Greg extremely nice video I was just about to ask that question about the 250 or 500 K pods After watching your video I just ordered a Seymour Duncan Hot Rail for Telecaster Set For my son Thank you sir
@@jeffhunter9311 I had a SD little 59 in my tele for a little while then realized how much I liked the stock pickup so I’ve kept it in there. The hotrails will definitely get you the gain though.
@@andresbriceno73 I didn’t find a need to use 500 since the hot rails was designed to be used with the stock 250k. Of course you can always use a 500k if the hot rails or the single coils are too dark but typically you will use 250k for single coils and 500k for the traditional humbucker pickups.
You did it. The ultimate strat. The best strat tones are the neck pickup and the neck/middle pickups. If you want a great fender bridge pickup, get a tele. By putting the SD hot rails pickup in the bridge, you’ve created an instrument that is versatile and worth playing in any pickup position. It’s an easy modification that turns a Strat into a do-everything instrument. One little change opens up a whole world of possibilities.
I put a Hot Rails in the bridge of my American Standard, and I love it. I'm personally not a fan of the single coil bridge for high gain stuff, but I love the single coils in the neck and middle for playing blues. Putting the Hot Rails in my strat definitely made it a more versatile guitar.
I’m getting better at dealing with the single coil. It’s good for some things but generally I just need another workhorse for harder stuff and so I use my Suhr HSS for it. Wouldn’t mind having one of those HSS ultras
Thank you for a decent comparison! So often you only see guys and gals playing clean or slightly driven bluesy stuff. You did a great blend of lead and chords so I could actually hear the difference.
I hate that so much lol. Most people who are looking for these pickups want to hear them great demos like this. It’s always so hard to find videos of people playing high gain pickups with actual high gain
Strats are the perfect mod guitars! I’m pretty sure old Leo wanted his players to be able to swap out necks, pups, tuners, etc. if something broke or you didn’t like it you just bought something else. I love the hot rails pickups. I think they sound killer. Tons of midrange which is perfect for strats and teles. Not a lot of bite and treble because it’s going in a strat or a tele. Seymour Duncan is a smart man! He eq’ed these pickups perfectly for the type of guitar they’d be going into. Love it.
Man, you've just solved my problems: 1. Now I know I want a white strat 2. Now I want to take the SSS and put the Hot rail pickup on it Great video and playing skills. Thank you and have a nice day :)
i love the duncan hot rails i put this pickup on like 5 of my strats!!!!! ive always been a neck ,and neck, middle 2nd position. type of strat guy ,then i got hot rails bridge and i play the bridge pickup all the time now. a lot more than i ever have!!!! its mean and dirty. great pickup. hope your son liked it!!!!!!loved your video. cheers.
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed the video. Yes, although we swapped it back to original (see link to that video in the description) he did love the hot rails. He just got other guitars to fill that void. Thanks for leaving a comment!
I play simple punk music with a lot of palm muting and power chords so I had been wanting to put a hot rail but i like the purcussive sound the original pick ups on your Strat has yet they get nice and dirty.
I'm changing to a Hot Rails as soon as I get the chance to cause I can't really stick with the single coil sound. Black pickup is gonna look so sick in a black sticker covered Strat with white pickups and knobs. I play emo and punk so I think it's gonna work.
I have a Squier Deluxe Hotrails with those pickups or similar, and I love the sound. It is such a versatile instrument now. I really like the sound of the HR in the neck position also and I’m a strat guy. Great video keep shredding.
Man i envy you. That guitar model has been unavailable on the EU market in years now due to over-demand with new players (and stores wanting to sell their other guitars too)
I have installed the same hotrails in the bridge position and the result is awesome: fatter and more gain. When played clean it still retains that stratty sound but I kind of missed that single coil sound on the bridge. So I switched the volume pot to push/pull type so I can get that single coil sound anytime I want. Great guitar playing, man btw!
Thanks for the comment and compliment! Yea I installed the original single coil back in. My son wanted it back to stock and he’s already got guitars with humbuckers in them.
Hot Rails rock. I remember when they hit the market. I popped one into my first guitar, a Strat, around '87. I was in my first band, I was thirteen, and I wanted a heavier sound. It saved me a lot of money and I didn't want to play a heavy, bulky Les Paul. I played that strat with the Hot Rail for years. I owned other guitars too, but I really love Hot Rails and still use them.
