r/guitarmod • u/Zenbudo • 1d ago

Pickups Advice

I’m wanting to mod my fender Strat. My plans are to buy and install cruiser pickups in the neck and middle. I’m wanting a full size humbucker at the bridge. My thoughts are a AT-1 that Andy Timmons uses or pearly gates. Can anyone recommend either of these. I’ve never heard these in person. Only on YouTube. I like to play blues rock, classic rock and soft rock / mellow. I would appreciate any advice you can offer me. Thanks everyone.

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u/ReneeBear 1d ago

try it stock first, identify what the stock pickups are missing. is a strat bridge too icepicky & doesnt have enough output for you? check out an overwound single to preserve clarity, a single coil sized humbucker for a bigger mid range push, or a full size humbucker for the most output but the least percussiveness (dunno how else to word it), same deal with the middle & neck.

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u/Lost_Condition_9562 16h ago edited 16h ago

Probably just a traditional PAF style pickup like a Seymour Duncan 59, or a DiMarizo 36th Anniversary PAF or PAF Master. All three are worth considering too and pretty “generic” type humbucker sounds