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Ian Diction

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What middle pick up for my Super Strat?
« on: April 23, 2009, 07:09:03 PM »
I play a Cort X-6 and I installed a Miracle man in the Bridge and i've got an Ibanez V7 in the neck. It still has the stock middle pickup and I REALLY want to change it.
Here it is:
http://www.cort.co.kr/english/products/common/view.asp?product_id=131

Am I being silly or if I installed a single coil bridge pickup there would I get a ridiculously heavy tone? Or would it just be too much? I want to go as heavy as possible but would a specific middle pickup be the better option?

I use an ISP decimator and a Randall RH300 G3.

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Re: What middle pick up for my Super Strat?
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2009, 07:58:11 PM »
It is rather odd that you want a heavy tone from a middle single coil.

I dont think thats going to happen...or at least not in the ways that you might expect.

But if youre up for some silliness then put a zinc-steel baseplate Ubersinner in there. 23k single coil that in a bridge position it kills most humbuckers. If youre not that silly then put an ubertrillogy in; 15k and its designed to go there, but not to do heavy rhythm (which youre only ever really going to get properly from the bridge position). 

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Re: What middle pick up for my Super Strat?
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2009, 08:05:34 PM »
It is rather odd that you want a heavy tone from a middle single coil.

I just want a good pickup that will complement a heavier tone overall. The miracle man is lovely and thought another bridge pickup in the middle would make it a bit heavier, is that right?

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Re: What middle pick up for my Super Strat?
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2009, 08:08:07 PM »
Not really. Youre going to get an overbearing low end from it and an unholy shiteload of output and it'll mush out rather a bit. Youre better off going with something thats supposed to be a middle pickup and it sounds like an Uber-trillogy would be best for you. You will not be dissapointed by their power :twisted:

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Re: What middle pick up for my Super Strat?
« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2009, 08:17:50 PM »
Youre better off going with something thats supposed to be a middle pickup and it sounds like an Uber-trillogy would be best for you.

Is that a BKP? How much and where?

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Re: What middle pick up for my Super Strat?
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2009, 08:20:19 PM »
Yes, obviously, normal price, online shop or over the phone.

I always call em. Its better. You can talk about what pickups to get.

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Re: What middle pick up for my Super Strat?
« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2009, 08:24:47 PM »
COOL! Thanks a lot! I may even get onto Tim tomorrow.

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Re: What middle pick up for my Super Strat?
« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2009, 08:38:24 PM »
Good stuff!

Happy shredding (thats what trillogies do best :D)

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Re: What middle pick up for my Super Strat?
« Reply #8 on: April 24, 2009, 03:31:42 AM »
I have a Slowhand with a Miracle Man set (HSH) and it balances really well, the split tones in pos 2 & 4 are great and the Slowhand by itself is top class.
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Re: What middle pick up for my Super Strat?
« Reply #9 on: April 24, 2009, 08:35:14 AM »
i asked tim about what middle sc i should use between a couple of painkiller to allow me a flush sc setting...
his answer was trilogy.

but, just out of curiosity, why on earth did you put an ibanez pickup in neck position?????
Mule, MQ, Stockholm, CS, RY, MM, PK, ANB, CNB, AWP, CWP, PiG90...

too many? ;)

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Re: What middle pick up for my Super Strat?
« Reply #10 on: April 24, 2009, 09:01:22 AM »
and the Slowhand by itself is top class.

^+1 on that !

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Re: What middle pick up for my Super Strat?
« Reply #11 on: April 25, 2009, 01:29:55 PM »
but, just out of curiosity, why on earth did you put an ibanez pickup in neck position?????

I didn't like the stock pickup and bought one for £8 on e bay after reading a few reviews on Harmony Central. Gonna go for a better humbucker in the future but it'll do for now.