Upgrading my PICKUPS!
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- Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
- This is my Fender Stratocaster American Deluxe. I love it, but I don't like the sound anymore. We're exploring if chaning the pickups in my will help me save this guitar!
0:00 What's wrong with the guitar
2:06 Trying to swap the pickups
5:30 Placing the pickups back
6:45 First notes
7:20 Comparison!
9:11 Conclusion
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And I thought swapping my laptop hard drive was intimidating. It's like he's diffusing a bomb. 🤯
Try completely replacing all of the wiring on the whole guitar. That’s my task tomorrow 😰
@@franticfrancis9710 Hope it went well 😅
@@franticfrancis9710 depends on the guitar. Strat’s are easy.
I wonder why they can’t advance this technology so it’s not this difficult
Lol
The old ones really weren't that bad, imo. I liked the natural fuzz they had, but I enjoy that type of tone.
Same here! It sounded like a strat to me, a good one. Anyways!
Over the years I've learned I prefer my pickups as low as I can set them. Drop them to the pickguard if necessary. When they start to sound too thin, raise them back up just a bit... this allows the notes to bloom with a more vintage clarity that's impossible to achieve when they're set high. Use the amp to get your volume back. - I think I learned that from Dan Petlanski IIRC....but it was truly a "light bulb" moment for me.
So true, have a lone star strat that has very strong magnets in the pickups. Literally had to take the pickups down to the pickguard before the mags didn't effect the sound.
Well you really made my day bro, now the sound its just bright and perfect just like I ever wished! Cheers!
Can you explained a little better? :(
Going that low is crazy talk. I'm going to try it out.
@@ronnysuarez3257 Just seting the pickups low to the pickguard (far from the strings) and in my case sound gets bright, and if u set pickups high, sound gets more fuzzier and muddier (not that shining bright). :)
I would recommend one thing if you solder something again: Always add some fresh solder to the joints, to avoid cold connections. Fresh solder contains "flux" (colophony/rosin) which makes the solder flow better. Second: Heat your connections more. Good connections have both parts heated up a bit. So just stay there for 2-3 seconds and then remove heat.
But nevertheless: Great work!
Schinken1 wanted to say excactly the same... just finished soldering 30 patchcables for my pedalboard, and within the first 5 plugs I learned a LOT to my soldering skills haha
AMEN! Those connections will one day become loose and maybe cause a short. Not good.
I'd probably say to get some solder braid/wick to remove old solder if one is reusing soldered components. More solder on top of solder may or may not make good long term connections and I'd rather not take the chance. Plus, it'll be neater!
Or just get a guitar tech to go it. They have the tools and will do a better job than most.
@@planespeaking Are you the type of person that calls an electrician to change your lightbulbs?
That lollar neck pickup sound is almost all the guitar sound I could ever need, really does sound lovely.
yes, the new ones sound better. But it seems there's more energy / excitement in your playing after the switch too. Spirit impacts tone! Worthy project.
Tone also inspires
yeah i agree hes more excited about it so the performance changes. sorry, ur comment was three years ago. I keep doing that. responding to old comments
When you’re excited about an upgrade or change you play better because you’re having fun
What I have found when swapping pickups and soldering wires to tiny components is that it's easier and cleaner to cut and strip the old wires instead of trying to solder to the tiny junctions. As long as there is still wire on the old pickups, you can reuse them. By doing it this way, you avoid grounding issues. Like when your solder bleeds over and touches another junction point.
Interesting! I actually really loved the way the old ones sounded, but then heard the new ones and I'm blown away because I didn't think it'd be THAT much better. Definitely an improvement. Lollar doesn't disappoint in my experience
Got to be honest, I don't hear a ton of difference between the two. But that can have a lot to do with the recording, and the computer and headphones delivering the sound.
Personally, I hear a noticeable difference, but I suspect the real difference can only be heard and felt if you're actually in the room with the guitar. Guitar tones lives and dies in nuances and details, and those rarely come across through videos on RUclips, unless the recording is top notch and you're listening through studio-quality headsets/speakers.
The difference is not huge but unmistakable at the same time. It's clearly flat before, and comes alive after. Brings up the twang as well.
