Looking for a hum cancelling single coil (Strat type) for a project. I plan on altering the windings, so it should be a cheapo and needs to have exposed pole pieces.
Thanks...
Thanks...
Hum Cancelling Single Coil Wanted:
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I have the DiMarzio VV Solo, HS3 and YJM and no one can tell those from a vintage Strat - but they are 20+ year old relics.
The new project is something totally different...a super hot wind for a neck position with magnets ground to the string radius.
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gball
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Gosh, I thought they all sounded awful - dull, inarticulate, undistinguished, no dynamics. Maybe it was unintentional bias just knowing they were different, but I quit trying with them after throwing away far too much money. They just sounded like a compromise to me and in my last Strat I ended up just doing the deep dive and installing Hot Rails.
As with everything, YMMV, and clearly does.
As with everything, YMMV, and clearly does.
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I can't comment on the newer ones...
My 1987 Squirecaster currently has the Gibson 500T and 496R that was purpose-built for Wasteland Weekend 2018, but I am getting ready to re-install the old pickups, shown here:
The old pickguard features a 1992 DiMarzio Virtual Vintage Solo in the bridge, a 1981 DiMarzio HS3 in the middle and a 1995 DiMarzio YJM in the neck. The tone pots and wiring are stock 1987 vintage Alpha junk, even the green chiclet tone cap. The only wiring modification is a jumper was added to provide for bridge pickup tone control and a Bill lawrence treble cut on the bridge.
gball
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It's whatever works! Sounds like a fun project.
No kidding though, if I ever buy another Strat it's going to be a H/H one, no singles. I've never been able to get single-coil pickups of any kind to give up the goods and wasted too much money and time trying. There's a part of me that wants a guitar with a wang bar and I'd rather lose a kidney than put a Bigsby on one of my Gibsons, so was thinking a hum/hum Strat might do the trick.
No kidding though, if I ever buy another Strat it's going to be a H/H one, no singles. I've never been able to get single-coil pickups of any kind to give up the goods and wasted too much money and time trying. There's a part of me that wants a guitar with a wang bar and I'd rather lose a kidney than put a Bigsby on one of my Gibsons, so was thinking a hum/hum Strat might do the trick.
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I occasionally use my old Squire for songs/performances requiring a tremolo, but I would like to have a locking tremolo.
gball
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I've only had one locking tremolo in my life. During the late '80's I bought a B.C. Rich STIII that had a Floyd on it, because I couldn't play the hits of the day with my Les Paul. It was actually a beautifully-made guitar, one of the Los Angeles built ones, but I sold it after I was no longer in that cover band because it just didn't suit me: a SuperStrat with a wafer-thin neck, a Floyd and super high-output pickups? Not 'xactly my cup o guava.
chilipeppermaniac
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Gball, having never heard or tried Hotrails. Are they decent, or you hated them too?
I was gonna tell Robert about them as they are the only ones I knew of
I was gonna tell Robert about them as they are the only ones I knew of
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I'm a Les Paul guy...as far as feel and tone is concerned. I'm seriously thinking about an Adrian Smith FR Jackson HSS that I could later put a 24.75" conversion neck on...
gball
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They're great but don't sound anything like a traditional Strat pickup - real hot, definitely humbucker tone, but with a tighter and less-extended bottom end. Actually, they sound an awful lot like Firebird pickups to me now that I think about it.
Dave Murray uses them, so there's a good tone-reference. They excel in the neck position IMO. Not quite ballsy enough in the bridge for me.
chilipeppermaniac
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Thanks Gball. I really had it in my mind the Hotrails were exactly as you described them. MY impression was exactly that, a hum in a single coil wrapper. Nice in the neck pos huh.
BTW, MY 76 SG came with EMG's installed. The bridge is the 85 or 81, while the neck is a single coil in a hum size. It has been returned to stock with the tarbacks and original controls.
www.emgpickups.com
Look at the Super 77, Fat 55, Or Hot 70 sets?
BTW, MY 76 SG came with EMG's installed. The bridge is the 85 or 81, while the neck is a single coil in a hum size. It has been returned to stock with the tarbacks and original controls.
HA
The HA pickup is EMG's original single-coil pickup in a humbucker housing. The HA has the same noiseless operation and clarity as the SA which debuted in 1974. Featuring an Alnico magnet, this pickup provides the widest possible frequency response for clarity, warmth and a rich blend of...
Look at the Super 77, Fat 55, Or Hot 70 sets?
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chilipeppermaniac
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Come to think of it, Robert, why not inquire with EMG about pups?
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chilipeppermaniac
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Esgee has one, Robert
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That's the one I'm looking at...
chilipeppermaniac
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He's letting it go?
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Maybe...
chilipeppermaniac
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He does have your SG does he not?
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