@@leonardsrobertfrom one tele player to another. Leave the strat alone it sounds great. Get an old les paul studio. Bridge pickup with that maple cap is the answer.
An EQ pedal can fatten a single coil tone and "remove the blanket" from a humbucker. You can also use it to enhance your amps strengths and weaknesses and adjust it to your room. You can get an adequate EQ pedal for less than the cost of the pickup. The Boss GE-7 is a really good one for about $20 more than the pickup.
@@jckelley10 This is true! But I still want to have the basic tone of my guitar to be to my liking. But thanks for your reply! Will try this at some point!
I think I would try a passive midrange boost capacitor instead of a single coil-sized humbucker. For one thing, it will preserve the single coil character and attack while also giving you the option to fatten up the mids. I just saw one recently called the Black Ice Boost. It doesn’t require a battery and works a little bit like what Yamaha added to its Revstar line with its boost switch or the what Fender added to the Steve Lacy Strat to get its battery-less onboard fuzz. For another thing, it will preserve the clean look of a traditional Strat that I think looks odd with other style pickups in the bridge, even when they are single coil-sized.
@@leonardsrobert It certainly does add the mids and reduces the highs, reducing the gap between a Strat and a Tele bridge pickup. The only caveat is to put some paraphine / wax when installing the base plate to avoid feedback / squealing.
i am also thinking of replacing my bridge single coil in my newly purchased American pro 2 stratcaster. I used to own a strat in the 90s, swopped out bridge with Seymour Duncan lil screaming demon and it rocks! Now im thinking if you want a clearer humbucking single coil at the bridge, maybe a Dimarzio HS3 might be a good choice. Its an old tried and true bridge pick up replacement which was extremely popular in the 90's but i seldom hear people talking about it now. I think the HS3 is really under-appreciated... my two cents.
Isn’t the little 59 meant to be wired on a 500k volume pot ? If you just switched the pickup on the guitar and nothing else , than this could be the reason why it sounds so dark (i.e. being wired to a 250k pot) Stunning Kauffmann BTW.
Don't know your process for balancing pickups when you swapped it, for me start with them all screwed down and bring the neck up to suit. I personally prefer a hotter neck screwed down rather than a weaker one nearer the strings. Then balance the neck with that. People get hung up with it being "X" mm away from strings. Also try angling it treble up and bass down and playing with pole pieces if adjustable. Oh and on a strat got to have a switch to do bridge & neck. Oh and also having them lower gives less magnetic pull on the strings and opens it up, from personal experience.
hey Leon! als ik een tip mag geven: in de eerste paar minuten bijt het geluid van de gitaar best wel met je vertellende stem. Beetje alsof ze te veel dezelfde frequenties innemen, of de gitaar daar te hard staat. (zeg dit omdat ik het je gun dat je kanaal het goed gaat doen!)
Most of your playing is over the neck pickup, with some playing between neck and middle. It's going to sound thicker/darker compared to playing closer to the bridge. Another player might complain about the thin and ice picky sounds from the single coil, if playing close to the bridge. It also depends on the EQ settings. Just an observation.
I was really surprised how dark the Little '59 sounds. I thought it would deliver a more "open" sound. When you're hunting a more midrange sound I wouldn't resort to single coil sized humbuckers but instead choose a beefier single coil like a SD Texas Strat or a Hot Stack Strat. As far as humbuckers go I'm a huge fan of the Lil' Screamin' Demon. Unlike the name it's actually very open sounding for a humbucker. And of course there are your turn-Strat-into-Tele pickups. But then again you don't play Strats if you want a Tele sound, are you? Edit: You should consider putting 500k pots in your strat when changing to a humbucker. Also you could have simply used the tone pot to get rid of some chime in the bridge position with your single coil. Another possibility is wiring the '59 in parallel.
@@zakkwyldesdmf13 Yeah, the tone-pot on the bridge single coil thing didn’t really work for me. It does get rid of the thin highs, but procures it doesn’t add lows or mids… I’m also toying with the idea to just throw a hotter single coil in there. Maybe with a base plate. By the way, this guitar has a 500k volume pot! With the resistors on the single coil thing. Thanks dude!
This pickup is super dependent on setup. The sound he's getting is horrible and i know it well. He's a very slight adjustment away from sounding good, like a quarter turn hotter on the treble to compress it more, and as hot as possible on the bass side without magnet issues. This pickup needs thr treble side quite hot and will sound worst right before you hit the sweet spot. It gets thinner and thinner until you get it right and then it gets fat. Even if it wasnt a bad pickup, who swaps a strat bridge for a "les paul" bridge so they can play all the strat licks that clearly belong on 2,4,5?