Watched the Video on my Sony Smartphone with shure in Ears in High quality and I was able to really hear a difference, the old ones sounded more muffled whereas the New ones sounded more brighter and clear
I think it's how you wrote, you may don't hear it in the recording. But even if you hear it while playing, it can affect your playing in a positive way. I don't know it's hard to describe
@@mescaliiiiine That's exactly what I noticed. It was a bit flat, kind of transitor-ish before. The new pickups made it way brighter and twangy. Big improvement, IMO. I'm having a similar problem with my guitar and I'm inclined to change out the pickups on it now.
As an electronics engineer super fun to watch. Compliments for the can do mentality! Great job 👍🏻
(Yes there are things but why be nitpicky about it?)
Hey since you're an engineer can you help me with a guitar wiring/switch question?
@@rodwilliams68 that really depends on what. Lol
@@p_mouse8676 I have a cabronita style tele. I want to use a 3 position rotart style selector instead of the toggle switch that it came with but I'm not exactly sure which rotary switch to buy.
Evil Earl you need a three position and 2 pole rotary switch, you can get a switch with more poles but some with be unused, and switch with more than 3 positions will also work, but you will have extra positions(some switches let you lock out the extra positions)
@@pranavkamath4329 I just ordered one. Thank you.
Next Strat upgrade: I don’t normally go for relic guitars because those battle scars weren’t earned. In this case though, I’d peel off the chipped portion, and sand the edges between pain and wood, and live with a guitar you’ve owned for so long. (Edited to correct spelling)
5:12 - "There will probably be guys in the comments saying that I do everything wrong. ... Probably. Gotta learn it. Gotta do it."
I've seen too many people who seem only capable of replying "hire a professional" when you ask how to do something, as if "professionals" are somehow different beings than the rest of us. I still remember a quote from the movie The Edge that I watched when I was a kid: "What one man can do, another can do."
If someone else learned it, you can learn it too. It might be harder for you, or take more time for you to learn it, but you can learn it.
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I fully agree! I've started getting into doing my own truss rod adjustments and other maintenance. There's definitely a learning curve and it probably won't be perfect on try 1 2 3 or 4 but anything can be learned with a help of RUclips and some trial and error!
Definitely agree on this. However, it takes a learning curve to do something well enough, and you don't want your learning mistakes to be made in your prized instrument... that's why I always suggest, get a chance to try and practice what you intend to do on a friend's guitar first!
It might be inspiring but it's actually far from truth. Take for example this voice actor: ruclips.net/video/6N5l0sgPP5k/видео.html . You just can't make your voice that deep if you are not born with it, no matter how much practice you put into it.
@@olehsmirnov2472 That's certainly true in some cases, but it's true in far fewer cases than some people make it out to be.
Ok, I'm listening on my phone whilst researching some replacement pickups and, truthfully, they sound the same to me. You've a great channel and I appreciate you sharing your skills and knowledge.
You need to listen through headphones, it may be subtle to some but I've been playing fenders for long enough to really tell that there's a Huge difference in the clarity. The old pickups sound dull and spongey whereas the new ones you can hear the sprinkley brightness
I love how the diagram is so simple but then when you open it up it's just a mess of cables
Just wanted to say thanks for another great video, really appreciate what you do. Don’t get discourage, keep making content you like and we’ll keep watching.
The old ones sounded a bit muffled and compressed.
0:28
Hahah
Lmao
The old pickups sound like the Lollars if you were using a 50 foot cable and capacitance was robbing your tone.
... or just slightly older strings.
To me it sounded like he had a noisegate squashing the tone
Paul, Great job on all your videos. Content, playing, production.....Outstanding!