Single-handedly one of the best strat demos i've seen in my all years of youtube. Absolute kickass playing! What i think about it? That Strat itself sounds amazing. I wouldn't change anything to be honest and i've been a proponent of a pickup change in Stats in the past lol. When you put a Hot rail pickup in it, it changes the guitar completely. It can easily handle hard rock, even metal. But i still think, if you want that thick Les Paul sound, go for a Les Paul. Strat does strat best and same goes for Les Paul. Both are great at what they do.
Thanks for the compliments! Yea, I tend to agree with your points here. There is a follow up video link in the description where I did some clean samples and changed the pickup back to stock, where it sits to this day ;-) Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment.
Completley agree with the "if you want a les pauls sound go for a les pauls" except the feel of a strat and a LP is completely different. Love the sound of both (despite them being very different) but much prefer the feel of a strat. Just find them lighter and comfier to play, also prefer the look of a strat so this pickup seems like a great option for a strat if you play a heavier style of music.
Not gonna lie, the stock pickup sounds pretty good. I usually am not a fan of Strat bridge pickups, but these Player series pickups are killer. Anyways, great demo!
Wow! I like that! Going from overdrive to bluesy and back again? Oh yeah. I need that in my life. The cool thing is, I love the neck tone of a Stratocaster but I also like to crank it up. Best of both worlds right here.
I know this post is 4 years old, but your experience with single coils & hot rails has been my experience. It's ironic you're playing a white strat b/c I've a white strat I bought a bajillion years ago & decided I wanted more. So I routed it for a Floyd & installed 2 Hot Rails (bridge & neck) with wiring to split them. It might be one of the most versatile guitars I own--ESPECIALLY when the Hot Rails are split. It's like a Strat with some edge. And when I go Hot Rails on a lead, I've had guitarists approach me & inquire how I get the monstrous tone from my "single coils." Always an interesting conversation...
Damn man, that transformed that guitar. I've been thinking of doing this because I mainly play in the upper and middle position on clean Fender amp tones (yes I'm a 40 something blues dad I guess). But, I love my old school 80's metal, and when I try it with my single coil bridge it always sounds thin and tinny. Gonna do this, just like my man Dave Murray does!
It’s a good option for sure. Most of them (including this one) are routed for HSH so with a pickguard change you could have an HSS configuration as well. There are also other stacked single coils (Seymour little 59) so you can have some tonal options. I’m the same as you...love the nice bluesy tones on the front pickups but can’t get what I want out of a single coil bridge.
I put Hot Rails on the bridge and neck (500k pots) and a JB Jr in the middle (250k pot) and it absolutely sings on clean. Notes hold the sustain of a humbucker but with the complexity of a split coil; scooped bass, airy mids and tight treble in the 2nd and 4th position. If you're looking for Murray's sound, (relative to amp settings of course), that's the ticket. I had a 500k pot on the JB Jr but it loses to the Hot Rails on 2nd and 4th. The 250k potted JB Jr though, different story... It really adds to the front end of the Hot Rails. The Dave Murray pick guard setup is on 250k pots and doesn't actually push the front end as you'd expect. It'll trick you into thinking you still got hair and no dad gut. lol Up the Irons!
Got so used to a humbucker strat (11+ yrs) so when I upgraded to this exact model (and color) the single coil bridge just wasnt doing it for me... luckily you had the same idea Greg. Thanks! Hotrails purchase on the way lol
I'm working on a Frankenstrat and I love the Hotrail in the Bridge, SSL5 RW in the Middle and SSL1 in the Neck position. Anthing from Maiden, Clash, even some Alan Parson and Pink Floyed is doable with this combination.
Recently bought an HH Tele for the sake of versatility. Wish I’d known more about Hot Rails before I picked it up, cause I’m definitely a Strat man. I can see this in my future 😍
I own that exact guitar and planning on putting on a hot rail since my style of playing is metal and the fender single coils are made for blues or classic rock
Keep in mind that if you have the players series that it’s routed underneath for humbucker single humbucker so you can also get a new pickguard with a true humbucker in the bridge if you wanted. The hot rails is still a good option for drop in.
Sounds great! I've been looking for the right single coil or stack for my Warmoth build and now I'm going to order a set of these. Thank you Greg Summers.
I have recently put the full set of them on my MN Fender and it sounds amazing. I sounds very well on clean as well. From Normal 6.40 Oms to almost 16 oms is a huge difference.
This is the same set up as my Tom Morello Strat. I like it. I'm not really a three single coil person so this was a good choice for me. It's good that you can try that option without damaging the pick-guard.
I was reading your other comment before it was deleted and was hoping you saw the link to this video. I made the other video because funny enough people kept asking me why I didn’t make a clean video lol.
