Seymour Duncan Hot Rails Pickup - (Bridge Position) (White)
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Yes. At the neck and middle positions, I still use my stock pickups. At the bridge position, the Hot Rails were installed. That sounds fantastic.
Hi there, I'm sure it'd work with any strategy. It's a single humbucker pickup with a single coil. To be honest, I like it better than any other pickup truck I've ever owned; remember, it has a lot of torque and is ideal for hard rock and other similar genres. I'd buy another one in a heartbeat! So it should fit 1970s strats; mine was a 94 made in Mexico. It really works!
This pickup was installed in the bridge position of a strat style guitar by me. It included fralin blues singlecoils as well as a five-way blade switch. The bridge pickup has no bearing on the rest of the pickups. With the exception of pos 4 middle/bridge, which combines the two. The first three switch positions produce the same sound, while the bridge position produces only a humbucker/dirty tone. I had a lot more fun playing his guitar as a result.
It's very simple to set up; simply follow the detailed instructions that come with it. My fender strat's bridge is where I put mine.
Selected User Reviews For Seymour Duncan Hot Rails Pickup - (Bridge Position) (White)
This pickup is a great replacement for a bridge pickup. I plugged one into my DuoSonic and it sounded fantastic. There's a lot more output, and it sounds a lot better when there's a lot of distortion and gain.
In different guitars, I have the JB, pearly gates, dime bag, and this hot rails. The tone that works best is hot rails. JB was the best until I tried others, then pearly, then dime. It's also possible that it's due to the type of wood used for the body. Should add put of fairness playing through boss me80 into board with can sim activated on boss to make some guitars that I simply can't make good without active emg. So it's digital instead of analog. JB was a natural when it came to using the analog board.
On seymourduncan. com, I used the wiring diagram. Except for the 5-way switch, it was fairly straightforward. It wasn't staggered; it was laid out in a straight line from one end to the other. There is a bridge wire in positions 8, 4, and 5. But I like it so much that I'm going to get one for my neck as well.
It's an unavoidable cost of doing business. However, I found myself mostly using the 2 and 4 positions, as well as the middle and neck pickups by themselves, and avoiding the bridge pickup because I couldn't get the bridge to work the way I wanted it to. br>br>So I went with the Hot Rails in the bridge position, which turned out to be an excellent choice. The bridge position now sings (without the hum, of course), and the 2 position has been dialed in to match the middle pickup as well. My Strat recently transitioned from a "single coil" to a "main" guitar, owing to how enjoyable it is to play.
This is a great way to get some different tones out of your single-tone guitar. guitar with a coil setup They don't have the same tone as a full-size Humbucker, but you won't be disappointed if you don't expect that. You'll get a ferocious output from these, and you'll have a decent distorted tone to work with if you pair them with a gainy amp. br>br>I used this in a Gibson Melody Maker with only minor adjustments, and I've also seen them in Jaguars. In my case, they swapped out the dreadful stock pickups for something much better. These aren't for true Stratocaster purists looking for traditional tones, but they're a good way to get a more aggressive sound without having to buy a new guitar.
Despite what I had read, it is possible to balance the output with the remaining single coil in my mid position simply by raising that pickup closer to the strings after installing the bridge Hot Rail. So now I've got a strong scooped sound coming from my neck, a quack-quack-quack-quack-quack-quack-quack-quack-quack- The bridge has a powerful midrange and a ey strat sound. And when I combine the middle pickup with either of the Hot Rails, I get some fantastic results. I'm having more fun with my Strat now than I've ever had before. Installation was simple, though I recommend looking up color wiring diagrams on the Seymour Duncan website because the grayscale diagrams included with the pickup are difficult to read. 5 Stars!.
The Seymour Duncan hot rails is a super hot pick up with incredible Sonic range and volume that is perfect for making a fender Stratocaster sound more hard rock and metal. In the bridge position, this thing is a beast! My Stratocaster has the perfect sound and appearance because of the craftsmanship, wiring, and single coil size. This pick up has made me very happy.