Neck Pickup, Help me choose |
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Neck Pickup, Help me choose |
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Mar 17 2016, 03:06 AM |
I recently got a new (used) Kramer Striker 211. I like the bridge pickup, but I find the neck pickup lacking some warmth. It feels dry and...woody? I really like the Vintage Noiseless in my Strat, but it apparently needs a 1M pot and I'm not sure how it would play with the humbucker and the regular single coil in the middle position.
Here's the Strat, swamp ash body, Fender Vintage Noiseless pickup : https://clyp.it/bvyiujw4 And here's the Kramer, mahogany body, stock pickup : https://clyp.it/nzxyn1w1 The Strat feels smoother, warmer. What pickup should I get (noiseless or not) for my Kramer to get a similar sound? |
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Mar 17 2016, 07:59 PM |
GOOD CALL!! The timmons single coil is a killer improvement over the humming single coils of days past. Here is a link to it's info. It will fit in a single coil slot and it's got no hum. It's also got a ceramic magnet for more punch even at low voltage. It's worth a look
http://www.dimarzio.com/pickups/strat/hum-.../cruiser-bridge here is andy giving a demo or how about the hot rails strat. This one is a bit hotter. http://www.seymourduncan.com/pickup/hot-rails-strat-bridge There are tons of choices but these two make a good start and have very cool tone. My friend has the vintage noiseless on a strat type guitar (dean zelinsky-tagliare). I never checked the pots but pretty sure they aren't 1m as the highs are chopped off compared to your fender. Not like rolling the tone knob down, an agressive high-cut that kills harmonics.
He really dislikes it, without sparkle noiseless singles feel extremely lifeless and though we tested it with many pedals on a good amp it didn't remind us any tone. Since you already have a Fender what I wouldn't do is try making itsound like it, it never will. Since its a distortion machine its pretty normal the singles will sound more middy than having high-end. I also dislike such PU for clean but they work nice with heavy distortion like the old jacksons (no shrill or ice-picking highs from amp). But for something with a little more tonal range, why not check out andy timmons tones? I don't know his signature guitars electronics but he uses a dimarzio bridge PU on the neck and middle and seems to get really nice tones? This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Mar 17 2016, 08:00 PM |
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Apr 8 2016, 07:44 PM |
Thats cool, you can move it to the middle and back it off for picking comfort
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