The hotrails pickup sounded great, but so does the stock player bridge pickup. it distorts just as good, and you can get them to sound pretty much the same.
Found this channel, enjoyed the videos, and then noticed he stopped posting. After some clicking around, I found out that he passed away last year. RIP--condolences to the family.
Dig the riffs! The strat sounds better with the hotrails. When I saw the title of this video I thought you were changing out all 3 pickups with the duncan hotrails 3 pack. To anyone concerned that they messed up their original sound, just go buy another strat and add it to your collection.
A friend of mine gave me a hot rail and I have a Squier strat I was thinking about dropping it in. Sounds good. I like the Srat sound from the neck pickup anyway.
Thanks Robert. This is really the last time I have played it so I really haven't spent much time with it. Might do a follow up eventually to switch the channel up.
My 2019 player is at the shop now,getting one installed. I know it’s easy to do but the old guy who owns the store is awesome and I don’t mind the $20. Great video confirmed what I hoped it would do.
This is an easy route, but most of the models are routed HSH so you could always swap out the pickguard and go HSS, which is my personal favorite....then put a push/pull to split the humbucker to get closer to that position 2 quack that strats are known for
I literally just bought a used mim Strat with a SD hot rail in the bridge. Was planning on swapping out the entire setup with a red devils pickup set that I also bought. However, after hearing this demo, I may have to buy another strat to install the red devils in instead. It's ridiculous just how good the hot rails sound in this demo! Sweet playing. And yes, I think your son should be happy.
You made that hot rail sound excellent man!! Some Strats are ok to modify and I would have done the same thing. My US Strat has Texas Special pups and I love them so I'll leave that one alone. Cheers and great video 👍
Dave Murray of Iron Maiden uses these in the neck & bridge position in some of his strats. I had a set in my strat, but swapped them out of a set of Dimarzio Super Distortion & PAF pickups. They do sound pretty good though!
Planning to get a Fender strat. I like the looks of the sss more, but I was afraid to miss the humbucker on my Pacifica. Now that I’ve heard your hot rail one, I’m not concerned about that any longer. Cheers man!! What a good player you are. Thanks a lot!
Sounds really good to me. I have some old noiseless pick ups in mine, and I keep wanting to make a change when i figure out what i want to do exactly.lol
I always say I will do more experimenting often since pickups are relatively cheap but i seem to get lazy and not try many of them. There are so many to choose from.
@@GregSummersMusic the player series hss has the auto split, alnico-2 humbucker with a tone pot and alnico-5 single coils with a tone pot. Awesome setup, best guitar I've ever had, blue burst flame maple top
Shea Maddy I just wish they had the narrow tall frets like the new professional series has. Not a fan of the traditional medium jumbo (which were on the older American series). I always seem to get caught on the fretboard.
I ended up with this guitar back to stock but if more gain is what you are after without getting a new pickguard, then the HR is definitely a nice option.
I am going to do the same thing to my Chapman ML1 Pro Traditional when it arrives this week. I have a set in my ML3 T style guitar and they are killer, also have coil split via push/pull tone. Hoping it will pair up nicely with the stock single coils for a nice Kotzen like tone.
Well I wasn’t sold on this pickup for the bridge but after this I’m gonna look around for one. I’ve been playing around with getting a Player Series Strat and for me, the stock bridge pickup just doesn’t cut (I don’t play super hi gain music most of the time) but this just reaffirmed that I should definitely get one of these for my Strat when I get one. Gotta save up first.
The Duncan HR's is my favorite bridge p'u for a direct fit in a Strat. I even had ordered a custom pickguard from Warmoth loaded with the Hot rails in the bridge, and two Duncan singles for the middle and neck to use in my Jackson Adrian smith so i could use the HR's in the bridge spot. Best part is i have the original pickguard put away safe if i ever want to go back to stock or sell the guitar. The second option is not going to happen though!😁 It is far too much a great guitar to ever sell!
Awesome playing ....I have the same setup * kinda*...Duncan or Dimarzio in bridge but the kicker is the ability to still sound like a Strat with leaving the neck/middle in her ..
Never thought of it that way. (Now singing the imperial march). Yes they come in white but I had this laying around and actually at the time the music store only had a black one.
Yea that’s the thing about most pickups (for me at least) is that I can adjust many things to get what I want out of them. Single Could you just need to gain it up a bit but the character still comes through. Issue comes in where you can’t just plug and play with other guitars with different configurations and use the same settings/patch. Many people expect to be able to do that. I just can’t ever operate that way.