Thanks for your comment! However, I doubt a quarter turn is gonna make this huge of a difference in sound. Check out my updated video on this pickup! It sounds way better not wired to the 250k tone pot.
@@leonardsrobertI don't blame you but this is a bad review for an admittedly bad pickup. Of course the pots matter, and tbh it's wild that SD doesn't give any setup advice at all when some of their pickups can be so finicky. I'd never recommend this pickup but this is a lazy review lol of course it's not supposed to sound that dead.
@@friedsensei Thanks for your input! I really blame it sounding a bit dull on the 250k pot! Check out my second video on this pickup. It sounds way better there.
You should have tried a SD classic stack plus or a custom stack plus. The 59 is a humbucker in a small format and too much of a departure of the tone you are looking for...
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That right there is a very good-sounding guitar. I wouldn't mess with it. Nice touch and tone from the player!
@@JamieToddBand Appreciate it!
Nice Strat! 😁✌️
Thanks! It’s a great guitar.
Been down this road. Now I just have a les Paul and tele
@@Stobert It’s hardly about the destination, more about the journey!
@@leonardsrobertfrom one tele player to another. Leave the strat alone it sounds great. Get an old les paul studio. Bridge pickup with that maple cap is the answer.
@@Stobert I recently bought a PRS! Really like that one! Video should be up in not too long.
@@Stobert But I have to say I agree with you. Listening back the single coil sounds way better to me than it did while playing it.
@@leonardsrobert that’s cool but you’ll still be missing the break angle the tune-o-magic bridge provides. Let uncle Larry guide you to the dark side
An EQ pedal can fatten a single coil tone and "remove the blanket" from a humbucker. You can also use it to enhance your amps strengths and weaknesses and adjust it to your room. You can get an adequate EQ pedal for less than the cost of the pickup. The Boss GE-7 is a really good one for about $20 more than the pickup.
@@jckelley10 This is true! But I still want to have the basic tone of my guitar to be to my liking.
But thanks for your reply! Will try this at some point!
I put one in and after about 6 months missed the sound of original custom shop pickup so I swapped back.😎🇲🇽
@@davidantillon9294 Probably what’s going to happen here too ;)
I'm glad the algorithm recommended me your channel.
@@scottycunningham1413 Thanks dude! Happy to have you as a subscriber! Planning on uploading a lot more in the near future! 🤘🏻
I have my strat tone knobs wired for middle and bridge pickups leaving the neck wide open... you can control the highend on the bridge pickup that way
@@Daddybell6957 I had the one tone knob wired to all 3 pickups when it had a single coil.
put a humbucker between 10 and 12 k on the strat, it matches perfectly in position 2, in position 1 with the coil lag it becomes a 5-6 k
@@jets1002 good idea, although I don’t think a pickup’s tone is entirely dependent on it’s dc readings.
Maybe something lower output with alnico V will do it. I also wire my humbuckers in parallel, and it works great in combination with single coils
@@976PAIN I could see that working as well!
I think I would try a passive midrange boost capacitor instead of a single coil-sized humbucker. For one thing, it will preserve the single coil character and attack while also giving you the option to fatten up the mids. I just saw one recently called the Black Ice Boost. It doesn’t require a battery and works a little bit like what Yamaha added to its Revstar line with its boost switch or the what Fender added to the Steve Lacy Strat to get its battery-less onboard fuzz. For another thing, it will preserve the clean look of a traditional Strat that I think looks odd with other style pickups in the bridge, even when they are single coil-sized.
@@randrothify I saw a video about such a boost a little while ago! Good option. I might get into this.
I kind of like the modded look though..
Have you considered adding a baseplate? Or even installing a Tele bridge pickup?
@@shaky_lifts I have not! Do you have experience with this?
@@leonardsrobert It certainly does add the mids and reduces the highs, reducing the gap between a Strat and a Tele bridge pickup. The only caveat is to put some paraphine / wax when installing the base plate to avoid feedback / squealing.
@@shaky_lifts Sounds great! I might actually try that some time!
I don’t think it sounds bad. Just different.
