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Schneidas:
Hi guys,

ok, the obvious answer is Steve Morse bridge. But I suspect this is not what I want.

Background story: dual humbucking Alder Strat (fixed bridge) with maple/Rosewood neck.
It had a FRED in the bridge and a PAF in the neck with 3x500k controls.

I got the Steve Morse neck pretty cheap from a friend who did not like it and as I had never played one, just tried it in the neck spot for fun. To my surprise I quite enjoy the darkish low output tone. And the flutey singing quality it has. So I decided to keep it and need a matching bridge pickup.
The FRED in the bridge is voiced totally different. The attack is much sharper and the overall tonality is too much of a contrast - so out it goes and I need something different.

Now the Steve Morse bridge is a super bright pickup from what I read - not sure I want that.
Probably need something in the bridge spot that is closer to the slightly darker tonality of the SM Neck and will complement it nicely.

What would you recommend?

darkbluemurder:
I have the set and heard the same things in the neck pickup as you did. In contrast to that the Morse bridge is bright but that is in relation to its high output. If you want something darker there are a lot of options - Breed bridge comes to mind, AT-1 if you do not want something quite as dark, or Tone Zone if you want similar output compared to the Morse bridge.

Cheers Stephan

Schneidas:
Hi Stephan,

Breed bridge could work.

Question, let's assume I were to go with a SM Bridge - could the brightness of the Steve Morse Bridge Model be tamed by changing the pots to 250k (volume and tone) for the bridge and keep a singe volume (500k) and no tone for the neck?
I have a feeling this might be a feasible option - but it's more of a gut feeling (and my gut has been wrong plenty of times)

darkbluemurder:
Yes, changing to 250k would defintively make the tone more mellow. However, different pickups react differently to that treatment. Some produce a fat tone (e.g. the Air Norton in the bridge), others just become dull so you have to experiment.

As far as I know Steve Morse uses 250k pots in his guitars - that makes sense given the fact that the original guitar was a telecaster.  I have not tried 250k pots with my Steve Morse Bridge as I like how it sounds in the guitar with 500k pots.

Cheers Stephan

Schneidas:
Cool! I guess I'll just experiment and see if my plan works

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