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The Pickup Place / Re: Which Strat bridge humbucker (for Strat-unfriendly things)?

« on: June 07, 2019, 11:57:41 AM »

The JB is made to sound good with 250K pots in a Strat, not a big 250K fan with humbuckers myself though. HSS Strats are cool and all, but I gave up on true singlecoils in that configuration. So my advice to OP is AT-1 bridge, Cruiser or Fast Track 1 middle, Chopper or Pro Track neck, 500K pots.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Less midrangey alternative to AT-1?

« on: May 22, 2019, 03:56:48 AM »

May be worth a shot, especially if you have an SD lying around, F-spaced or not.
If you like the tone in general, you can still get yourself an F-spaced one.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Less midrangey alternative to AT-1?

« on: May 22, 2019, 01:29:33 AM »

Have you considered a Super Distortion? To me it has a tighter attack and less upper mids, which are probably what is bothering you about the AT-1.

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Everything you wanted to know about .... / Re: The AT-1

« on: October 27, 2013, 10:56:18 AM »

Not really, that intro sounds WAY too twangy.
You'd rather want something more PAF-ish and brighter IMO.
Actually I think that tone sounds quite singlecoilish.

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Everything you wanted to know about .... / Re: The AT-1

« on: October 27, 2013, 04:56:01 AM »

My guess is warmer and smoother.

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Everything you wanted to know about .... / Re: The AT-1

« on: October 26, 2013, 11:08:08 AM »

Glad you like it, love it in my Strat as well.

I'd say it would work for everyone who thinks the TZ/AZ is too warm/dark/bassy and the Norton is too bright. Lots of people say it sounds like a JB with 250K pots but I think there's more to it than that.

The bottom end is quite big actually, not TZ/AZ or SD huge, but I never feel like needing more bass.
Also it's quite smooth sounding to me, compared to the SD in my Ibanez.
I'd say it's quite a modern, yet versatile tone. Can handle drop tunings (Drop C on my Strat) quite well, too.
Also I want to point out the singing lead tone. It just doesn't get thin, no matter how high up the fretboard you're playing.

Overall, very versatile pickup and I highly recommend it to anybody who plays more than just br00talz metal.