Enjoyed this video! Always speculated about doing something like this myself but it seems too difficult. Thanks for showing the process, including your confusion and DYI optimism :) a bit different than other recent videos (saw your Instagram story) but I enjoyed this variety
Paul, you're a great guitarist and a novice electronics guy. I'm a great electronics guy (so I'm told :) ) and a novice guitarist... who takes lessons from you! Allow me to return the favor and eliminate the 'string buzz', as it were, from your playing of my instrument... the soldering iron. You'll need a wet sponge, a spool of no-clean rosin core solder, some solder wick, and a decent soldering iron (the one you have will do). Others have mentioned flux here in the comments, that's in the aforementioned solder & is the rosin. Flux cleans oxides off the metals being soldered and 'no-clean' means leaving the flux won't corrode the metals if left on once soldered. 'Tin the iron', this means wipe the tip on the wet sponge (with a twist to clean it all the way around) apply some solder to the tip, and if clean, it should melt quickly & flow evenly around the tip. If not, repeat the wipe/apply. Being careful with the 450-550F drop of molten solder, tap or shake off the excess (don't leave a glob on the tip is the point here). Apply heat with the tip to the joint (heat rises, so under or on the side of the joint is best) and apply a little solder to the opposite side of the joint. The solder will flow toward the heat of the iron. Add only enough solder to fill the gaps of the joint, don't make globs. Cleanliness is key. With a decent iron, good solder and a little practice a solder joint should only take 5-8 seconds. Look for shiny solder throughout the joint, if dull, it's dirty or wasn't made hot enough and will fail eventually. If, like in your case, there is old solder on the joints, use the wick (it's a copper braid impregnated with flux). Push the braid against the joint with the tip of the iron to 'sop' up the old or excess solder. And as you always seem to tell me... "Good Luck!" :) Oh, you ever like to ask about anything electronics wise, shoot me a line.
Wow!! I learned a lot here. Thanks
Excellent explanation! Have you ever thought of making a RUclips video on the topic?
That's some RUclips content right there 👍
@@Grant_Ferstat I should! Perhaps title it 'Soldering for noobs'... :)LOL(:
When rewiring a guitar, especially when you get into sophisticated wiring like the S-1, I like to use an ohmmeter to check the resistance of the pickups in the various switch positions. It's not 100% conclusive but can give you a decent idea if things are as they should be. It's a little easier than semi reassembling the guitar. If you haven't done it before it's probably not as informative but it can still be useful.
Props for getting into it without being sure of what you are doing.
Great Job!!! I love working on my own guitars and you made it way more simple then I would have. thanks for the simple tips..
Paul, love your channel love your videos. Wouldnt be the player i am today without you! I watched this whole video and gave it a like to help your numbers. I saw your instagram about RUclips's "suggestions" lol im with you bro!
Damn I’ve swapped out so many pickups in my strats!! It took so many years to find the sound in my head. The noiseless stuff is a nightmare. I no longer use em’!
Basically I’m using a combination of ceramic bar and alnico V. And I lower the height way lower than Fender specs. Almost every pickup I’ve tried sounds better lower than spec height!
Came here to mention pickup height. Glad someone already did. It's something I still struggle with on my Les Paul... I get to a point of "happy enough" but have ear fatigue too early to be productive after that.
What's ur opinion on the Fender Am Special Texas pickups? I tried one a couple of weeks ago & it's in a clearance sale, after trying loadsa Fender strats that day - that's the one that totally got me. I'm really, really trying NOT to buy it! Hahahaha...
jackillin I think they missed the mark a little. I actually like the Tex-mex pickups better ...and they are cheaper. BUT if I found a set ofTexas Specials on clearance I would definitely pick em up
Paul Speed oh the joys of chasing tone! Lol!
@@PaulSpeed42 follow these directions and try these pickup height settings and let me know if they work for you. instagram.com/p/BvInggQHsbN/?igshid=1y22jykjnenb6
Wow, what timing! I have a 2018 Fender elite strat with the 4th generation noiseless pickups. And I recently bought the same lollar pickups you have, but also the Emerson Custom 5-way Blender Prewired Kit. I will install them soon. Thanks for the video!
UPDATE: yeah, much better sound - no muddiness, strings and notes ring out clearly and separately. Great tones, and very responsive to changes in picking technique. The blender feature is great too. I play on the neck pick up mostly and blend in the bridge pickup to nearly 40-50 percent for that extra glassy tone.
Awesome video man, I really enjoyed it
The guitar sounds so clean now.Good job man!!!!
taking off the poly will be a chore and fairly expensive if you have someone else do it, but from what I've read and heard it will make a massive difference in the guitar. Great Video Paul as always. Great job on your 1st pickup swap.
Crazy dutch guitarist uses inches instead of the metric system😂❤️
I remember watching this video when it came out and I couldn’t hear a difference, glad to say I really do hear a big difference now. It absolutely does that ‘strat thing’ with the new pickups
It's very helpful for me because I wanna change my pickups recently. Thank you for your video!
It's sounds like you could have fixed the original pickups with some brighter pots (changing 250k to 500k or 350k etc.)
