New WB single coils

stryker59 · 09-06-2008, 09:04 PM

put a set of the WB strat hots in mexi deluxe and i highly recommend them! they sound like strat pickups are supposed to sound! nice and fat but retaining that straty snap and bell like tone! excellent pickups! thanks will!!

***b-squared*** · 09-06-2008, 11:17 PM

Great...now I have to look for another Strat.

Congrats, glad they sound great!

BB

Nar Dog · 09-07-2008, 01:36 AM

what did you replace may I ask? the stock pickups?

stryker59 · 09-07-2008, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Nar Dog

what did you replace may I ask? the stock pickups?

i replaced the fender custom shop 54 pickups that i had put in there almosta year ago and was never happy with....heres the thing, i bought this deluxe super strat in 1998 and it had the push button feature that allows you to activate the bridge pickup to give you 2 more options over the 5 way switch. it was my first strat and first good electric(had been playing acoustics up to this point), and not being savvy on caps and volume and tone controls, i swapped out the bridge single for a SD lil'59 and changed the push button to a toggle switch so i could coil split. i run this setup for years and never used the single coils in the neck and middle position.
since then the lp bug bit me and i hadnt messed with the strat a whole lot. one day im in a music store playin a couple american strats through some amps and enjoying the single coil flavors so i decided to take the deluxe back to a normal strat. so i dropped the CS 54 pickups in there and never could get them to sound like i wanted. they were too trebly and brittle sounding. i thought they were wired wrong and rewired them aqgain to no avail. i tried everything i knew to do. messed with the pickup heights, caps, tone controls, nothing helped. i was ready to give up on the strat all together, when a conversation with Will @ WB convinced me to try his strat singles. i am glad i did!! the sound i was thinking i was supposed to be gettin was there!!! my frustration was over. it is a joy to play this strat again and im excited about my tone!! ill shut up now!

Big John · 09-08-2008, 04:08 PM

I've got a set of 6707 HotRods in my Warmoth strat...

I like them way better than what I had before (JB Jr. bridge & 2 Kinman 62's). I'm hitting the studio this Thursday with this guitar and the VHT rig. I can't wait to see how they'll record.

stryker59 · 09-08-2008, 04:54 PM

wow!! thats some awespme woodgrain on that strat!! she's a beauty!!

Big John · 09-08-2008, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by stryker59

wow!! thats some awespme woodgrain on that strat!! she's a beauty!!

Thank, mang. She's a great playing and sounding bish.

MrWrong · 09-08-2008, 09:15 PM

Wow, what a nice body on that strat, Big John!

09-06-2008, 09:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
stryker59 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: staunton, va Posts: 2,639 Thanks: 13 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	New WB single coils put a set of the WB strat hots in mexi deluxe and i highly recommend them! they sound like strat pickups are supposed to sound! nice and fat but retaining that straty snap and bell like tone! excellent pickups! thanks will!! __________________ *you've been weighed, measured, and found wanting!*

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Big John ...with a big mouth Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: in the rain Posts: 1,403 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: New WB single coils I've got a set of 6707 HotRods in my Warmoth strat... I like them way better than what I had before (JB Jr. bridge & 2 Kinman 62's). I'm hitting the studio this Thursday with this guitar and the VHT rig. I can't wait to see how they'll record.

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