Ok guys, I need new pickups for my HSS Strat.......

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I'm sure you guys know what type of music I play by the clips I post up here. (Modern Hard Rock/Radio Friendly Metal)

I absolutely LOVE my Fender American Standard Strat (Sienna Burst w/Maple board) and I want to make it my main guitar.

So, I need a bridge pickup that still retains an awesome lead tone (as I have now with the stock pickup) but I need it to be beefier/chunkier in the lows for rhythm chunking (which this guitar lacks a lot of now).

I also would like a nice twangy, stratty, and sparkly middle strat pickup, as the stock middle pickup is the only pickup I can't stand!

In the neck I would like a single-coil sized humbucker that is great with cleans and even better with that liquid/super sustaining lead tone :)

For the bridge I've considered the DiMarzio Crunchlab or Super Distortion....Duncan Custom 5/Custom Custom....

For the middle all I've looked at is the Duncan Duckbucker

For the neck all I've looked at is the Duncan lil 59er...

What would you suggest I look into?
 
I agree with your Duncan choices. If you want some DiMarzio recommendations, I'd do this: AT1 or CL/Area 58/AN S
 
Suhr Aldrich bridge, and DiMarzio injector neck. Not sure about the middle. I never use those. But the Aldrich does split very well so consider wiring pos 2 with the aldrich split and middle pickup.
 
The SH-11 (Custom Custom) is awesome in the bridge of a strat. The Super Distortion is cool too, but a much "harder/focused" sounding pickup. I prefer Duncan buckers, but I like Dimarzio's singles. If you decide to go with Dimarzio singles in the neck/middle, let me know because I have a bunch of them I am not using that I would send you for cheap. I think I have an Area 58, Chopper, and Cruiser.
 
rcm78":wzk43sq5 said:
Suhr Aldrich bridge, and DiMarzio injector neck. Not sure about the middle. I never use those. But the Aldrich does split very well so consider wiring pos 2 with the aldrich split and middle pickup.
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THIS !!!!! w/a DiMarzio Area ( you pick ) in the middle ... !

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For the Bridge, suhr Aldrich or Anderson H2+ or H3? I have an H2+ in my bridge of my fat Strat and it does split well, so does the Aldrich.

Can't really help you on the neck and middle as I have always gone Single coils on those....
 
Off the beaten path here, what about a Duncan Jazz in the bridge? I tried it in my American HSS Strat because I had one lying around, and anyone that has heard the guitar has really liked it.
 
Alright, the Suhr Aldrich is going to be ordered for the bridge.....now to find the 2 single coils :) I need them all in white btw, just in case you guys have any for sale.
 
Another vote for the lil 59 in the neck. Have them in most of my strats.
I actually like them a little better than the full size 59.
 
I have Van Zants in my strat....
However, I have a Mockingbird, hum/s/s. Duncan custom/lil 59/ cool rails neck.
Hadcit this wy for years. LOVE the cool Rails in the neck, big smooth single coil voicing....
 
I have been using the Aldrich from Suhr in the bridge and Dimarzio Red Velvet in the middle and a Dimarzio Air Norton S for the neck. Nice combo and the right price.
 
I've got a swamp ash HSS (old first run of the Fender USA Lone Star Strats, 1997) and have a Duncan c-5 in the Bridge, and a Van Zandt Blues in the middle and neck. I have one volume and one tone control... This setup I've had for 10 years and I'll never change it. It sounds amazing in even the crappiest amps I plug into.

Also, for my volume I use a CTS 500K ohm...This makes the single coils SMOKE! The VZ's are not high output, so it's the perfect blend with the 500k which beefs them up and cut. I love it. Good luck and enjoy whatever you end up with.
 
If you're going Aldrich in the bridge go Dmarzio VV '54 in the middle and Injector Neck.
 
Junk Yard Dog":2m700kfw said:
I've got a swamp ash HSS (old first run of the Fender USA Lone Star Strats, 1997) and have a Duncan c-5 in the Bridge, and a Van Zandt Blues in the middle and neck. I have one volume and one tone control... This setup I've had for 10 years and I'll never change it. It sounds amazing in even the crappiest amps I plug into.

Also, for my volume I use a CTS 500K ohm...This makes the single coils SMOKE! The VZ's are not high output, so it's the perfect blend with the 500k which beefs them up and cut. I love it. Good luck and enjoy whatever you end up with.
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Plus one on the Van Zandt blues pu's. I've got the full blues set in my Jap strat and they kill. Immediate full blown versatile strat sounds. Every one of the 5 settings makes you smile and start riffin.
 
I really dig Joe Barden singles in Strats. Big, tonefull, clear and punchy with no noise. At least the few I've tried. Don't even know the models, but man those were some killer sounds. Match those with an Aldrich in split for the bridge...heaven!
 
I have Duncan JB's in the bridge position of both of my HSS strats and think they should great.......although, I am considering a change for no other reason than trying something different. I was considering a BKP Black Dog to try.
 
I have a Rio Grande BBQ in the bridge of a strat...sounds great
 
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