I feel like I'm bothering when I ask.. Good mate for an AT-1?

[KaiserSoze]

Mahogany rear routed strat, mahogany neck/maple fretboard, Wilkinson trem, SD '59 neck humbucker.

I am leaning toward a Dimarzio Andy Timmons bridge humbucker, but wonder if the '59 is a good mate for it in the neck.

I love the '59 but am willing to change it if it will be too overpowered by the Dimarzio.  If it matters I am going for the best guitar sound in the history of all mankind, (but tend to play blues/classic rock styles and like some nice cleans too.)

Thank you for all you do.

 

[dNA]

unless you're playing with really unsaturated clean tones, i don't think you'll have volume issues that you couldn't rectify by adjusting pickup height. Worst case scenario, DiMarzio has a 30-day exchange policy so you can just trade the AT-1 for something cleaner if you really want to.

 

[KaiserSoze]

Great advice, thank you.

 

[bagman67]

Don't have a clue about your pickup conundrum, but that there strat body is one sexy hunk of mo-hog. 

 

[KaiserSoze]

Thank you.  Thats an impulse buy from the showcase.  Took a dremel and some sandpaper to it and then a lot of tung oil with required sanding.  Totally 3D  in person.  I loved the way it turned out and am anxious to finish it.

 

[NLD09]

I use a Dimarzio pro track (basically a warm sounding PAF) in the neck position with an AT-1 in the bridge of my poplar strat w/ maple neck. The combination works pretty well. I did have to play with the pickup heights a tiny bit, but nothing that I wouldn't expect to have to do anyways.

I can say that I love the AT-1. It's a perfect tight bridge pickup that cleans up well. My favorite thing to do with it is turn the gain up and roll the tone knob all the way off. I used to hate all bridge pickups. Not anymore.

 

[Strat Avenger]

The Duncan Jazz actually sounds better in the neck position of a mahogany body than the '59. The AT-1 should sound good at the bridge.

 

[DustyCat]

+1 on the mo-hog.
I've seen a cocobollo firebird, and even a Gonçalo Alves top on a strat in that showcase. I'm all about the natural wood.

Ha ha! Best guitar tone in the history of mankind?
I am not one to ask, but it might help if you listed some particular players/albums/songs, or it might not.

 

[juwel1998]

Hello KaiserSoze,

wow, your Strat body looks sooooooooo awesome. I'm diggin' it, really.
Hope you enjoy the forum, welcome. Must have missed your introduction......sorry.


Bye  JULIA

 

[Hobosaur]

If you like the 59, stick with it.  You can always back off the bridge pickup height, or give them separate volume controls.