Higher value pots will let more of the true pickup sound to come thru.
But well done. I hope you will now pickup this guitar more often. 👍
Interesting point, but with these pickups, I doubt it. They are terrible if you’re looking for Strat tones. I have them in mine and just like Paul, I loved the guitar years ago when I bought it. It’s simply a beautiful Strat and built great, but those pickups were a mistake. Lol
6:00 you can test the pickups by tapping anything metallic (e.g. screwdriver) against the pickup :)
It has to be iron. stainless or not, copper and aluminum won't do.
Wanted to say exactly this!
But I don't recommend hitting the pole piece with a magnetic screwdriver. I don't think there will be any effect unless it is a very high magnetic force, but it it's not mentally good.
or even a plectrum 😊
@@hankcohen3419it works with basically anything, even a finger
Very nice video! Please do more videos with this kind where you do something by yourself. Love it!
Great video Paul I really liked your style of comparing and choices of things to play sounded great with those new pickups.... cherry sunburst sounds awesome
Great vid.... those p/ups that were replaced were pretty ‘high end’ anyway and it was still a noticeable difference in a really good way... I have to get these in my strat!.
Prefer the old ones. I think they're mellower. Just got one of these actually, and I absolutely love it just the way it is!
Man, got to give you credits to getting the soldering the pickups to the pots perfectly, really appreciate the job 👍
I love listening to pickup demo’s. So many great choices!
Jason sprinkles some magic dust into his pickups. The difference isn't huge but totally worth it. My fav pickups. I'd replace the pots etc too. As they will affect the sound too.
I was interested in this video as I have a 2011 Deluxe and don't love it. I was expecting more of a difference, but can hear the Lollars are more sparkly or brighter. Your playing is so good that nothing ever sounds bad though (unlike me). I think if I was going to change pickups I would just get a fully loaded pickguard and swap the whole thing over.
Congrats Paul and welcome to the dark side of gear modders!! You are one of us now. It starts innocently enough with pickup swaps, a new bridge, tuners etc.... then one dark day you look in the back of your tube amp and get mesmerized by those glowing glass bottles. Uh oh....the hard stuff they warn u about that can literally kill u. Hey have fun Paul, been modding for 35 years, started with with my first strat (which i butchered the frets on back in 85) now i can basically mod or repair all my gear but it took time. You did a fine job for your first swap, its just part of the long fun road of being a guitarist. Love your channel and your style.
Single coils will always have that extra bite and sparkle, but I will say I'm impressed at how close the stacked pickups get. Handy for noisy environments. They both have their place.
Yes they definitely sound better and they "breath" more, however, I was also expecting a larger difference. You should put a nitro finish on it in a color you don't already have! Personally, white strats have always been my favorite
White with a brown tortoise pickguard would look awesome
*breathe
EelkeC ah yes ofc course. My bad
John Mayer would love the sound of the older custom pickups
Anything you accomplish for yourself is always better. Good for the soul !! Congratulations !!
Sounds good! I just put a set of Fender Yosemite pickups in my MIM Strat, and now it sounds like a late 50s beast!
I just finished building a guitar (sg) myself. I first tried spraying paint, but wasnt quite happy with how the paint job turned out. After some searching on the web i came across the "stunning stains" paints/oils from Crimson guitars witch worked really well for me! Maybe someting for you to check out when you dicide to refinish?
So, just some general advice for anyone looking to up upgrade their pickups. A lot of small pickup makers will tell you what pots, caps and resistors they recommend to use with their products. Lollar doesn't include this info but, they will help you out if you ask! Whenever a builder is making a new pickup, they limit the variables as they try out different combinations. In other words, they keep all the other components the same. So, if you think about it, each custom pickup model is built to sound good with a particular combination of other components (pots, caps, resistors...) If you are disappointed with your new drop in set and you haven't changed the other components, do so before you decide the pickups aren't any good.
Nice ! Really impatient to see how you will manage to change body of this beauty !
6:58 I think that’s the moost excited i’ve ever see you in a video Paul Davids...!
The new ones are a lot brighter, i do like the dirtier sound on the old ones, but everything pops more and has a better resonance with the new pickups!
I just put lollars in my jazzmaster. Got a gold foil and a p90. Lollars are the bomb! Good choice!
