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Hello, I have a 2000 Fender American Standard Strat (alder/maple).
I have been barrelling through pickups lately and want to give Duncan one last chance on this guitar. The Guitar has a 2 post wilk, but will soon get a Callahan 6 screw. I know the bridge is part of it- but not all of it. I run the guitar into a Diezel Herbert, a MarkIIC and a variety of Vintage Marshalls.

I have an Antiquity Texas Hot in the neck, the stock Fender in the middle, and have rotated the bridge. THE greatest strat I ever played was a 1963 w/ original pickups. It was dark, glassy, tight, Twangy, smooth, chimey and just sooo tasty. This is what I want. I also have to say that my stock Fender Am Std Tele is to die for. It has what I want. It's dark, glassy, tight, responsive, DYNAMIC, and just rips. For a clip of my hands:

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I need to get that out of my strat.

Quarter pounder- I liked it at first, but I want something darker, strattier, more hollow with a smoother top end. I need some whack.

Then I tried an Antiquity Custom in the bridge. Darker- but had a thin upper end that I found annoying, and the output was too weak for me. I dont need high gain pickups, but by the time I lowered the pup to a level where it got some of the qualities I wanted (a warmer upper end)- it was too plunky.

Now, i have a lil 59. It's nice. But I need something more hollow. I like the output and some of the tightness (could be a touch looser), but want more twant and glass.

What should I do? I have 21 days to swap the 59, so I cant just wait for the bridge to assess the pickup- not to mention I just know it's the wrong one. I was considering the twang banger, duckbucker or maybe going with another company. This might be my last shot with Duncan on strats.

The '63 you love so much has a Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard...that, the vintage '63 tremolo and block and the resonance of the '63 alder body is largely responsible for giving that guitar it's warmer, richer tone compared to brighter, thinner tone of your newer Strat with the maple fingerboard. It's hard to beat the Duncan Antiquity Strat pickups...I especially like the Antiquity Surfers. IMO, if you can't get a great and classic Strat tone with a set of those it's the guitar at fault...not the pickups. The Ant Texas Hots are wonderful too, but they accentuate the mids at the expense of the bass and treble. I like to mix them and use the Ant Texas Hot Custom bridge with a pair of Ant Surfers for the neck and middle positions.

Duncan has since recommended me either a twangbanger or SSL3.

I need an organic, semi-tight bottom end, with a warm, fat sizzleless high end. I need it to be dark, twangy and dynamic.

Suggestions?