I have a 1978 strat. I'm thinking of getting a Seymour Duncan SSL-1 as a neck pickup. Is this better than the original, if you want that old bluesy sound? Any other pickup suggestions?
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I have a 1978 strat. I'm thinking of getting a Seymour Duncan SSL-1 as a neck pickup. Is this better than the original, if you want that old bluesy sound? Any other pickup suggestions?
is there something you dislike about the tone of your stock pickup?
No, not really. It sounds great.Quote:
Originally Posted by Porto Leone
then, don't worry about changing it. save your money and time for something you really need.
+1
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Lord knows -- hell, even I know -- that there's plenty of actually broke-ass things what need fixing..
JR
I believe that is the pickup that David Gilmour put in his black strat in late 1979 to replace his DiMarzio bridge pickup. I believe that is a very strong pickup.Quote:
Originally Posted by PLarson
For the blues sound, I would go to a Emerald Lace Sensor or Fender Texas Special.
Gilmour used the Dimarzio FS-1.
I agree with the above posters. I found out the hard way. Once you start trying to fix something that isn't broken, you'll never be happy. I went through a phase for about two years where I was swapping pickups like crazy in two Strats. At the end of the day, I sold those guitars as is and went with 2 new Strats and couldn't be happier. I still have a third Strat that I kept loaded Duncan Lil 59/Lil 59/ JB'r. I kept one guitar that way because it makes for a great high gain QUIET Strat, and as a reminder not ever do that again. In other words, while it makes a great hard rock guitar, I'd be lying if I told you that it was an improvement over how the guitar originally sounded.
I can't count the number of "if it ain't broke" moments I regret. :doh
Especially with guitar equipment.
Those late 70ies pick ups are low output and great for blues, I wouldn't think of replacing if it was my Strat, save your money and use it for a neck repair as posted in an earlier thread!! Your 1978 Strat in white looks great and I wouldn't change a thing on her !! :wife:
Wel maybe I would change 1 wire on the selector switch to have tone contol on the bridge and leave the middle wide open, I do this on all my Strats, very simple and easely reversed.
Me too! Especially the times when I've modified for the sake of modifying!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kap'n
SSL-1's are nice.
But when I threw some Antiquities in, things got REAL NICE...
But if your stock pickups sound good, why change?
+1, if it sounds good, leave it alone & start saving for another guitar !Quote:
Originally Posted by Kap'n
For $52 you might as well at least try it. I put one of these with the left hand staggered poles in a 1986 '57RI Strat and it absolutely KILLED the already fine sounding stock pickup. I'm sure the output was the same but the factory pickup sounded only so so in comparison. The SD SSL1 had better sustain, a juicier midrange (not really fatter sounding however) the high strings sounded sweeter and slightly fuller. This pickup just had a living soul and that's the best way I can put it because the overall comparison to the Fender neck pickup is that they both shared 85% of the same sonic ingredients and similar outputs. Beyond that the Seymour just pulled away in smoothness, feel and a bit of 3D presence. :headbange
I would echo the
" dont mess with it if it sounds good"
camp
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