Ooh I bet that sounds incredible
Their gold foil is crazy expensive but I've always wanted to try it. How do you like it?
Paul - huge difference - vast improvement - well worth it
I just wanted to thank you... not for the demo or anything. But for being so open with what you don't know! So many RUclips guys seem to know everything... and your honesty and willingness to just try meant more to me than the actual content of the video (though the new pickups sound great... good to have a backup strat tuned flat for the those days when you need a SRV/Hendrix fix!). Thanks again... inspiring... going to try some things myself.
How 'bout making a relic style finish. Your Strat has already started with it for you :D
00:26
We see what you did there Paul!
I hope that it can recover from that. :(
That took me a second. I didn't catch it until I saw this, then looked twice & went ahhhh, now I see it. He got the Fender-19 :D
I don't get it haha what do you guys see?
@@nickhalewijn5668 on the guitar it says ''Corona California ''
@@nickhalewijn5668 "Corona" California was on the name plate. A subtle reference to the Novel Coronavirus, which is in the news.
@@sparky6086 Damn... should have picked that up , thanks tho!
Wow, thank you for the vid! This opened up new possibilities for me
My American deluxe is in the shop right now getting its pickups upgraded from SCN to Lambertones so this video is right on point.
Paul, I hope you know how much you inspire some of us. Today, i didnt even want to play, but after watching three of your videos, im picking up my music man axis and getting down with some tunes.
Sincerely, thank you for all you do for your channel and guitar nuts everywhere.
Much love from Tennessee!
Woops at 9:02 I think it should say 'New' pickups, I loved the little project though!
Ah, yes! The last one is mislabeled by accident. but I think it's pretty clear due to the 2 angles right?! :) Cheers!
You play great man. Helpful vids
Great video! Keep doing what you’re doing!
When you change the finish: it may look really cool with the natural wood with some clear code on it but a darker sunburst woul look great too.. u shoul ask the community
Julian Murr agreed. I’m a big fan of natural finish.
Changing those saddles would also make a lot of difference. I've had a couple of guitars with those bridges & saddles I really feel they inhibit the guitars a bit. I swapped the saddles for more vintage style replacements.
I myself used always pre-wired Pickups in the past, because I hate soldering.
But, well done! You did a great Job! Thank you for posting your video, Paul!
👏 It is much better Paul, great job on the soldering too. I had Lollar drop ship mine directly to 920D where the installed them in a new pick guard because I didn’t want to mod my original CS Ancho Poblano stock pick gaurd.
I like the Old pickups better !
9:16 floating spider?? Besides that, lollar blondes are amazing. Have them in my nash s63 strat. Also have a strat with the blackface pickups which are also great. The blondes would be my say all end all though.
Great to hear you’re going on a strat mod journey! A really interesting test is to listen to how much sustain, clarity and high end exists when you play both strats acoustically - the sign of a great strat is clear high frequencies in the bass strings in particular, and it’s not something that is fixed by just changing strings. Everything the string touches affects the guitars natural acoustic resonance, particularly the high end clarity and response. The things that made biggest difference to my Am. std strat were (in order), solid steel (now a KGC solid brass which I prefer even more) bridge block, solid steel saddles (with a solid brass on E1 to tame the thinner sounding E), and lastly bigger frets - all made the Guitar way clearer acoustically, which definitely translates through any pickup, but especially through pickups that can actually hear that high end like your new ones 😁
You are now officially a heart surgeon.
As a luthier, i recommend you to pick some new pots and capacitor like Emerson custom. That is definitely needy if you want a more open sound.
Great suggestion!
Paul Davids is perhaps the coolest musician on RUclips!
(btw please don't shout at me! So is Adam Neely)
Jay Suryavanshi couldn’t agree more
Nah mate, Davie504
yes bro
@@mileseyre1636 nope
Love your videos brother keep up the good content. 😎😎
I loved this! I have a Squier Strat (super cheap but it was my first guitar) that I've been contemplating slowly upgrading the components just to make it more enjoyable to play. Seeing you just kind of wing it gives me the confidence to try it. As far as the finish for your Strat, I'm a John Mayer fan so that Cypress Mica or something close would look amazing.
