Seymour Duncan rails pickups for Stratocasters

johnnyseven · Post by **johnnyseven** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 2:15 pm

I'm thinking of putting a meatier pickup in the bridge of my Strat. Does anyone have any experiences of the Seymour Duncan rails pickups, the Cool, Vintage and Hot Rails? I want something a bit meatier than a standard strat single coil, with a nice bottom end and string clarity but I don't want it to be super hot - i'm not looking to play the metalz.

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 2:16 pm

You want a Lace Sensor red.

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 2:40 pm

I've got a Fender Lace Sensor hot gold or something sitting here unused. I'd give you a good price if you want it?

johnnyseven · Post by **johnnyseven** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 3:08 pm

Noirie. wrote:I've got a Fender Lace Sensor hot gold or something sitting here unused. I'd give you a good price if you want it?

I'll have to do some investigations before committing. What kind of price? I'll probably have to sell a pedal before buying.

johnnyseven · Post by **johnnyseven** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 4:28 pm

I'm interested to hear about other options too.

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 5:14 pm

I like DiMarzios. ProTrack sounds like a PAF and the Chopper sounds a bit like a P90, not exactly but it's pretty cool.

There's some Lace Sensors which get those sounds too, but I don't personally have any experience with Laces.

spirograph · Post by **spirograph** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 6:22 pm

ive got the kent armstrong hotrails in my duosonic, n theyre lovely. its like 13k or something, but you can just lower it a bit like i did (i prefer to keep my pickups low to avoid pulling on the strings), and get a bit of airyness out of it. im sure theres someone on here who uses em in a bass too.
also, theyre bout Â£40.

George · Post by **George** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 6:26 pm

not a big fan of lace sensors myself, especially at lower volume and gain

johnnyseven · Post by **johnnyseven** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 7:05 pm

Fakir Mustache wrote:I like DiMarzios. ProTrack sounds like a PAF and the Chopper sounds a bit like a P90, not exactly but it's pretty cool.

There's some Lace Sensors which get those sounds too, but I don't personally have any experience with Laces.

I have a Pre B1 in my Tele and I love it. I'll have to investigate the Chopper.

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 7:38 pm

i like the cheap hotrails from GFS but I don't really ever play them clean

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:48 pm

I have a GFS tele bridge rails and it's great clean, but I wanted a humbucker sound.

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 12:41 am

theshadowofseattle wrote:I have a GFS tele bridge rails and it's great clean, but I wanted a humbucker sound.

I had one of those lying around and I put it in my squier bronco bass and it sounds great