Pickups for Squier Super-Sonic

Noisy Cat · Post by **Noisy Cat** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:07 am

Just got myself this sexy thing:

Love it, but not overly impressed with the pickups. Can anyone please suggest which Seymour Duncans are closest in output/tone to the stock Super-Sonic pickups?

Freddy V-C · Post by **Freddy V-C** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:14 am

If you're not happy with the pickups, why do you want something with similar output and tone? Why not try something more interesting?

Noisy Cat · Post by **Noisy Cat** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:45 am

Gah, I now realise the illogical-ness of my original post.

What I mean is I like the sound of the pickups, they just sound a bit cheap and are prone to feedback. I want the same overall sound/feel, just better quality. I still want the Super-Sonic to sound as was intended.

SKC Willie · Post by **SKC Willie** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 2:52 pm

so, basically, you want to change the pickups to change the pickups.

just get some GFS pups and throw them in.

mixtape · Post by **mixtape** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 2:58 pm

I was in the same boat a couple months back, and honeyiscool recommended a set of Dragonfire Screamers, which I bought and love. They still have some of the character of the stock pickups, but the bridge pup is a little hotter and the neck pup gives you much better clarity. And with the coil taps, it's like having a whole extra guitar in there. Plus they're $25 or $30, so if you don't like them, it's not a very costly mistake.

Beautiful Super-Sonic, by the way. Love the blue pearl. And welcome!

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:01 pm

Mine has a JB on the Bridge and an SD Jazz on the neck... great combination.

Noisy Cat · Post by **Noisy Cat** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:10 pm

mixtape wrote:I was in the same boat a couple months back, and honeyiscool recommended a set of Dragonfire Screamers, which I bought and love. They still have some of the character of the stock pickups, but the bridge pup is a little hotter and the neck pup gives you much better clarity. And with the coil taps, it's like having a whole extra guitar in there. Plus they're $25 or $30, so if you don't like them, it's not a very costly mistake.

Beautiful Super-Sonic, by the way. Love the blue pearl. And welcome!

Thank you! I'll look into your suggestion.

Noisy Cat · Post by **Noisy Cat** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:12 pm

mkt3000 wrote:Mine has a JB on the Bridge and an SD Jazz on the neck... great combination.

Cheers! Yeah, I was actually considering this combination. It's quite a common one though. I want my guitar to still sound like a Super-Sonic - not like a Les Paul or anything else - if that makes any sense?

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:14 pm

It doesn't sound like a Les Paul... bolt on neck and strat trem will see to that. Maybe the jazz wasn't wound perfectly, but the neck Jazz on the neck came out a little twangier than normal. I like it.

Noisy Cat · Post by **Noisy Cat** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:30 pm

mixtape wrote:I was in the same boat a couple months back, and honeyiscool recommended a set of Dragonfire Screamers, which I bought and love. They still have some of the character of the stock pickups, but the bridge pup is a little hotter and the neck pup gives you much better clarity. And with the coil taps, it's like having a whole extra guitar in there. Plus they're $25 or $30, so if you don't like them, it's not a very costly mistake.

Beautiful Super-Sonic, by the way. Love the blue pearl. And welcome!

I'm seriously tempted by these! What kind of music do you play?

Anyone else use these pickups?

mixtape · Post by **mixtape** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:59 pm

Mostly 90s-style alternative, but I wanted something versatile enough to take in other directions too. I think the Screamers fit the bill.

wadeaminute · Post by **wadeaminute** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 12:01 am

I have five of these:

The only one I still have humbuckers in is the white one, which has a Dimarzio Tone Zone in the bridge and a Dimarzio PAF in the neck. These are perfect for me. The bridge is super-hot. The neck is classic smooth PAF I have coil splits on both, and the bridge split combined with the neck on full is just lovely.

My black one has a single Dimarzio YJM stacked humbucker that looks like a strat pickup. I like this one very much. The silver one has Seymour Duncan P-Rails pickups , which are fun. 12 sounds from two pickups. The blue one has Custom Shop Fat 50s strat pickups. The coral one has a single Seymour Duncan stacked tele pickup, the BG1400. Super hot, and splitable. That guitar has 8 tones from one pickup.

I've always wanted to get another white one and set it up with a black pickguard, a strat pickup for the bridge and a mini-humbucker for the neck, and two missmatched knobs. Does anyone get the hero reference?

dub · Post by **dub** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:21 am

I'm pretty sure the duncan designed pickups that come stock are based on the SD Distortion. Which is by nature a pretty muddy sounding pickup.
It's also great fun.

wadeaminute · Post by **wadeaminute** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 3:29 pm

"Duncan Designed" as a brand was a few years later. The originals are not branded as such.

Post by **dots** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:54 pm

SKC Willie wrote:just get some GFS pups and throw them in.

considering the prices they charge and the reputation they enjoy, this is always worth a look.

Dokterrock · Post by **Dokterrock** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 4:21 am

These look backwards to me, like I'm looking at a mirror image of a guitar. Where do I get one?!?

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 4:31 am

Dokterrock wrote:These look backwards to me, like I'm looking at a mirror image of a guitar. Where do I get one?!?

Ebay or Craigslist if you're lucky. And for a not at all insignificant amount of cash.

moob · Post by **moob** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 6:58 am

I've wanted one of these since I saw a review in a guitar magazine in 1997, but have I ever even been lucky enough to even see one in person? NO.

jagsonic · Post by **jagsonic** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 9:29 am

Mine has the original neck pickup and a SD invader in bridgeposition. This is a good combination. The neck is very bassy and good for bluesy or clean (nearlyclean) things. The invader is very hot and sounds very good for distorted sounds.

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 11:14 am

wadeaminute wrote:Does anyone get the hero reference?