Single Coils for upside down Strat body?

[Sorbz62]

Hi fellas,

Having now put Nailbombs in my LP Custom and a HD in the bridge of my Warmoth Soloist, I am looking for a Strat set for my Hendrix Woodstock bitsa - left handed body, Maple neck etc. Inotherwords, I want the look but I'm not left-handed!!  Anyway, I've just realised that the bridge pickup will be tilted the 'wrong' way. Will this make any difference to the sound?  I was looking at a set of Irish Tours but would I need to get the bridge p/u hotter wired to compensate?

I was actually after p/u's which could be versatile enough to play John Mayer/ Gilmour/ SRV but also push to really heavy blues thru my Marshall JVM, like Bonamassa (single-coiled version!) or gary Moore in his 80s Strat metal sound.  I was thinking of ordering Irish Tours but asking Tim to overwind them to increase the output to around 10 - then I'd get the best of all worlds.  I don't really want to go to Trilogys or higher output p/u's.

What do the honoured Bareknuckle-ites think??!!

Here's my Warmoth with my Marshall megamonster!



Cheers,
Jim

[Elliot]

the bridge is hotter anyway to cure the strat bridge brittleness.

[The Sorbz]

So  - would Tim overwind a whole set of Irish tours just to give me a little more power? Maybe 10 at the bridge and 9 for the other two with metal base plates?  I need a nice clean but a powerful lead sound when required.

What about the bridge p/u being slanted forward at the top E side - would that make any difference?

[Lazy_McDoesnothing]

Tim could make a set of pickups just about any way you would want, but it's best to ask the man himself before you order.

And about the upside down body thing, look up a guy named James Marshall Hendrix. :D

[PhilKing]

You can also get the magnets 'reverse staggered' to really have the left-right thing working!  I have then on a guitar with the bridge pu in a reverse slant.

[Sorbz62]

Tim could make a set of pickups just about any way you would want, but it's best to ask the man himself before you order.

And about the upside down body thing, look up a guy named James Marshall Hendrix. :D

That's what I'm after - but with a right handed neck .... the guitar will be a reverse reverse style !!! :D

I've never really been a fan of Strats - They felt very scratchy, if you know what I mean but I loved the Strat quack of Gilmour and Mark Knopfler.  I want to go heavier though and I'm slowly getting the bits together:

Fender Ash body - primed but I'll spray it white (maybe relic it!)
Wilkinson vintage trem
Sperzel locking tuners

I'm looking for a nice neck now and some Irish tours.  This baby should sing!!! Especially through my Marshall JVM which gives an awesome clean sound.

Jim

[Mark66]

You can't go far wrong with ITs for Hendrix/SRV tones, pretty versatile too.
Maybe not so versatile if you get them made too hot, best to e-mail Tim about that.

[The Sorbz]

I've now built my Strat - with a Mighty Mite neck at the moment.  I have a Left Hand Fender neck coming shortly.  The pickups are 70s Fender standard. Not bad actually but I know I'll change them to BKPs soon.