stratocaster for metal?

[guitar_god123456]

just out of curiosity, has anyone used a singlecoil strat for metal? maiden use them and sound badass, but was wondering who else use them for metal?

 

[MrDan666]

just out of curiosity, has anyone used a singlecoil strat for metal? maiden use them and sound badass, but was wondering who else use them for metal?

Dude, Maiden use single coil sized humbuckers, not real singles. Its the JB jr I believe!

 

[mrp5150]

None of the Maiden guitarists use single coils in the bridge though. I love Strats with a full size humbucker or something like a JB Jr in the bridge.

 

[guitar_god123456]

just out of curiosity, has anyone used a singlecoil strat for metal? maiden use them and sound badass, but was wondering who else use them for metal?

Dude, Maiden use single coil sized humbuckers, not real singles. Its the JB jr I believe!

i know that dude, but they wouldnt be as thick as a full humbucker, they'd be lacking something right?

 

[mrp5150]

just out of curiosity, has anyone used a singlecoil strat for metal? maiden use them and sound badass, but was wondering who else use them for metal?

Dude, Maiden use single coil sized humbuckers, not real singles. Its the JB jr I believe!

i know that dude, but they wouldnt be as thick as a full humbucker, they'd be lacking something right?

They sound very close. Only Janick uses the JB Jr though. Dave uses the Hot Rails and Adrian uses a full size DiMarzio Super Distortion.

 

[grooveHT]

Does Malmsteen and his crowd count? I know he technically uses single sized stacked humbuckers, but they sound like singles? Also, I think John Norum used Dimarzio singles at some point, but Dan666 could probably help you out more there.

 

[guitar_god123456]

They sound very close. Only Janick uses the JB Jr though. Dave uses the Hot Rails and Adrian uses a full size DiMarzio Super Distortion.

think in a strat they'd sound good for more modern metal tones? or is that just.......no?

 

[mrp5150]

They sound very close. Only Janick uses the JB Jr though. Dave uses the Hot Rails and Adrian uses a full size DiMarzio Super Distortion.

think in a strat they'd sound good for more modern metal tones? or is that just.......no?

Depends how modern you're talking about.

 

[badger71]

IIRC, Deep Purple used to be considered a metal band. Blackmore was a Strat user....now, not so much.

 

[guitar_god123456]

They sound very close. Only Janick uses the JB Jr though. Dave uses the Hot Rails and Adrian uses a full size DiMarzio Super Distortion.

think in a strat they'd sound good for more modern metal tones? or is that just.......no?

Depends how modern you're talking about.

anything decent, fairly high amount of gain modern.

 

[mrp5150]

What kind of bands are you talking about? I remember my Vigier sounded great in B tuning with a Duncan Custom in the bridge.

 

[guitar_god123456]

What kind of bands are you talking about? I remember my Vigier sounded great in B tuning with a Duncan Custom in the bridge.

good question, umm....i dunno machine head, children of bodom? probably a dumb question thinking about it

 

[mrp5150]

What kind of bands are you talking about? I remember my Vigier sounded great in B tuning with a Duncan Custom in the bridge.

good question, umm....i dunno machine head, children of bodom? probably a dumb question thinking about it

Well if you're playing through a real modern sounding amp then I'm sure a Strat with a humbucker could do those tones.

 

[White_Van]

Well, I'm no professional but I run a strat every once in a while through my Einstein and it can sound pretty brutal. I prefer to dial it to a sick lead tone rather than a brutal rhythm tone, but it can definitely do it.

Probably didn't help, but that's just my experience.

 

[Scott Ians Beard]

Yeah, you can do it. Every so often I run my strat through robo-levels of gain. Depending on the amp, it gets real bright though.

I thought metal was a state-of-mind anyway?!

 

[badger71]

I can play classic metal with my strat just fine. However, I use the middle pickup for my rhythm tones and neck for leads. I pretty much ignore the bridge & middle/bridge positions for that genre on that guitar.

 

[guitar_god123456]

Well, I'm no professional but I run a strat every once in a while through my Einstein and it can sound pretty brutal. I prefer to dial it to a sick lead tone rather than a brutal rhythm tone, but it can definitely do it.

Probably didn't help, but that's just my experience.

what i needed to know, thanks

 

[White_Van]

Well, I'm no professional but I run a strat every once in a while through my Einstein and it can sound pretty brutal. I prefer to dial it to a sick lead tone rather than a brutal rhythm tone, but it can definitely do it.

Probably didn't help, but that's just my experience.

what i needed to know, thanks

Anytime, too bad you're in the UK, or I could show you

 

[guitar_god123456]

Well, I'm no professional but I run a strat every once in a while through my Einstein and it can sound pretty brutal. I prefer to dial it to a sick lead tone rather than a brutal rhythm tone, but it can definitely do it.

Probably didn't help, but that's just my experience.

what i needed to know, thanks

Anytime, too bad you're in the UK, or I could show you

if you did, it the diezel would capture my interest more tbf

 

[White_Van]

^ one would assume, or atleast hope.