I have to say HSS even though I love the sounds of a neck humbucker.
One single (Esquire)
One humbucker
SS (Tele)
SH (Tele)
HH (Les Paul, et al)
SSS (Strat, Nashville Tele)
HHH (Some Les Pauls)
HSS (Fat Strat)
HSH (Ibanez, et al)
Other (Please specify)
I can't remember if we had had a thread like this before, but I thought of it after completing my Floyd. I think the HSS setup is the one for me. You can go to the humbucker for rock/metal tones and hang out on the neck or neck/bridge for bluesy tones. You can cover a ton of sonic territory. When your guitar budget it limited, a do-it-all ax is a Good Thing. Having said that, I also love the simplicity of my one humbucker, one knob, fixed bridge Fender. But if I were starting over today, I'd just go with an HSS.
FWIW, in the poll I list the bridge pickup first. I know some people use reverse order but that doesn't make sense to me unless you're speaking Hebrew.
Thoughts?
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I have to say HSS even though I love the sounds of a neck humbucker.
I can't say that I've given up on a flanger cause I've never liked the effect either. I also can't say the same about Tremolo. I hate them both equally. - Tone2TheBone 2009
In general I'm attracted to the simplicity of one-pickup guitars. Just plug it in and let er rip. But whether I want that one pickup to be a humbucker or a P90 or something else depends on my mood, the music I'm playing, wind direction, and what I've had for breakfast. So I picked "other."
I find strats paralyzing. Really, five tones to choose from before I've even considered my amp settings? I have a hard enough time deciding which shoes to wear, fer chrissake.
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Stick with Crocs, Ro3b, it'll make things simpler...
For me, the HSS setup on my Strat is about ideal, as I generally needed one guitar to cover a lot of ground when I bought it. Although I do miss the tones I would get from having a single at the bridge, I can bump the pickup selector switch one notch and get that Stratty, quacky goodness. But the switch is wired so position 2 splits the humbucker.
If I had enough guitars, I'd have a Strat with 3 singles, a Tele for that twang, my HSS Strat, a HH Paul-type, a hollow or semihollowbody, and some kind of guitar with P90s. That would cover every sonic ground a person would want to stomp on!:
Guitars:
Fender 2006 MIM Fender Stratocaster HSS in 3TS
Ibanez RG 570 with a bridge Invader
ESP M II Deluxe with a Tune-o-Matic bridge
Eleanor, the magical, mystical Road Worn wonder Tele
Blackstar HT Club 40
I like them all. HH SSS Tele pup setup P90 setup all of them.
Guitars/Bass - MIM Fender Classic 50s Strat, MIM Fender Standard Strat, Squier Classic Vibe 50s Tele, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Epi '56 Gold Top Les Paul, Martin DSR acoustic, Sigma Martin Auditorium electric/acoustic, Squier Jazz Bass.
Amps/Cabinets/Modelers - Model 2558 50 watt Marshall Silver Anniversary Jubilee combo w/ Celestion Vintage 30s, 4x12 Marshall cabinet w/25 watt Greenback Celestions, Fender Blues Junior w/ a couple of Billm mods, Line 6 POD 2.0, Roland Micro Cube
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I haven't had enough experience to decide which is my favorite, P90s are great, HH is good, I would like to have a HSS setup to play with.
I like the idea of a lot, but right now, between my guitars, I like my SSS the best.
Steve Thompson
Sun Valley, Idaho
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This is weird! 10 responses so far, and nobody has voted for the classic H-H Les Paul configuration?!?
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sss with full seven positions on the switch!
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You need a Line 6 variax dude !Originally Posted by Tone2TheBone
I can't say that I've given up on a flanger cause I've never liked the effect either. I also can't say the same about Tremolo. I hate them both equally. - Tone2TheBone 2009
But I like having a bunch of different colored guitars.Originally Posted by SuperSwede
Guitars/Bass - MIM Fender Classic 50s Strat, MIM Fender Standard Strat, Squier Classic Vibe 50s Tele, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Epi '56 Gold Top Les Paul, Martin DSR acoustic, Sigma Martin Auditorium electric/acoustic, Squier Jazz Bass.
Amps/Cabinets/Modelers - Model 2558 50 watt Marshall Silver Anniversary Jubilee combo w/ Celestion Vintage 30s, 4x12 Marshall cabinet w/25 watt Greenback Celestions, Fender Blues Junior w/ a couple of Billm mods, Line 6 POD 2.0, Roland Micro Cube
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+100!Originally Posted by Tone2TheBone
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i like the way you think!Originally Posted by Tone2TheBone
Guitars: Gibson 1998 Les Paul Special : Peavey Predator (Early 90's Fat Strat Copy) : Ibanez GAX30TROriginally Posted by just strum
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Danelectro Cool Cat Chorus : Behringer Distortion Modeler : Ernie Ball Volume Pedal : Dunlop Cry Baby Wah
I went with the triple S arrangement. I will have to admit though it was tough decision as the HH and HSS were very close for a three way tie. It could be the newness of the SSS on the Squier Strat Deluxe and the Peavey Tele, but it for now has captured me. However, there is nothing in my modest collection that can mellow things out like the Dot.
Mark
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That's 'cause it sucks Vood.Originally Posted by duhvoodooman
:jes kidding :
I pick a moon dog.
Just wait, they'll come out with a varicolor variax.Originally Posted by Tone2TheBone
Then what will your excuse be?
I pick a moon dog.
Originally Posted by Tone2TheBone
The variax comes in a variety of colors...
I love your pic on facebook, really pretty guitars
I can't say that I've given up on a flanger cause I've never liked the effect either. I also can't say the same about Tremolo. I hate them both equally. - Tone2TheBone 2009
If I were to ever have an SSS guitar, I'd either want a Nashville Tele or a Strat with something like a Rio Grande Stelly pickup in it. I like the sound of a Tele bridge pup about a million times more than a Strat.
Axen: Jackson DK2M, Fender Deluxe Nashville Telecaster, Reverend Warhawk 390, Taylor 914ce, ESP LTD Surveyor-414
Amphen: Jet City JCA22H and JCA12S cab, Carvin X-60 combo, Acoustic B20
Effecten: "Thesis 96" Overdrive/Boost (aka DVM OD2), Hardwire DL-8 Digital Delay/Looper, DigiTech Polara Reverb, DigiTech EX-7 Expression Factory and CF-7 Chorus Factory, Danelectro CF-1 Cool Cat Fuzz
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Seymour Duncan SH4 and SH1
But I have guitar with sss too so I really vote one of each..