Ok pickup whores…

[motorboy1]

What you recommend for a fender American strat bridge position humbucker. Alder body, rosewood board. Standard trem. Stock fender pu was muddy, lifeless. Have a custom 9.2 k, with a5 rc magnet in there right now that’s better, but I want a little more push. Im thinking 11 12 k. Good clarity. Nothing too hot…

 

[romanianreaper]

The Suhr Aldrich seems hot but is so clear and cleans up great.

 

[RaceU4her]

i have a 78' in my strat, not too hot and good clarity is pretty much how i would describe it, i love that thing

 

[Shreddy Mercury]

I really enjoy the DiMarzio Fred and AT1 I've put in 2 of my guitars lately. Then again, I'm a DiMarzio Bro 4 Lyfe.

 

[Speeddemon]

DiMarzio Norton.
Not too hot, great clarity and harmonics. No ceramic magnet. Great split tone. Had one in my Charvel So-Cal; so Strat too with alder body, but maple neck and maple FB. Only reason I swapped it out, was to try the Norton in a different guitar.

 

[harddriver]

SD Whole Lotta Humbucker 8.8-9K ohms. A-5 rough cast magnet
SD Saturday Night Special 9.75K ohms A-IV rough cast magnet
SD 78 model 9.1K, A-2 magnet

If that Strat has a standard Fender tremelo still the SD 78 9K would work well even with the A-2 magnet it still has clarity and punch.

All of these play, feel and sound hotter than their DC ohms resistance values. The only one I have not played personally is the Saturday Night Special.

 

[Geo]

Thornbucker, pretty good all around pickup.

 

[Shreddy Mercury]

DiMarzio Norton.
Not too hot, great clarity and harmonics. No ceramic magnet. Great split tone. Had one in my Charvel So-Cal; so Strat too with alder body, but maple neck and maple FB. Only reason I swapped it out, was to try the Norton in a different guitar.

I didn't mention the Norton, which I've also recently put in another guitar. However, I recall it being a little bassier, which may take away from the clarity a smidge? Either way, I dig it as well.

 

[marvcus]

‘59/Custom Hybrid

 

[Speeddemon]

I didn't mention the Norton, which I've also recently put in another guitar. However, I recall it being a little bassier, which may take away from the clarity a smidge? Either way, I dig it as well.

Hmm, I replaced another Norton with an AT-1 in a Les Paul, and to me the AT-1 was the slightly thicker/bassier of the two and the Norton had a pinch more hair on its teeth, which the EQ charts on the Dimarzio site seem to confirm.

https://www.dimarzio.com/pickups/medium-power/norton
https://www.dimarzio.com/pickups/medium-power/dimarzio-1

 

[shredi knight]

 

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The answer is always roxy

 

[gclef]

I really enjoy the DiMarzio Fred and AT1 I've put in 2 of my guitars lately. Then again, I'm a DiMarzio Bro 4 Lyfe.

Or Mo'joe.

 

[VonBonfire]

I really enjoy the DiMarzio Fred and AT1 I've put in 2 of my guitars lately. Then again, I'm a DiMarzio Bro 4 Lyfe.

Toy robot mids are essential for an authentic hard rock tone.

 

[Deleted member 8175]

Toy robot mids are essential for an authentic hard rock tone.

 

[Deleted member 8175]

The Suhr Aldrich seems hot but is so clear and cleans up great.

I have one in the bridge of my '87 Kramer. Amazing pickup.

 

[DanTravis62]

Suhr aldrich is a good shout.

I'd say the Duncan SH14 is probably my favorite strat/strat scale length bridge pickup though

 

[70 Mach 1]

first off HBs don't belong in strats . this is why its a called strat

I had a bridge Super D in my American Special. running about 13.3K with full HB and parallel switching IIRc about 8K.

but it didn't pair well with my other 2 texas specials. Plus it sounded very cold. I never really liked Supers but had this one laying around

so i tried an Area 61. I liked that better but then decide to just put back the original texas special wired to the tone. middle no tone

long story short i should have just left it the fuck alone and just wired it to the tone. it sounds great now

 

[Geo]

first off HBs don't belong in strats . this is why its a called strat

That was true before EVH came along.

 

[70 Mach 1]

That was true before EVH came along.

who?