It is al in the settings and how you use the volume etc. I dohave the hotrails, and you can actually use it also for less gain sounds and the combination with the middle pickup is really nice and even telecaster-like.. So for me it makes the guitar more usable for more styles. Thanks for the great video
These are the stock pots which are 250K. This is my most asked question so I am pinning this comment.
Greg extremely nice video I was just about to ask that question about the 250 or 500 K pods After watching your video I just ordered a Seymour Duncan Hot Rail for Telecaster Set For my son Thank you sir
@@jeffhunter9311 I had a SD little 59 in my tele for a little while then realized how much I liked the stock pickup so I’ve kept it in there. The hotrails will definitely get you the gain though.
Have you tried 500k? I ended up with all 3 pots with 500k, and installed a resistance for the neck and middle, so it reads 250K
@@andresbriceno73 I didn’t find a need to use 500 since the hot rails was designed to be used with the stock 250k. Of course you can always use a 500k if the hot rails or the single coils are too dark but typically you will use 250k for single coils and 500k for the traditional humbucker pickups.
Hi Greg, what was the pickup height?
You did it. The ultimate strat. The best strat tones are the neck pickup and the neck/middle pickups. If you want a great fender bridge pickup, get a tele. By putting the SD hot rails pickup in the bridge, you’ve created an instrument that is versatile and worth playing in any pickup position. It’s an easy modification that turns a Strat into a do-everything instrument. One little change opens up a whole world of possibilities.
I put a Hot Rails in the bridge of my American Standard, and I love it. I'm personally not a fan of the single coil bridge for high gain stuff, but I love the single coils in the neck and middle for playing blues. Putting the Hot Rails in my strat definitely made it a more versatile guitar.
I’m getting better at dealing with the single coil. It’s good for some things but generally I just need another workhorse for harder stuff and so I use my Suhr HSS for it. Wouldn’t mind having one of those HSS ultras
This what I’m about to do .. bridge Texas vs Seymour HR
I wish my dad had one of those “lying around” :’) bless
Haha love it
Thank you for a decent comparison! So often you only see guys and gals playing clean or slightly driven bluesy stuff. You did a great blend of lead and chords so I could actually hear the difference.
Thanks!
I hate that so much lol. Most people who are looking for these pickups want to hear them great demos like this. It’s always so hard to find videos of people playing high gain pickups with actual high gain
I bought a Seymour Duncan Hotrails 40 years ago and it's been working great since new.
Wow! Very nice!
Came to check out the pickup, stayed for the sick guitar playing \m/
Jordan Jesse nice!!! Thank you!
Strats are the perfect mod guitars! I’m pretty sure old Leo wanted his players to be able to swap out necks, pups, tuners, etc. if something broke or you didn’t like it you just bought something else. I love the hot rails pickups. I think they sound killer. Tons of midrange which is perfect for strats and teles. Not a lot of bite and treble because it’s going in a strat or a tele. Seymour Duncan is a smart man! He eq’ed these pickups perfectly for the type of guitar they’d be going into. Love it.
I agree here! I really need to do more with this one but it's my kid's guitar so I'm not playing it much. Thanks for commenting!
You’re one hell of a guitar player dude!
Thank you! Too kind.
Man, you've just solved my problems:
1. Now I know I want a white strat
2. Now I want to take the SSS and put the Hot rail pickup on it
Great video and playing skills. Thank you and have a nice day :)
Dude- First time I’ve ever heard a single coil strat bridge pup sound that good. Definitely a tone in your hands.
Thanks! I usually don’t get along well with bridge single coils but lately I’ve been digging lower gain stuff more so I’ve been working on myself lol.
That playing is amazing, and the tone is just too sweet.
i love the duncan hot rails i put this pickup on like 5 of my strats!!!!! ive always been a neck ,and neck, middle 2nd position. type of strat guy ,then i got hot rails bridge and i play the bridge pickup all the time now. a lot more than i ever have!!!! its mean and dirty. great pickup. hope your son liked it!!!!!!loved your video. cheers.
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed the video. Yes, although we swapped it back to original (see link to that video in the description) he did love the hot rails. He just got other guitars to fill that void. Thanks for leaving a comment!
I'm 47, love an original strat. That said, I just ordered a hot rail for the bridge. The versatility of that axe is unspeakable.
That’s the great thing about strats. Lots of stuff you can do to them and yes, so versatile;-) thanks for watching!
I`ve got 3 hot rails in my strat and I love the sound of it. Metal all day long!!
