Seymour Duncan LWCS-II Strat + EMG SPC control

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More pup thoughts for the blue partscaster : Seymour Duncan Active LWCS-II Strat + EMG SPC control. I am thinking of chasing the dream that way. The LWCS-II Strat sound louder than vintage, more defined than other actives, less sterile than the EMG SA, more quiet than most passive humbucker pups, but still close to the bell strat tone.

The goal is a guitar that can play vintage rock clean staff but can also be something to
a) classic clean tones think of mike oldfield, dire straits as well, i mean this era
b) early 80s virtuoso-type neo-classical metal (rainbow, alcatrazz)
this should be close to the original strat tone, but without noise so that it can distort nicely
c) modern drop-tune tones, heavy riffs, think of slipknot, disturbed, etc.. modern hifi tone, extremely heavy yet defined.
d) fat bluesy/jazzy-tones, humbucker-like, and of course modern (humbucker) metal as well

To achieve all these, to make my own version of the ultimate universal guitar i have thought of :
1) Seymour Duncan Active LWCS-II Strat to achieve a) and b) above
2) if that works then go for EMG SPC to fatten up the sound and make those ultra quiet (by design) pups LWCS-II to sound hotter and fatter, like humbuckers, to achieve c) and d)

I have thought of an alternative route to this. First i get myself a EMG SPC and apply it in my current setting (dimarzio HS3 (B), generic SC (M), generic SC (N) ). If that current (ultra anemic) setting gets some life out of the SPC, then this will be a positive sign to go fully with the plan.

Whatcha guys think?

[newey]

I'm not personally familiar with either the pickup or the SPC control, so you're on your own as far as experimentation goes. As we've said before, all the internet sound clips in the world won't really help you much when it comes to finding the tone that you want.

The 'net videos I viewed of the SPC were all installed into active guitars, so that probably doesn't really tell what you'll get, for that reason alone, even ignoring the differences in your guitar from those in the videos, different amps, crappy fidelity on YouTube, etc.

Your idea of trying one mod at a time is sound practice. If you like the pickup, then move on to the SPC.

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Aug 8, 2013 21:33:59 GMT -5 newey said:

Your idea of trying one mod at a time is sound practice. If you like the pickup, then move on to the SPC.

I was thinking more of installing the SPC to the current configuration. If it gives some life to the HS3 and the generic SCs, then i will go for the seymour duncan set. Lets see. This + some locking tuners will cover the budget for 2014 ....