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The Pickup Place / Re: Bridge pickup for Strat

« Last post by darkbluemurder on January 19, 2026, 04:03:52 AM »

From the rails/blades type pickups I played the Super Distortion S and the Chopper, the Chopper being my clear favorite of those two. No experience with any of the Duncan models in the bridge position.

Cheers Stephan

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The Pickup Place / Re: Bridge pickup for Strat

« Last post by gregr on January 16, 2026, 01:09:56 PM »

The Seymour Duncan Lil’ Screamin Demon is the best I’ve played and the best I’ve heard. The Chopper is my runner up, but it really isn’t all that close.

Others that I’m familiar with in the bridge position and am prepared to comment on include the following:
Fast Track 1
BC-1
BC-2
Fast Track 2
Little 59
JB Jr.
Hot Rails

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The Pickup Place / Bridge pickup for Strat

« Last post by aselix on January 16, 2026, 10:52:13 AM »

I want to replace the bridge pickup in my strat, from a single coil to a humbucker.

Looking for an 80's type lead sound.  Which single coil sized humbuckers should I look at? 

Not necessarily high output, just enough for a strong lead sound.

Thanks

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The Pickup Place / My Humbucker from Hell REview

« Last post by nienturi on January 09, 2026, 02:48:24 AM »

Hello. This is my review of "Humbucker From Hell". Hope you like it

https://www.tonejourney.com/post/dimarzio-humbucker-from-hell-review

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The mini bar (off topic & misc) / Re: Spam

« Last post by darkbluemurder on January 06, 2026, 05:12:56 AM »

From time to time I see spam threads on this forum, and these are so far the only instances where I exercise my moderator power - such threads will be invariably removed with no exception.

Cheers Stephan

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The Pickup Place / Re: Neck Position: Fast Track 1 vs. Injector bridge vs. Virtual Solo

« Last post by gregr on January 03, 2026, 03:15:01 PM »

Generally speaking, my tone control simply removes presence and does little to nothing in a band context when playing anything heavier than mild distortion.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Neck Position: Fast Track 1 vs. Injector bridge vs. Virtual Solo

« Last post by headcrash on January 03, 2026, 03:20:00 AM »

Well, I don’t like/need tone controls and disconnected them in my guitars (if they have one at all)

With that said, I‘ve experimented with load capacitors in the past and somehow it wasn’t really my thing.
Since I don’t really want or need a lower output single coil sound, there’s no need for me to go that route (single coil + load caps).

I was also intrigued by that Jake E. Lee Charvel, but I wouldn’t be able to handle noisy single coils .

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The Pickup Place / Re: Neck Position: Fast Track 1 vs. Injector bridge vs. Virtual Solo

« Last post by gregr on January 02, 2026, 08:48:32 PM »

The Injector Bridge in the neck can be a good sound for sure. I’ve contemplated putting one in the neck for high gain solos, but for me it would just be a 1-trick pony. With weaker pickups there is still the option to turn down the tone control to remove some of the harsher top end. The HB2 is the hottest stacked single coil I’ve used in the neck position. It was in the HSS guitar before the FT1, but it was pitted against a hotter JB2 in the bridge and it just couldn’t keep up. The HB2 is now slated to go in an SSS configuration with a Virtual Solo in the bridge along with the 54P it was previously paired with in the middle position. Like with the Injector Neck you can coax a bit of vintage single coil sparkle out of the HB2, primarily by defeating the dummy coil and secondarily by reducing the loading, combined with the additional step of shelving away some of the body. This final step isn’t necessary for the Injector Neck.

I love the tones Jake E. Lee gets with a pair of SDS-1s and have been contemplating a noiseless option for that. I suspect a Lace Sensor Burgundy or Purple may be a better solution than a stacked design.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Neck Position: Fast Track 1 vs. Injector bridge vs. Virtual Solo

« Last post by headcrash on January 02, 2026, 06:00:26 PM »

Thanks gregr again for the info, greatly appreciated !
The video by piguitars was very helpful too. I think this sounds very interesting and I think I will definately try to get an Injector bridge for that guitar. To me it sounds single-coil-ish, but louder and fuller, and without the thinness and without too much „glass“ on top. Might be the thing for me…

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The Pickup Place / Re: Neck Position: Fast Track 1 vs. Injector bridge vs. Virtual Solo

« Last post by gregr on January 01, 2026, 05:12:55 PM »

I’ve been modding one of my Marshalls and testing it with my main guitar which has a Screamin’ Demon in the bridge and A3-loaded Duncan 59 Neck in the neck with a passive bass shelf control (to give you an idea of what I like in the neck position). I switched over to the guitar with the FT1 in the neck and both voicings sounded great without adjusting any of the controls on the amp. The bridge pickup is an A2-loaded JB/Screamin’ Demon hybrid which is a tad weaker and darker than the stock A5 Screamin’ Demon. The Screamin’ Demon is a vintage output pickup, on par with a Duncan 59 Bridge. With a stock JB in the bridge the FT1 is going to sound more like a vintage single coil (minus the chime, though still very bright), as if you plugged in a Strat and dialed your amp accordingly. There are key sonic differences between a rail pickup and a single coil, but in the neck position the FT1 sounds more like a single coil than a humbucker.

Piguitars has a demo of the Injector Bridge in the neck position to give you an idea of what it might sound like. It’s too dark for my tastes, personally. It still sounds very bell-like through the midrange unlike the FT1.

https://youtu.be/g5JQBRvF2qc?si=sJshNtJtHc6RCCl5