I play simple punk music with a lot of palm muting and power chords so I had been wanting to put a hot rail but i like the purcussive sound the original pick ups on your Strat has yet they get nice and dirty.
I'm changing to a Hot Rails as soon as I get the chance to cause I can't really stick with the single coil sound. Black pickup is gonna look so sick in a black sticker covered Strat with white pickups and knobs. I play emo and punk so I think it's gonna work.
I have a Squier Deluxe Hotrails with those pickups or similar, and I love the sound. It is such a versatile instrument now. I really like the sound of the HR in the neck position also and I’m a strat guy. Great video keep shredding.
Thank you!
Man i envy you. That guitar model has been unavailable on the EU market in years now due to over-demand with new players (and stores wanting to sell their other guitars too)
I have installed the same hotrails in the bridge position and the result is awesome: fatter and more gain. When played clean it still retains that stratty sound but I kind of missed that single coil sound on the bridge. So I switched the volume pot to push/pull type so I can get that single coil sound anytime I want. Great guitar playing, man btw!
Thanks for the comment and compliment! Yea I installed the original single coil back in. My son wanted it back to stock and he’s already got guitars with humbuckers in them.
How much did the push/pull cost ?
this is EXACTLY the information I was looking for! thanks - and great playing too!
You are welcome! Glad it was helpful
Hot Rails rock. I remember when they hit the market. I popped one into my first guitar, a Strat, around '87. I was in my first band, I was thirteen, and I wanted a heavier sound. It saved me a lot of money and I didn't want to play a heavy, bulky Les Paul. I played that strat with the Hot Rail for years. I owned other guitars too, but I really love Hot Rails and still use them.
Single-handedly one of the best strat demos i've seen in my all years of youtube. Absolute kickass playing! What i think about it? That Strat itself sounds amazing. I wouldn't change anything to be honest and i've been a proponent of a pickup change in Stats in the past lol. When you put a Hot rail pickup in it, it changes the guitar completely. It can easily handle hard rock, even metal. But i still think, if you want that thick Les Paul sound, go for a Les Paul. Strat does strat best and same goes for Les Paul. Both are great at what they do.
Thanks for the compliments! Yea, I tend to agree with your points here. There is a follow up video link in the description where I did some clean samples and changed the pickup back to stock, where it sits to this day ;-) Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment.
Completley agree with the "if you want a les pauls sound go for a les pauls" except the feel of a strat and a LP is completely different. Love the sound of both (despite them being very different) but much prefer the feel of a strat. Just find them lighter and comfier to play, also prefer the look of a strat so this pickup seems like a great option for a strat if you play a heavier style of music.
Not gonna lie, the stock pickup sounds pretty good. I usually am not a fan of Strat bridge pickups, but these Player series pickups are killer. Anyways, great demo!
Yep I agree. Check out my other video where I put the original back in. We’ve kept it stock for a while now.
Yes.. Same here.. The stock pickup sounded throaty..love both pickups..!!
Wow! I like that! Going from overdrive to bluesy and back again? Oh yeah. I need that in my life. The cool thing is, I love the neck tone of a Stratocaster but I also like to crank it up. Best of both worlds right here.
Yes exactly! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Before you swapped it, that single coil bridge was so metal as anything already, a tone to die for.
Got a strat on the way can't wait
Yep you can make it work for sure. It’s back to stock now but he doesn’t use it for hard rock much.
What is the original stock pickup? Sounded great to me too!
I know this post is 4 years old, but your experience with single coils & hot rails has been my experience. It's ironic you're playing a white strat b/c I've a white strat I bought a bajillion years ago & decided I wanted more. So I routed it for a Floyd & installed 2 Hot Rails (bridge & neck) with wiring to split them. It might be one of the most versatile guitars I own--ESPECIALLY when the Hot Rails are split. It's like a Strat with some edge. And when I go Hot Rails on a lead, I've had guitarists approach me & inquire how I get the monstrous tone from my "single coils." Always an interesting conversation...
Had a hot rail and enjoyed it but hear love the open less compressed time of the original bridge
Night And Day Difference....Super Strat!!!! - 🎸🤘😀👍
Just had one of these installed in my Stratocaster in the bridge and I can’t wait to see what it sounds like.
Very cool! Enjoy!
Doing the same thing with a usa.
And a classic vibe strat.
Gotta be the best sound ever.
That was the coolest review I've seen in a long time. Let the guitar do the talking.
