After having a conversation on Facebook with Tim about a dilemma I was having, we finally decided on a VHII in the bridge with '63 Veneer Boards in the middle/neck.
The dilemma was that having an Ibanez SA160FM (Mahogany Body, Maple Neck, Rosewood Fingerboard), I was unsure as to what single coils to go for. Especially that it is currently 500k pots.
Tim told me that he prefers 280k pots for HSS guitars, and that he uses a Holy Diver and '63 Veneer boards in one of his Strats. Mine being a Mahogany body, he said the Abraxas would be better suited. But he then said that the VHII would fit my description prefectly.
I was worried at first that the VHII would be too bright, but he assured me the VHII has a nice full bottom end, and the mahogany with 280k pots would work well with the top end.
My initial description of what I wanted was:
A bridge pickup that is fat, vocal, but cuts well, suited to crunchy chords and vocal leads (I was thinking Crawler or Abraxas at the time). I like to control the saturation with the volume control;
For the single coils, something that provides exquisite, sparkly cleans - not harsh I might add (this is were the 500k pots had stumped me), but also works well with tone control so I can warm things up to play jazz.
I'll get pictures up as soon as they arrive, as well as many, many clips to come forward playing as many styles as possible.
