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Post by stevesemich on Jun 8, 2006 15:00:35 GMT -5
Hello,
I am in the process of changing the pickups in my strat, shielding it, etc...Guitar is alder 1962 AV RI Fender Strat with Rosewood fingerboard, 6100frets and 10-14 compound radius...
I am going to put the Suhr BPSSC silent coil backplate on the guitar to quiet down the noise on the single coils. Syas alll pickups need to be same polarity and orientation, no RW/RP middle can be used..
Right now I have a SSL-3 tapped in the bridge, that I really like (great harmonics and mids) and Antiquity Surfers RW/RP in neck and Surfer neck in the middle...(Had to wire up this way since the polarity, hum cancelling and phase of pickups, bridge is north polarity, antiquity neck is south, RW/RP is north)..
I am considering something just a little bit thicker for the neck/middle and thought Fralin Blues Specials might have a little more mids?
Wondering if anyone has compared the surfers against the blues specials?
Also wondering what the difference in sound between my SSL-3 hot and the Fralin SP43 would be for the bridge? The Suhr system recommends pickups between 6-8 K for effectiveness, but need hotter pickup in bridge for the high gain stuff I do...
I need to buy another surfer RW/RP for the guitar to put the Suhr silent system in or consider the fralins for the guitar...
I am planning on placing a no load 250 k tone pot and blender pot in the guitar as well...
Was wanting advice from the strat experts. I play in a modern rock trio so need something beefier for the bridge, but like the more traditional strat sounds in the neck and middle with just a touch more mids...
Thanks,
Steve
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Post by UnklMickey on Jun 8, 2006 16:43:50 GMT -5
...I am going to put the Suhr BPSSC silent coil backplate on the guitar to quiet down the noise on the single coils. Syas alll pickups need to be same polarity and orientation, no RW/RP middle can be used..... i don't believe that would have to be necessary. i have no experience with the Suhr, but it would seem that when using 2 coils of opposite winding , you would just switch the Suhr out of the system. when using singles, or coils of the same winding you would include the Suhr in the combination. but that's just reasoning things out, without knowing the details. there may be more to it than that. unk
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Post by stevesemich on Jun 9, 2006 8:05:34 GMT -5
actually with the suhr silent system all the grounds from all the pickups connect to certain places on the system. It says all pickups must be same orientation for system and if you have a RW/RP pickup int he middle position, then it has to be changed with a normal polarity like in the neck.
Steve
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Post by UnklMickey on Jun 9, 2006 10:07:53 GMT -5
Steve,
first, let me apologize for not giving you a proper welcome.
welcome to Guitarnuts2!
i have no doubt that's what the info on the Suhr says.
he's going for a wide audience. he has to keep it simple.
it is easier to replace the RWRP than to figure out a complicated switching system tailored to each unique application
but we're Guitarnuts!
we're not likely to buy a new pickup to replace a perfectly good one, to save on switching complexity or a few wires.
sure, we'll pony-up the dough for a new pickup if that's what it takes to get the SOUND that we want.
Suhr might have over-complicated things for the user to make his design simpler.
but that doesn't mean that a savvy Guitarnut couldn't figure out how to make it work with a RWRP in the system.
but, on second thought, anyone who would buy the Suhr, will prefer to pay for a new middle pickup.
the price of a new pickup is small potatoes compared, to the $325 they just spent on the Suhr.
there's no point in investing the time or the brain-power of figuring out the details, when it's easier to throw more money at the problem.
i'm accustomed to helping newbies on a budget, so i was thinking in totally different terms.
i understand now.
now that we have that out of the way, let's concentrate on getting you in touch with someone who might be able to give you a good comparison between the SD SSL-3 and the Fralin Steel Poled 43
unk
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