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The Pickup Place / Re: Looking for some pickup help. . .

« on: May 18, 2019, 05:09:57 PM »

It great that you want to get new electronics, but you should try to rectify the electrical issues in relation to your gear *snip*

I've done about all I can on my end as far as RF and EM interference, and I've checked the shielding, but surge protectors and shielding tape aren't going to fix 60 cycle hum. Power is grounded and has 2 surge protectors (one on the wall for the room and one specifically for music gear), all my guitars are properly shielded, and I only have issues with single-coils.
I looked at some clips of the HS3 and 4 and was seriously unimpressed with the tone, and I can see why a single-coil guy wouldn't be too happy with them. They're not going to cut it with a humbucker, I think.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Looking for some pickup help. . .

« on: May 18, 2019, 11:42:21 AM »

I use a Grandmeister Deluxe 40 (pretty bright), and no pedals. The speaker cab is a DV Mark Neoclassic 2x12, also pretty bright. It's not a super thin or tinny rig though, the Lithiums in my Kiesel (which are basically all upper midrange and treble) can be tamed pretty easily and not sound harsh.

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The Pickup Place / Looking for some pickup help. . .

« on: May 17, 2019, 11:29:55 PM »

Hey folks!

So I just picked up a Strandberg Classic 6 and I was kinda curious what you guys would recommend for a new pickup set. The stock units are actually really nice, but my apartment is old and has a ton of electrical noise, so they gotta go.
For the bridge, I want something that has decent output (more than the Virtual Hot PAF, as much or less than a Tone Zone), kinda warm (maybe a little more than a PAF Pro, but a little less than the Tone Zone), but mostly something transparent that lets the snappyness and resonance of the guitar shine through.
For the middle pickup, it's literally never gonna get used on it's own (position 3 is getting wired for neck+bridge split) so I'm looking for something that will make positions 2 and 4 pop a bit without losing too much output.
For the neck, I'm not really looking for a Stratty tone or a really authentic vintage single because honestly, I'm a modern prog guy and that stuff just goes  over my head I'm just looking for something that will work well tonally with the humbucker, so probably a darker, hotter kind of thing.

I'll be using this for clean cleans through to like Iron Maiden levels of dirt. I already have a pretty bright amp, so the pickups don't need a ton of treble, but I do want a lot of chord clarity, especially under gain. The attack doesn't have to be super pronounced, but I do want it to stay tight.

I was thinking either a Transition in the bridge with an Injector Neck in the middle and an Injector Bridge in the neck (I hear the Luke III HSS has a similar setup, and it's one of my favorite sounds) for something a little more modern, or a Norton with a Virtual Vintage 54 Pro in the middle and a V for something a little more tame. For pots, it's getting a 500k volume and a Virtual Vintage Heavy Blues 2 in the neck.

Thoughts? Suggestions?

Much appreciated, guys!

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