lovely Black Telecaster pictures and sound clips in the player's section:

" Mexican Tele with Mississipi Queen and Piledriver " ? If not, it's worth a look / listen.  

I am a M.Q fan, and as Copperhead believes the routing behind the scratch plate would support a M.Q's dimensions, I can imagine it would sound great  - as the M.Q. is a pickup I have enjoyed in other types of guitar, and would love to 'kit out' a Telecaster with one in the neck.
 
Just a ( biased ) thought.  :)

Title: Re: Single coil for neck position??
Post by: Antag on October 07, 2009, 11:44:17 AM

OK, I actually have some experience of this & I'd say: Trilogy

As an alternative, I believe it's possible to get a neck Sinner, but I've never tried it so I'll leave others to comment.

I wouldn't even look at any of the other strat single coils, simply because the MM bridge is so powerful that they don't balance.  I once put Miracle Man & Sultans' in an HSS guitar & it was a disaster because the MM was so overpoweringly loud compared to the Sultans' that they were practically unuseable together on the same amp channel.

Title: Re: Single coil for neck position??
Post by: studiojig on October 07, 2009, 02:47:41 PM

Thanks all for the replies and suggestions! I'll reconsider the MQ and certainly look into the Trilogy. Thanks again!