Knopfler/Hendrix/Blackmore

[Snikch]

Is there one BKP strat set that nail do these three guys tones?

I was thinking either apaches or Irish tours. What do you guys think?

Also would baseplates be a good idea?

Thanks

P.S. they will be going into an alder body, maple neck strat.

[38thBeatle]

I expect that you will get  a few replies suggesting Irish Tours  or Mothers Milk. I cannot comment  as I have neither ( I have tried out the MM's on a friends guitar and they were superb). Would I would say is that the Apaches put in a pretty good vintage Strat tone.The three players you mention have differing tones anyway . I had to play Little Wing at a gig recently and got a great fruity tone from my Apaches. Not a lot of help sorry.

[AndyR]

Gulp, not too sure - I usually jump in with ITs can do that!! (or close)

But I'm looking at "Hendrix" in the middle there... OK I can get not too bad on ITs, but I believe there is probably a better BKP for it - I don't know which one though.

The ITs get me a lot closer to Knopfler and Blackmore if I want, but they almost seem too "hard" for Hendrix tones (in my hands at least).

Hopefully someone with wider experience of the different strat sets can help you...

EDIT: 38th has posted while I was dithering... "fruity" is a good description of what I think the ITs would be slightly lacking in.

[kellar]

Uhh, in reference to guitars, what exactly does "fruity" mean? :D
Sorry, but my guitar "tone vocabulary" is lacking and I was just wondering if I was missing out on something. :lol:

[noodleplugerine]

I've heard that Mothers Milk do the whole hendrix thing pretty well - Never played them though, no idea how well they'd do the others.

[38thBeatle]

Kellar: fruity means that lovely rounded tone you get from a really good strat when using the neck pickup and indeed sometimes using neck and middle.

[shaman]

my MM's nail those tones for me in terms of Blackmore,Hendrix
..of course, I believe my amp has a lot to do with that as well...
-very robust and clean...sounds like a Strat is supposed to....NOT a cheap imitation of a humbucker...neck is perfect IMO...sounds divine thru my newly aquired Fulltone Clyde Deluxe wah :D.....I am a Trower freak when I strap a Strat on, and the MM's do it for me!!

[Elliot]

Mother's Milks or Irish Tours i'd say.

But the Hendrix Little Wing tone (i.e. the one he borrowed from Curtis Mayfield) is more to do with the amp in my opinion.

[AndyR]

Kellar: fruity means that lovely rounded tone you get from a really good strat when using the neck pickup and indeed sometimes using neck and middle.

I'm glad you saw that question before I did!!
Yep, that is what I meant, but I couldn't have described it so well...
I'm at work, and 've got this Hendrix intro running through my head, I think it's "Wait Until Tomorrow"(?)... froootie :D

[FiXXXeR]

cant go wrong with the irish tours.

[Snikch]

Seems like maybe I’m asking quite a lot from one set, I thought as much.

If it’s a choice between Mothers Milks and Irish tours, I’d say ITs are defiantly the front runner, as I’d rather be the slightly hotter side of the fence.

Plus a friend is willing to sell me an IT neck and middle for rather cheap, leaving only the bridge to acquire.

Would adding a baseplate to the bridge take me even further away from some of the lighter tones mentioned?

[Philly Q]

IMO...sounds divine thru my newly aquired Fulltone Clyde Deluxe wah :D.....I am a Trower freak when I strap a Strat on, and the MM's do it for me!!

You, sir, have impeccable taste. 

And that Strat looks awesome.  I really want a 70s style maple-neck, it's my favourite Strat look (at the moment).

[JamesHealey]

Irish Tours have a real grunt and grind to them that will help with those tones; but if you're wanting something slightly smoother more like a stock 60s pickup the Mothers Milk is that sound

Apaches are a 50s pickup essentially thus are heavier in the mids and sound really bubbly and sweet, too polite for anything your after out of your strat.

[Ratrod]

I'm no Strat pickup expert but I think you could mix n' match some different strat pickups.

Hendrix often used his neck pickup, Knopfler uses the middle alot and Blackmore is mostly bridge.

[shaman]

IMO...sounds divine thru my newly aquired Fulltone Clyde Deluxe wah :D.....I am a Trower freak when I strap a Strat on, and the MM's do it for me!!

You, sir, have impeccable taste. 

And that Strat looks awesome.  I really want a 70s style maple-neck, it's my favourite Strat look (at the moment).

...ahh,thanks,dear friend!!I am going thru a re-discovery of Mr. Trower at the moment-I just picked up the remastered "Bridge of Sighs"(sigh...!)...a top 10 must have for all who rock!!
this is a Hendrix Woodstock Strat...it was made for a righty to play upside down, but I talked the dealer out of it(being a lefty, it fit like a glove!)the MM's are perfect in this particular axe-I am not sure of exactly what year this Strat is modeled after(60's obviously, but I forget what year exactly)