Zhysick
Well-Known Member
Hi there... I've been in this forum for quite a while now and I don't see many threads about single coil pickups even thou I have seen some of you use Strat style guitars (have seen a few EBMM Cutlass around) and Tele style guitars as well... It is just that you don't usually change your single coils for aftermarket pickups?
I recently bought a Fender Player Strat SSS MN (new MIM line) and it's growing on me more and more every day to the point that I just don't want to look back for humbucker equipped guitars even for heavy metal.
Lucky enough at home I am using a DC powered amp so no noise from the pickups.
I've been thinking in swapping the pups, specially the bridge pickup, for a hotter one: I've been thinking in the Seymour Duncan SSL3 Hot Strat but don't want to spend that amount of money in a pickup since I have "discovered" Donlis, BYO, Tonerider and other great chinese pickup manufacturers. Yes, they use fiber, correct staggered (or flat) alnico rod magnets and even cloth hookup wires. They have cheaper cercamic-magnet pups, of course, but they have good ones in pair in quality to Duncan, BKP and other (not said by me as I haven't tried any but they have been objectively tested by a member of Strat-Talk forum with the right tools).
So... any other single-coil pickups users that want to share knowledge?
I recently bought a Fender Player Strat SSS MN (new MIM line) and it's growing on me more and more every day to the point that I just don't want to look back for humbucker equipped guitars even for heavy metal.
Lucky enough at home I am using a DC powered amp so no noise from the pickups.
I've been thinking in swapping the pups, specially the bridge pickup, for a hotter one: I've been thinking in the Seymour Duncan SSL3 Hot Strat but don't want to spend that amount of money in a pickup since I have "discovered" Donlis, BYO, Tonerider and other great chinese pickup manufacturers. Yes, they use fiber, correct staggered (or flat) alnico rod magnets and even cloth hookup wires. They have cheaper cercamic-magnet pups, of course, but they have good ones in pair in quality to Duncan, BKP and other (not said by me as I haven't tried any but they have been objectively tested by a member of Strat-Talk forum with the right tools).
So... any other single-coil pickups users that want to share knowledge?