What's the advantage of a scalloped fretboard?

[ELVIS]

Originally posted by Matt White

I'm thinking about putting the "Texas Special" pickups in mine.....

Nah, those sound good, but put in something that doesn't hum, like HS-2 or HS-3...

[Matt White]

Originally posted by ELVIS
Nah, those sound good, but put in something that doesn't hum, like HS-2 or HS-3...

That was a third option............

Aren't those "Stacked" humbuckers?

I thought some routing was required to install 'em...........

[ELVIS]

[Matt White]

Originally posted by ELVIS

UFF!!!

I almost bought a Fernandes Strat, Gold Sparkle, back in the day.....

HELLA KEWL paint job on your's Bro

[ELVIS]

Originally posted by Matt White

Aren't those "Stacked" humbuckers?

I thought some routing was required to install 'em...........

Yes they are, they are the same height as a standard single coil, anf fit perfectly...

Yngwie uses the HS-3...

I use an HS-3 in the bridge and an HS-2 in the neck...

HS-2 sounds more like a vintage single coil, an HS-3 is warmer...


I painted that shoreline gold american Strat myself several years ago...

It was originally Arctic white...

[ELVIS]

[Matt White]

Originally posted by ELVIS
Yes they are, they are the same height as a standard single coil, anf fit perfectly...

Yngwie uses the HS-3...

I use an HS-3 in the bridge and an HS-2 in the neck...

HS-2 sounds more like a vintage single coil, an HS-3 is warmer...


I painted that shoreline gold american Strat myself several years ago...

It was originally Arctic white...

Hmmm...that makes me lean more towards those....

Love Yngwie's tone.....

[ELVIS]

I've tried as many pickups as I can afford...

HS-3 is great !!

Like I said though, If you like a real sweet strat neck tone, an HS-2 is better...

It has that clean bright bell like singing sound...

An HS# doesn't have as much highs...

There is also an HS-1...

I tried one years ago, but I remember not liking it much...

[ELVIS]

[ELVIS]

Here's my guitars from 1987...

The '73 Super Lead is the same one sitting on top of my purple Marshall in the first pic that I took today...

[Matt White]

NICE RACK MAN!!!

[jhale667]

Nice work Elvis!!! I'm impressed. On the subject of pickups: If you guys like the Texas Specials, Id' recommend trying the Virtual Vintage Blues & Heavy Blues Models...I've got virtual vintage PU's in both my Strats and I LOOOOOOVE them...they sound better than HS-2s & 3s to my ears, and they're DEAD quiet....

[ELVIS]

I have a real 1955 hard tail Stratocaster that I'm finishing work on...

I might go with the Virtual Vintage 2.1 when it's time to find some pups for it...

I've tried an older Virtual Vintage DP401, I might even have one laying around...

They sound too much like a stock strat pickup for me, but that's what I'll be looking for with my '55...

The 2.1 is only 5.94K ohms...

HS3's and HS2's are perfect for my particular set up...

[jhale667]

...I had an extensive conversation with Steve Blucher of Dimarzio at NAMM about these a couple of years ago...the 2.1 is supposed to be more like a stock Strat PU, yet have the quiet nature of the other V.V. PUs, and will work on 250k pots (the others require a 500k for the volume, and they suggest a 1 meg ohm for the tone controls). If you're wanting something a little more beefy, go for the Blues. After I played for him for a few minutes, he suggested a V.V. Blues for the neck position, a '54 for the middle, and the Solo model in the bridge slot. I couldn't be happier with the results, and I always get compliments on my Strat tones at gigs. The dude's ears are amazing...I played for less than 5 minutes for him, and he's like "Oh yeah, for your style, try this..." AND HE WAS DEAD ON!

[jhale667]

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