Damn man, that transformed that guitar. I've been thinking of doing this because I mainly play in the upper and middle position on clean Fender amp tones (yes I'm a 40 something blues dad I guess). But, I love my old school 80's metal, and when I try it with my single coil bridge it always sounds thin and tinny. Gonna do this, just like my man Dave Murray does!
It’s a good option for sure. Most of them (including this one) are routed for HSH so with a pickguard change you could have an HSS configuration as well. There are also other stacked single coils (Seymour little 59) so you can have some tonal options. I’m the same as you...love the nice bluesy tones on the front pickups but can’t get what I want out of a single coil bridge.
I put Hot Rails on the bridge and neck (500k pots) and a JB Jr in the middle (250k pot) and it absolutely sings on clean. Notes hold the sustain of a humbucker but with the complexity of a split coil; scooped bass, airy mids and tight treble in the 2nd and 4th position. If you're looking for Murray's sound, (relative to amp settings of course), that's the ticket. I had a 500k pot on the JB Jr but it loses to the Hot Rails on 2nd and 4th. The 250k potted JB Jr though, different story... It really adds to the front end of the Hot Rails. The Dave Murray pick guard setup is on 250k pots and doesn't actually push the front end as you'd expect. It'll trick you into thinking you still got hair and no dad gut. lol Up the Irons!
Honestly I like the dark sound when you hit the "wrong" note on your lead lick there. Sounds good to me
Something I can consistently deliver ;-)
2 years later, the best vídeo on the RUclips.
Wow that’s quite the compliment. I need to talk to Seymour Duncan I guess hahaha
Got so used to a humbucker strat (11+ yrs) so when I upgraded to this exact model (and color) the single coil bridge just wasnt doing it for me... luckily you had the same idea Greg. Thanks! Hotrails purchase on the way lol
Glad you enjoyed the demo. ;-)
Just bought a Hot rail. I'm planning on getting someone to install it in the bridge position of my Fender Mustang next week. Can't wait
Cool! Let me know how it goes.
You had me at Damage Inc 4:35. Learning that riff now!!
Love that riff
I'm working on a Frankenstrat and I love the Hotrail in the Bridge, SSL5 RW in the Middle and SSL1 in the Neck position. Anthing from Maiden, Clash, even some Alan Parson and Pink Floyed is doable with this combination.
Sounds like an awesome combination and very versatile!
You can hear that Slayer influence 🤘
I’m a humbucker guy but you made that bridge single sound so good i want a strat now
Recently bought an HH Tele for the sake of versatility. Wish I’d known more about Hot Rails before I picked it up, cause I’m definitely a Strat man. I can see this in my future 😍
I love Teles! Can't go wrong there but yes the strats are always so versatile....but that tele....:-)
I own that exact guitar and planning on putting on a hot rail since my style of playing is metal and the fender single coils are made for blues or classic rock
Keep in mind that if you have the players series that it’s routed underneath for humbucker single humbucker so you can also get a new pickguard with a true humbucker in the bridge if you wanted. The hot rails is still a good option for drop in.
Sounds great! I've been looking for the right single coil or stack for my Warmoth build and now I'm going to order a set of these. Thank you Greg Summers.
The New Age Audio Alchemist you are very welcome!!!
I have recently put the full set of them on my MN Fender and it sounds amazing. I sounds very well on clean as well. From Normal 6.40 Oms to almost 16 oms is a huge difference.
Incredible brother!! Your skills are insane 👍 that little stacked Seymour is phenomenal.
Thanks man! Yea it’s a nice way to add some meat to your strat.
Nice demo. Enjoyed the snippet of Damage Inc.
It makes a versatile instrument even more versatile, that's why i love strats.
agreed!
@@GregSummersMusic thanks for taking the time to read and awnser my comment mate! God bless you and your son!
@@plenus7392 Thank you for watching and taking the time to leave a comment! Take care
Great demo, clearly showed the differences between the original strat pickup and the Hot Rail.
Thanks Caleb! Glad you liked it.
This is the same set up as my Tom Morello Strat. I like it. I'm not really a three single coil person so this was a good choice for me. It's good that you can try that option without damaging the pick-guard.
I was reading your other comment before it was deleted and was hoping you saw the link to this video. I made the other video because funny enough people kept asking me why I didn’t make a clean video lol.
@@GregSummersMusic Yep. I saw the other video. Thanks.
Excellent side-by-side comparision; very helpful.
Thanks for posting, Greg.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the comment!!!
The hotrails pickup sounded great, but so does the stock player bridge pickup. it distorts just as good, and you can get them to sound pretty much the same.
