Author Topic: Pickup Advise: Looking for "that Perfect Strat Sound&qu (Read 9789 times)

jordan · « **Reply #30 on:** May 28, 2007, 10:55:35 AM »

Quote from: Philly Q

To get a humbucker-like sound from a Strat you'd need 2 (or more) of the pickups to be in series.

I re-wired my second tone control to my bridge single coil (leaving the middle pickup without a tone control) and find that rolling back the tone to 5 or 6 can really thicken up the bridge pickup. Not exactly like a humbucker, but closer than anything else I've tried with single coils.

everton_fc · « **Reply #31 on:** May 28, 2007, 11:14:56 AM »

My Apache set is RWRP and is essential when playing in venues that have a bloody annoying hearing aid loop installed. Positions 2 & 4 cancel out the feedback that occurs due to the hearing aid loop if you purchase RWRP, which is a life save sometimes...

... or you can think "Sod it" ... or similar.

PhilKing · « **Reply #32 on:** May 28, 2007, 01:14:44 PM »

He has a very nice tone, but he is running the amp pretty hot, and uses the volume to clean up sometimes. He gets a really similar sound to my 60 strat. Tim rewound one of the pickups on it for me and I think that it is like the Mother's Milk wind (but it was 3 years and lots of BK's ago!). My Apache's are on my maple neck guitar and the sound is brighter, though I am sure on a rosewood fingerboard they will be really close too.

hunter · « **Reply #33 on:** May 28, 2007, 02:39:16 PM »

Quote from: PhilKing

He has a very nice tone, but he is running the amp pretty hot, and uses the volume to clean up sometimes. He gets a really similar sound to my 60 strat. Tim rewound one of the pickups on it for me and I think that it is like the Mother's Milk wind (but it was 3 years and lots of BK's ago!). My Apache's are on my maple neck guitar and the sound is brighter, though I am sure on a rosewood fingerboard they will be really close too.

Hmm, would you reckon on my maple neck Tokai, then a Mothers Milk set would be better/closer to that Blug vibe?

PhilKing · « **Reply #34 on:** May 28, 2007, 04:11:39 PM »

On a maple neck I think I would go with Apache's. Min are non-RWRP because the in-between sound is a little sweeter (and the guitar hums in the other settings anyway!!!).

Elliot · « **Reply #35 on:** May 28, 2007, 04:46:27 PM »

For that guitar it must be Apaches - no other will do!

BTW has anyone ever had Apaches wound with Alnico 5 magnets?