Holy Diver/JV Strat

[richard]

My 1983 JV Squier Strat currently has an Irish Tour in the bridge. I want to use this guitar as a gig back up in case I break a string on my Firebird Studio with RYs. So I'm thinking of getting a Holy Diver for the bridge and moving the IT to the neck.

Do you think the bridge IT will be okay in the neck ? The JV is quite bright and has a maple neck so I'm thinking that the HD is the right bucker for the bridge.

Thoughts ?

[Telerocker]

The middy and sweet in the topend HD will certainly beef up your strat. I just would try the IT in the neckpostion. Maybe it's not ideal, but I don't know why it should not work.

[richard]

After digging through some old threads I'm starting to veer more towards the Crawler. The specs/output look very similar to the Diver - what are the differences ?  I'm more classic rock than metal.

[Telerocker]

After digging through some old threads I'm starting to veer more towards the Crawler. The specs/output look very similar to the Diver - what are the differences ?  I'm more classic rock than metal.

The Crawler and the Diver are both middy pickups, the Diver more modern sounding, where the Crawler has some vintage flavour. I have the Crawler in an swampash MXG Custom Strat (by Patrick Eggle) and you can consider this one as hotrodded Abraxas or a supercharged Mule. It has still PAF-pedigree but with more oomph and a bit more compression then the Mule and Abraxas. Reallly nice for soloing. Tones are sweet and fat, topend is round but not dull or lacking treble. Above the 12th fret tones keep their weight. With drive this pickup really growls. Cleans up very good and splitted the result with the middle-IT is very pleasing. Real Fender-quack. Excellent allrounder. Takes any drive- or distortionpedal well.  I think the Crawler excels in (ash and alder) bolt-on guitars.

[Brow]

The Crawler and the Diver are both middy pickups, the Diver more modern sounding, where the Crawler has some vintage flavour. I have the Crawler in an swampash MXG Custom Strat (by Patrick Eggle) and you can consider this one as hotrodded Abraxas or a supercharged Mule. It has still PAF-pedigree but with more oomph and a bit more compression then the Mule and Abraxas. Reallly nice for soloing. Tones are sweet and fat, topend is round but not dull or lacking treble. Above the 12th fret tones keep their weight. With drive this pickup really growls. Cleans up very good and splitted the result with the middle-IT is very pleasing. Real Fender-quack. Excellent allrounder. Takes any drive- or distortionpedal well.  I think the Crawler excels in (ash and alder) bolt-on guitars.

Very good post there.

When I was gigging a lot a few years ago if I could only take 1 guitar with me then it was always my HSS Strat with Crawler/Irish Tour/Irish Tour.

I consider the Crawler 1 of the most versatile pickups in the BKP lineup, in the right guitar ofcourse. Not that the others aren't, but I always found the Crawler to be very versatile.

It also splits really well too so you don't have to lose your bridge single tone.

[darkbluemurder]

After digging through some old threads I'm starting to veer more towards the Crawler. The specs/output look very similar to the Diver - what are the differences ?  I'm more classic rock than metal.

The Crawler and the Diver are both middy pickups, the Diver more modern sounding, where the Crawler has some vintage flavour. I have the Crawler in an swampash MXG Custom Strat (by Patrick Eggle) and you can consider this one as hotrodded Abraxas or a supercharged Mule. It has still PAF-pedigree but with more oomph and a bit more compression then the Mule and Abraxas. Reallly nice for soloing. Tones are sweet and fat, topend is round but not dull or lacking treble. Above the 12th fret tones keep their weight. With drive this pickup really growls. Cleans up very good and splitted the result with the middle-IT is very pleasing. Real Fender-quack. Excellent allrounder. Takes any drive- or distortionpedal well.  I think the Crawler excels in (ash and alder) bolt-on guitars.

That is a very good description of the Crawler. But it definitely needs a bright guitar to sound its best.

As regards the neck pickup: I would just try the IT bridge there - you may like it as is.

Cheers Stephan