Found this channel, enjoyed the videos, and then noticed he stopped posting. After some clicking around, I found out that he passed away last year. RIP--condolences to the family.
That hot rails is an absolute beastttt damn
Dig the riffs! The strat sounds better with the hotrails. When I saw the title of this video I thought you were changing out all 3 pickups with the duncan hotrails 3 pack.
To anyone concerned that they messed up their original sound, just go buy another strat and add it to your collection.
A friend of mine gave me a hot rail and I have a Squier strat I was thinking about dropping it in. Sounds good. I like the Srat sound from the neck pickup anyway.
Yes the neck is my goto as well. I can get by with the single coil but it takes getting used to for me.
One of the best reviews on RUclips!!! def sold the pick up on me
Good to hear thanks!!
Awesome video dude! I just got the same strat and the same hot rail in white after watching you!
Nice!!!!! Enjoy that!
I have the same set up and colors on my strat. Just have a rosewood fretboard on mine. I don't mind the black pickup in the back. And it sounds great.
Thanks Robert. This is really the last time I have played it so I really haven't spent much time with it. Might do a follow up eventually to switch the channel up.
Most of the cool strat sounds come from the neck and middle pickup anyway. It's a win win in my book.
My 2019 player is at the shop now,getting one installed. I know it’s easy to do but the old guy who owns the store is awesome and I don’t mind the $20. Great video confirmed what I hoped it would do.
Good to hear!
Cool demo!! I just picked up a MIM strat for £280 quid! I’m going to Hot rod it and this video had made my mind up as to what pickups I want!! 👍😎
This is an easy route, but most of the models are routed HSH so you could always swap out the pickguard and go HSS, which is my personal favorite....then put a push/pull to split the humbucker to get closer to that position 2 quack that strats are known for
Dude, sounds friggin awesome. Badass brother. Sweet.
Wow. . Superb hot rails!! Ty for the video 3:03
I wish my dad was this cool :(
Be happy you have a dad :)
I'm pretty sure your dad is very cool in his own way:)
@@satishdass7460 my dad was a fucking asshole but “bE HaPpY YoU HaVe A DaD”
@@DbolOnlyGangster dio... , è in generale
All dads are cool in their own way.
I was looking at a used MIM strat online, that had a hot rail in the bridge. NOW , I know what to expect in SOUND! COOL.
There ya go!!
I literally just bought a used mim Strat with a SD hot rail in the bridge. Was planning on swapping out the entire setup with a red devils pickup set that I also bought. However, after hearing this demo, I may have to buy another strat to install the red devils in instead. It's ridiculous just how good the hot rails sound in this demo! Sweet playing. And yes, I think your son should be happy.
I have the same guitar and bought the same pickup so this video is really helpfull, your sound is magnificient even with single coils¡¡¡¡
Thanks Daniel! I’m glad it was helpful.
Sounds great! Love tossing these in strats
You made that hot rail sound excellent man!! Some Strats are ok to modify and I would have done the same thing. My US Strat has Texas Special pups and I love them so I'll leave that one alone. Cheers and great video 👍
Thanks! My son enjoys it for sure!
You play very good and the Tone of Overdrive/distortion and the guitar sounds very beatful.
Thank you!!!!
Exactly what ima be getting. I might get a strat with humbucker pickups but i think this hot single coil pickup will do just fine for now lol
Enjoy!!
Love the dynamic of both worlds
Agreed!
Nice sound and play! a strat is able to do anything!
Thank you!
Dude those rails are hot! You're a good man.
Very kind, thank you.
Sounded great both ways, but I can definitely see this "upgrade" in my future.
It’s an easy way to upgrade for sure
Dave Murray of Iron Maiden uses these in the neck & bridge position in some of his strats. I had a set in my strat, but swapped them out of a set of Dimarzio Super Distortion & PAF pickups. They do sound pretty good though!
Nice!
Planning to get a Fender strat. I like the looks of the sss more, but I was afraid to miss the humbucker on my Pacifica. Now that I’ve heard your hot rail one, I’m not concerned about that any longer. Cheers man!! What a good player you are. Thanks a lot!
Thanks Miguel!!
Sounds really good to me. I have some old noiseless pick ups in mine, and I keep wanting to make a change when i figure out what i want to do exactly.lol
I always say I will do more experimenting often since pickups are relatively cheap but i seem to get lazy and not try many of them. There are so many to choose from.
@@GregSummersMusic I know thts right.lol
Wow!! Decision made. Thanks for the awesome demo. Hot rails🤘
Thank you for watching and the kind words.