1:00
Yikes! I wish I could make my Strat sound that good ... and it's not my pickups either 😆😆
Paul I'd let that finish rat out. Thinking of Rory Gallagher's and SRV's Strat's, the Peter Green / Gary Moore Les Paul, Roy Buchanan's Tele to mention just a few. We love 'em just as they are and all the miles, bars, shows, joys and tears that made them that way.
Any one of us here would see that Strat of yours and recognize it immediately "Hey that's Paul David's Lollar swap Strat!"
Riverdeepnwide A ploy finish is never going to look like that.
Neil, true poly dies age differently than nitro. It will however age just as itself and for me that's good enough to tell it's story. For sure there are times too when a refinish becomes part of a guitars life. I love 'em all.
3:51 there is so much that can go wrong in this picture.
Actually, not really.
Alright your rte, there is oooone thing that can go terribly wrong in the this picture. The soldering iron is not secure.
@@PaulDavids
Paul, after soldering the pickups, did the switch on the volume knob stop working on your guitar? When you press it, the gain of the pickups is turned on. This is a feature Deluxe schemes.
great episode ,.. s1 out, new pots, new capacitators, treble bleed ..let's go !!!
Yes! more videos about guitar inner anatomy! Maybe a video about the virtues of shielding, or star point grounding?
The new pick ups sound more strat to me! The old ones still sounds fine, but compared, they sound a bit muffled
when are we getting a sequel???
Great video!! listening closely it does add more air and cleans up some of the muddy sound.. this is exactly what the Xotic EP boost pedal seems to do in my signal chain. I just picked up the Blackface Lollars, can’t wait to put them in!!
I have no clue what you're doing but it is soothing just to watch you do it
Hey Paul, might help to have a multimeter with continuity testing when modding guitars so you can check to see if all your connections are good!
Lollar’s pickups changes every guitar! To better
I just put a set of Lollar Special Blondes in my American Series Strat, put 10's on instead of 9's, tuned down to E-flat and now I now can't put the guitar down. Truly transformed!
great job - I love when people jump head first into tasks they aren't that comfortable with and seeing everything work out just fine. It helps me to get over that initial barrier of doing it myself. Have a set of Tele pickups I'd like to install but have been putting it off for quite a while out of fear of the soldering iron ;). As for the refinish - that strat has my least favourite colour and the pickguard doesn't do it for me either. It would look great in black nitro with a mint green guard - you may need to change the dots too though as they look like they were chosen to match the existing pickguard.
Definitely a personal preference thing, but I preferred the warmer tones of the old pickups to the brighter tones on the new ones. But only one person's opinion on that really matters, and what's important is that it was a successful swap and that you're pleased with the results.
Huge improvement. The old pickups sound bland, muzzled, sterile and plastic,
The Lollars sound as true vintage strat pickups sound. More sparkly, glassy.
I love the Lollar product. Fantastic pickups! I have the F-spaced Imperials in my Am. Pro Tele Deluxe.
I had an opportunity to play a Nash S-63 over the weekend,. and was blown away with how glassy and toneful the Lollar pickups were ( primary guitar includes a Suhr, and an early EJ Strat). So now I'm down the rabbit hole looking into Lollar pickups to replace my Texas Specials in my '62 RI Strat. Maybe how its recorded, but I didn't hear a huge difference. The big difference was your impression- you're impressed with them, and now you've breathed new life into and old friend.
Since I came early I feel an urge to comment something before I even watch the whole video
know that feeling ...
Remove those fancy potentiometers! Go full vintage, simple wiring and old fender style schematics. No capacitors for noise bleed either. Just let this thing rough as it can be. As for the painting, just superglue that stuff. Never try to hide the damages of years.
For the first time it's a great pickup changing
Cheers bud sounds great! You can tell you like the new pickups more haha
What is the song he is playing at 8:30?
It sounds a lot like this song: ruclips.net/video/XN8J0NMALy4/видео.html but there's some slight differences so I don't think that's it.
next project for the guitar: DIY Relic!
A huge upgrade lovely tone from the new pickups
I bought a LH Japanese 50s reissue back in 96 and the first thing I did was start shopping for pickups. I settled on a tapped Duncan Quarter Pound for the bridge, and a Vintage Stack for the neck. I later added a Quarter Pound RWRP Strat pickup as a centre option, then tossed the blade switch and incorporated mini toggles and pan pots to get the damn thing to do almost anything I want it to. New pickups make all the difference in the world. Hot fun.