so now with a new project for 2009 around the corner and the real fun starts..
There are literally hundreds af different strat combination pups on the market...
I've already got a set of custom shop eric johnsons which are nice, but were replaced by hand scatterwounds..but the ejs wouldn't cut the mustard of the latest creation...and thats were you have to do your research and know what sound your after...
a 6,5 lb lump of hardtail alder, one peice running a maple neck and your talking bright before you plug the power in...
the reason the 70s pups by dimarzio et al started to become horrendously overwound was that people didn't have the same crunch gains in the amps and the pups were too weak...
original ear splitting 50's pups are fine, but in my 70's beast I want a fatter punch .
Enter two pups immediatly..the DM Dp110 fs-1 (fs stands for fat strat)..used by greats like Gilmour, knopfler, Ramone and even The edge, the history of this pup is greatly missed by the masses.Introduced in 74 it became used as either a bridge (J ramone, Gilmour) or the neck (MK), not sure where the edge had his...
I actually had one in my univox mosrite copy and it was awesome..but sold it with the pup to Brazil..haven't heard anything since then..
So, thats on the shopping list...then, I think another vintage classic...the Dimarzio SDS 1 super distortion pup , also from the 70s
These aren't pushing out as much juice and they are a lot taller to fit in, so its a bit of a gamble..
but I reckon an sds and an fs 1 with possibly a standard 75 in the middle, this would give around 13 in the tail, 7 in the middle and 9 in the neck..
just have to get out and find them, but thats the charm of building the guitars from every nut n bolt...
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