That's why I bought the hss version, it has auto coil split in position 2
Probably going to swap the pickup out for a humbucker soon.
@@GregSummersMusic the player series hss has the auto split, alnico-2 humbucker with a tone pot and alnico-5 single coils with a tone pot. Awesome setup, best guitar I've ever had, blue burst flame maple top
Shea Maddy I just wish they had the narrow tall frets like the new professional series has. Not a fan of the traditional medium jumbo (which were on the older American series). I always seem to get caught on the fretboard.
I don't like the look of HSS
Sick lead and riffing dude!
Great demo- I was looking for a bit more ‘poke’ in my USA deluxe strat. You’ve convinced me to get a SD Hot Rail at the bridge. Cheers
Great! Glad to help.
dude that thing sounds killer!
That was some great guitar playing, the guitar sounds great either way. Looks great too!
Thanks!!
I dig it. I've always wanted to hear what a Hot Rails could do in a Strat. I'd like to check out a Cool Rail in the neck.
I ended up with this guitar back to stock but if more gain is what you are after without getting a new pickguard, then the HR is definitely a nice option.
I am going to do the same thing to my Chapman ML1 Pro Traditional when it arrives this week. I have a set in my ML3 T style guitar and they are killer, also have coil split via push/pull tone. Hoping it will pair up nicely with the stock single coils for a nice Kotzen like tone.
ShredRex Guitar sweet! Let me know how it turns out :-)
Thanks a lot for this demo. Really impressed with the hotrail, maybe one day I'll get a strat.
Best Dad ever lmao
Well I wasn’t sold on this pickup for the bridge but after this I’m gonna look around for one.
I’ve been playing around with getting a Player Series Strat and for me, the stock bridge pickup just doesn’t cut (I don’t play super hi gain music most of the time) but this just reaffirmed that I should definitely get one of these for my Strat when I get one. Gotta save up first.
Take a look at the little 59 as well. Might be a good middle ground for you between the stock and this hot rails.
Omg i wanna cry, you play really awesome 🎉. Love that tight and beast sound from the hot rail.
Greg Summers is my guitar hero after this video 👍👍👍👍
The Duncan HR's is my favorite bridge p'u for a direct fit in a Strat. I even had ordered a custom pickguard from Warmoth
loaded with the Hot rails in the bridge, and two Duncan singles for the middle and neck to use in my
Jackson Adrian smith so i could use the HR's in the bridge spot. Best part is i have the original pickguard
put away safe if i ever want to go back to stock or sell the guitar. The second option is not going to happen though!😁
It is far too much a great guitar to ever sell!
Very nice!
Awesome playing ....I have the same setup * kinda*...Duncan or Dimarzio in bridge but the kicker is the ability to still sound like a Strat with leaving the neck/middle in her ..
Yep definitely a nice upgrade to cover a lot of ground. ;-)
On the"Dark side" theme...your strat looks like a Stormtrooper now!
(Do the hotrails come in white?)
Never thought of it that way. (Now singing the imperial march). Yes they come in white but I had this laying around and actually at the time the music store only had a black one.
😂
Man, you made the stock pup sound fairly good with that patch you selected.
Yea that’s the thing about most pickups (for me at least) is that I can adjust many things to get what I want out of them. Single Could you just need to gain it up a bit but the character still comes through. Issue comes in where you can’t just plug and play with other guitars with different configurations and use the same settings/patch. Many people expect to be able to do that. I just can’t ever operate that way.
Nice playing and love the 59' with the gain stacked on!
Yes!
This is definitely my sound.. was wondering if a noise gate would help with the hum still?
Sounded amazing! How awesome would it be to have a father like you ☝️🤘
It will be interesting to see where he ends up musically. He has so much equipment at his disposal in the studio. Thanks for watching Jonny!
Definitely worth considering to put in a strat.. Nice extra gain
I’ve got the same setup. Love it.
I love it. I'm thinking about the same set, the neck and middle texas special or Eric Johnson, and a seymour duncan hot rail in the bridge.
Should be a sweet setup when you are finished!
I'm a metal player so I think it's perfect for the guitarist that likes the feel of the strat but wants to thrash a little more 🤘
Yep, should be hot enough to satisfy a metal head, yes ;-)
It is al in the settings and how you use the volume etc. I dohave the hotrails, and you can actually use it also for less gain sounds and the combination with the middle pickup is really nice and even telecaster-like.. So for me it makes the guitar more usable for more styles. Thanks for the great video
Good information thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for leaving a comment