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hi all. i recently traded fender SCN pickup loaded pickguards with a guy i know on another forum and i got a bridge humbucker with 2 SCNs in it. the DH-1 is ok but it seems overly bright and thin sounding to me. im not sure of the pot value used but i have a feeling its a 1meg because the SCNs use 1meg pots for tone contol and since the bridge tone control works for both the bridge hum and the middle, 1 meg is the way id go if i was fender. but, even with the tone control at a setting where the tone isnt overly bright the pickup still sounds thin. people have recommended the c-5 trembucker and it sounds liike it would fit the bill but ive always been curious about dimarzio super distortions and other dimarzios with that huge mid spike. the SCNs have the mids pretty much scooped out so having a pickup with a lot of mids and decent bass would be pretty sweet. also, i dont want a super hot pickup as i want the #4 position (bridge middle) to sound normal as opposed to having more bridge pickup than middle. any reccomendations or suggestions of any kind are welcomed. thanks in advance -stu

Sounds like a DiMarzio would meet your criteria. From what I've heard the Super Distortion, Tone Zone and Breed pickups have much more mids than the Duncans. I'm beginning to wonder if Duncan's humbuckers were created with mahogany bodied guitars in mind. I heard a JB in a Jackson the other day and it sounded like Ratt, yuck. Way too much treble and upper mids.

The best pickup I've tried to fatten up the bridge of a strat is the CC. I have the CC, JB and C5 in the bridge of my double fat strat, and like the CC the most. It will always reside in that spot.

Maybe an Alnico II Pro?


Originally Posted by italic zeroMaybe an Alnico II Pro?

can i get one trembucker spaced without going CS?

The CC would be my choice.