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Hello,
I am new to the forum and I have a couple questions I wanted to throw out to y'all and see what kind of advice I get.

For starters, I am building a project strat. The body is a MIM Jimmy Vaughan two-tone. I have no desire to stay true to a strat tone or anything of this sort. I just find the body style to be comfortable. It has a mohagany/ebony neck and will have a tremolo bridge. I want to be able to get a good rock distortion (for full on rocking and palm muting) and also a good bluesy lead tone.

So far I have been very intrigued by the Phat Cats. Would they sound good with the woods I am using? As of now they are my first choice, but I am also throwing around the idea of only getting a Phat Cat in the neck. Suggestions for the bridge? Or do you think the phat cat bridge is capable of what I want? I was considering the duncan distortion, but really Im not sure. Thanks in advance for any advice. Im exciting about putting together my own dream guitar.

Joe


Originally Posted by vdubb66Hello,
I am new to the forum and I have a couple questions I wanted to throw out to y'all and see what kind of advice I get.

For starters, I am building a project strat. The body is a MIM Jimmy Vaughan two-tone. I have no desire to stay true to a strat tone or anything of this sort. I just find the body style to be comfortable. It has a mohagany/ebony neck and will have a tremolo bridge. I want to be able to get a good rock distortion (for full on rocking and palm muting) and also a good bluesy lead tone.

So far I have been very intrigued by the Phat Cats. Would they sound good with the woods I am using? As of now they are my first choice, but I am also throwing around the idea of only getting a Phat Cat in the neck. Suggestions for the bridge? Or do you think the phat cat bridge is capable of what I want? I was considering the duncan distortion, but really Im not sure. Thanks in advance for any advice. Im exciting about putting together my own dream guitar.

Joe

Welcome to the forum Joe. I don't have experience with the Phat cat, so I can't help you there. Is the guitar routed for a full size humbucker? I would suggest a fullsize HB for the bridge and keep single coils in the mid and neck position. I used a '59 bridge HB with SSL-1's and it was a versatile combo for blues amp; rock. I'm sure more folks will chime in with other ideas.


Originally Posted by bungalowbillWelcome to the forum Joe. I don't have experience with the Phat cat, so I can't help you there. Is the guitar routed for a full size humbucker? I would suggest a fullsize HB for the bridge and keep single coils in the mid and neck position. I used a '59 bridge HB with SSL-1's and it was a versatile combo for blues amp; rock. I'm sure more folks will chime in with other ideas.

Thanks for the reply. The guitar is routed for a full size humbucker. I dont plan on putting anything in the middle position. Im excited for some insight here from those who use the phat cats.

Thanks again
Joe

I have enjoyed my Phat Cat from day one, it sounds great and handles distortion wonderfully.
I think it would work well with the woods you mentioned.

Rock On!


Originally Posted by KacI have enjoyed my Phat Cat from day one, it sounds great and handles distortion wonderfully.
I think it would work well with the woods you mentioned.

Rock On!

Cool. Thanks for the reply. Anybody else have any input?

Joe


Originally Posted by vdubb66Cool. Thanks for the reply. Anybody else have any input?

Joe

I used a Phat Cat set in several guitars, and the neck pickup is quite a lot bassier-sounding than the bridge one. Obviously, neck-position pups have more bass than bridge ones, but I prefer more tonal balance. (To illustrate my point, I don't like a 59N paired with a 59B because the 59N tends to be bassier than I'd like; I find a Jazz Neck to be a better complement to the 59B). So coming from this background, I'd go for a real full-sounding pickup in the bridge, such as the Custom.

Sorry, gotta go: my kids just woke up and need to be lulled again. See you later.

I use 2 59's in one of my strats with a stew mac mega switch (both 59s are bridge models). The mega switch helps to use the spliting/mixing of coils in series and parallel, giving a very versital setup for a variety of different styles. I'm sure there are other switches that give even more combinations but this one works for me.


Originally Posted by waltI use 2 59's in one of my strats with a stew mac mega switch (both 59s are bridge models). The mega switch helps to use the spliting/mixing of coils in series and parallel, giving a very versital setup for a variety of different styles. I'm sure there are other switches that give even more combinations but this one works for me.

Thanks for the replies guys...but does anybody out there have any more info on the phat cats with these woods? Also, what would the combination of a duncan distortion be like with a phat cat in the neck?

Thanks again
Joe


Originally Posted by vdubb66Thanks for the replies guys...but does anybody out there have any more info on the phat cats with these woods? Also, what would the combination of a duncan distortion be like with a phat cat in the neck?

Thanks again
Joe

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