Sinner

[leolyonsofficial]

My custom guitar has 3 single coil Irish Tours with a 5 way switch and 1 master tone and 1 master volume.

My question is I'd like more 80s beef, palm chug from the bridge but the IT isn't capable of it.

If I put a Sinner in the bridge, will it be out of balance with the ITs? And do I need a baseplate?

Thanks

[Telerocker]

Of course a Sinner would be off balance with the IT's, but I would give it a try if the quack on the fourth position is not that important for you.
I would order the Sinner with a baseplate. You get more mid-beef,  articulation and depth.

[Slartibartfarst42]

Agreed and if the Irish Tours don't sit well with the Sinner, try using Trilogy Suites as they still have a distinctly single coil tone but are much hotter and more suited to a Sinner bridge.

[Alfi27]

I run a baseplated Sinner in the bridge together with Fender 57/62 in the neck and middle in my strat. The Sinner is quite a lot hotter and that is certainly noticeable, but that would also be the case with a humbucker in the bridge. It quacks a bit less in the fourth position but not a drastic difference really. I am a humbucker/P90 guy and I cannot stand regular strat pickups in the bridge, especially with lower gain sounds they sound like sh*t. If you use the bridge pickup (alone) a lot for cleans I would probably think twice, maybe get a humbucker instead and split it. But if you are like me and run the bridge pickup exclusively with gain, the Sinner is an excellent alternative to a humbucker. For 80's stuff like Maiden and even Metallica I think the Sinner does the job really well! And like Telerocker mentioned, the baseplate is a good option. It gives a subtle but noticeable extra push in the low end. Good luck, hope you will give it a try!

[leolyonsofficial]

I run a baseplated Sinner in the bridge together with Fender 57/62 in the neck and middle in my strat. The Sinner is quite a lot hotter and that is certainly noticeable, but that would also be the case with a humbucker in the bridge. It quacks a bit less in the fourth position but not a drastic difference really. I am a humbucker/P90 guy and I cannot stand regular strat pickups in the bridge, especially with lower gain sounds they sound like sh*t. If you use the bridge pickup (alone) a lot for cleans I would probably think twice, maybe get a humbucker instead and split it. But if you are like me and run the bridge pickup exclusively with gain, the Sinner is an excellent alternative to a humbucker. For 80's stuff like Maiden and even Metallica I think the Sinner does the job really well! And like Telerocker mentioned, the baseplate is a good option. It gives a subtle but noticeable extra push in the low end. Good luck, hope you will give it a try!

Cool thanks. My guitar will only take single coil pickups due to the routing as its not a strat and has only one tone and one master and one 5 way switch. I'd like a super distortion but BKP doesn't recommend stacked coils. I have a SD JB and 59 on a strat and they sound cr@p.