Opinion??? - Bass/Guitar Combo Situation

[bunnybrown]

I play a Fender Strat with extremely heavy gauge strings (12-56?) through an Eden Nemesis 4x10 Bass combo. I've done this for years, and finally my old Squire Strat took a dump, and I bought a new Strat.
This time, it is a Mexican made Fender "Fat" Strat, with the humbucker. My sound has lost this "tone" punch it had before with the humbucker-less Squire. Is it the humbucker? Something else? - any ideas?
Anyone have an ideas about how to get a bass sound, yet retain the brightness and growl of a guitar? (besides getting a separate bass player and separate guitarist!!!).

[RandomHero]

You were pulling one of Stevie Ray's old tricks without knowing it, it seems. Are you still using heavy strings, and are the tones acceptable in M, M+N, and N switching positions? If this is the case you might want to coil-cut the humbucker.

[GuyaGuy]

baritone?
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