Thanks!
i am also thinking of replacing my bridge single coil in my newly purchased American pro 2 stratcaster. I used to own a strat in the 90s, swopped out bridge with Seymour Duncan lil screaming demon and it rocks! Now im thinking if you want a clearer humbucking single coil at the bridge, maybe a Dimarzio HS3 might be a good choice. Its an old tried and true bridge pick up replacement which was extremely popular in the 90's but i seldom hear people talking about it now. I think the HS3 is really under-appreciated... my two cents.
@@sangyechua6635 Sounds good, that DiMarzio! Thanks for the tip!
Isn’t the little 59 meant to be wired on a 500k volume pot ? If you just switched the pickup on the guitar and nothing else , than this could be the reason why it sounds so dark (i.e. being wired to a 250k pot)
Stunning Kauffmann BTW.
Thanks! I actually wired it to a 500k! Still too dark for me...
Don't know your process for balancing pickups when you swapped it, for me start with them all screwed down and bring the neck up to suit. I personally prefer a hotter neck screwed down rather than a weaker one nearer the strings. Then balance the neck with that. People get hung up with it being "X" mm away from strings. Also try angling it treble up and bass down and playing with pole pieces if adjustable.
Oh and on a strat got to have a switch to do bridge & neck. Oh and also having them lower gives less magnetic pull on the strings and opens it up, from personal experience.
@@jamesrobertson5025 Thanks for the input!!
hey Leon! als ik een tip mag geven: in de eerste paar minuten bijt het geluid van de gitaar best wel met je vertellende stem. Beetje alsof ze te veel dezelfde frequenties innemen, of de gitaar daar te hard staat. (zeg dit omdat ik het je gun dat je kanaal het goed gaat doen!)
@@Evy-1988 Thanks Eefje!!
Most of your playing is over the neck pickup, with some playing between neck and middle. It's going to sound thicker/darker compared to playing closer to the bridge. Another player might complain about the thin and ice picky sounds from the single coil, if playing close to the bridge. It also depends on the EQ settings.
Just an observation.
Thanks for replying!
I was really surprised how dark the Little '59 sounds. I thought it would deliver a more "open" sound.
When you're hunting a more midrange sound I wouldn't resort to single coil sized humbuckers but instead choose a beefier single coil like a SD Texas Strat or a Hot Stack Strat. As far as humbuckers go I'm a huge fan of the Lil' Screamin' Demon. Unlike the name it's actually very open sounding for a humbucker.
And of course there are your turn-Strat-into-Tele pickups. But then again you don't play Strats if you want a Tele sound, are you?
Edit:
You should consider putting 500k pots in your strat when changing to a humbucker.
Also you could have simply used the tone pot to get rid of some chime in the bridge position with your single coil. Another possibility is wiring the '59 in parallel.
@@zakkwyldesdmf13 Yeah, the tone-pot on the bridge single coil thing didn’t really work for me. It does get rid of the thin highs, but procures it doesn’t add lows or mids…
I’m also toying with the idea to just throw a hotter single coil in there. Maybe with a base plate.
By the way, this guitar has a 500k volume pot! With the resistors on the single coil thing.
Thanks dude!
single coil all the way voor mij.
This pickup is super dependent on setup. The sound he's getting is horrible and i know it well. He's a very slight adjustment away from sounding good, like a quarter turn hotter on the treble to compress it more, and as hot as possible on the bass side without magnet issues. This pickup needs thr treble side quite hot and will sound worst right before you hit the sweet spot. It gets thinner and thinner until you get it right and then it gets fat. Even if it wasnt a bad pickup, who swaps a strat bridge for a "les paul" bridge so they can play all the strat licks that clearly belong on 2,4,5?
Thanks for your comment! However, I doubt a quarter turn is gonna make this huge of a difference in sound. Check out my updated video on this pickup! It sounds way better not wired to the 250k tone pot.
I hated the lil'59 when I had it for a while...
@@emreemre369 I doubt if it’s going to stay in this guitar for long…
@@leonardsrobertI don't blame you but this is a bad review for an admittedly bad pickup. Of course the pots matter, and tbh it's wild that SD doesn't give any setup advice at all when some of their pickups can be so finicky. I'd never recommend this pickup but this is a lazy review lol of course it's not supposed to sound that dead.
@@friedsensei Thanks for your input! I really blame it sounding a bit dull on the 250k pot! Check out my second video on this pickup. It sounds way better there.
You should have tried a SD classic stack plus or a custom stack plus. The 59 is a humbucker in a small format and too much of a departure of the tone you are looking for...
@@luizdejesus6240 I have the vintage stacks in a tele and I’m not super impressed. Thanks anyways!