Deep Purple Pickups?

[mkh02]

Thanks for all the advice again guys!

So gonna go for the trilogy's!

What is the point of stock polarity or RW/RP?

Is it worth going for? What you all think?

M

[Nolly]

RWRP makes positions 2 and 4 hum cancelling, and also gives those positions a cleaner, smoother and more scooped sound. It's a cool option for the hotter strat sets since they are a lot fatter in the mids than your average singles - this way you can access some of the wonderful "hollow" sounds you get from more traditional strat pickups.
The downside is that the having a reversed polarity means the pickups' magnets exert a "tug of war" on the string, with the bridge and neck pickups pulling in the opposite direction to the middle pickup. This does reduce sustain marginally, but it shouldn't be of major concern. RWRP is more or less considered standard for strat sets.

Stock polarity will give you more top and bottom end extension, as well as being fuller in the midrange. You will of course lose the hum-cancelling effect in positions 2 & 4, but the trade-off is arguably improved sustain.

FWIW, I've played RWRP and stock sets back to back in the same guitar, and the difference in sustain is not a deal-killer in anyway. It'd be unnoticeable in the vast majority of situations.

[MrBump]

Thought I'd comment, as I have just fitted a Trilogy Suite to my Charvel strat.

I'm using an Egnater Renegade, and an HBE Germania 44 treble booster as my stock sound.

Still getting used to the Trilogies; they're very different to the Blackguards and Mules that have been the staple of my sound for a couple of years.

I have baseplates on bridge and neck.

Still playing with pickup heights etc.

Bkackmore - yes, definitely.  Very, VERY much so.

Yngwie - yeah, although I'm struggling to get the creamy neck sound (probably more shitee technique than anything else).  Neck pickup height adjustment will help here, I suspect.

The real gem for me here is positions 2 and 4 - they are INSANELY good.  Really incredible - full, rich, warm and biting all at once.

middle position is very middle position strat - i have it set relatively low.

Bridge pickup actually has a bit of a 1980's glam metal vibe going on.  I just kept playing the main riff to "Unskinny Bop" on it over and over again, and grinning!

Not a great review, still getting used to them.  Gonna put a YouTube clip up as soon as possible.

Mark.