Pickups for swamp ash strat and maple neck

[mr_rbg]

I bought 3.5lb swamp ash body from warmoth and install my 1987 Fender MIJ maple neck on it. I do not know may be because 3,5lb it is too light body or what ever, but I found that it is not enough tightness in the bass... I want to try to fix it with proper PU set. The thing is that I still want my strat has classic 50's tone. So, I am thinking of either Fender 54, 57 custom set or dimarzio true velvet set. Do you have any idea what can help me?
Thanks. 

 

[pabloman]

Bare Knuckles Mothers Milk  ccasion14:

 

[Tonar8352]

Callaham H/SRV Specials. I have put them in 4 Strats now and they are still my favorite. Make sure to use RS Guitarworks 280K volume pot and 250K tone pots with a Lux phone book cap.  Exceptional combination.

http://www.callahamguitars.com/partsstr.htm
http://www.rsguitarworks.net/rsstore/product_info.php?cPath=45_67&products_id=450
http://www.rsguitarworks.net/rsstore/product_info.php?cPath=45_65&products_id=333
http://www.rsguitarworks.net/rsstore/product_info.php?cPath=45_65&products_id=359

 

[mr_rbg]

Thanks, but as I understand Hendrix and SRV are not ash/maple and 50's. It is a bit different tome of strat. Am I right?

 

[pabloman]

Fat 50's are nice.

 

[jackthehack]

Thanks, but as I understand Hendrix and SRV are not ash/maple and 50's. It is a bit different tome of strat. Am I right?

Ash/maple doesn't have any thing to do with it, per se, if you're trying to get a vintage '50s Strat tone you DO need a vintage style all maple neck. The pickups Tonar was recommending are excellent, but wound a bit hotter than the original vintage pickups. You might want to consider the Callaham  Real '54 Specials on the same page.

If you want to save a few bucks off of that, check out the Fender Custom Shop Fat 50's; I've got them in a couple of builds and having owned '54/'57/'62/'64 Strats in my long and checkered guitar career, they're about dead on.

 

[Caisa]

Hi,

check out Leosounds Vintage Player '56

http://www.leosounds.de/EN/index.html

Ciao Stephan

 

[mr_rbg]

Thanks! and what about kinman pickups?

 

[wolf5150]

Kinman all the way for me.

Real singles are totally useless when you come up against some of the crap wiring in venues, such as I play.

Who cares how great a pickup's tone is if noone can hear it above the HUM ??

I use Kinmans in ALL my strats and they're fantastic, all the tone and quieter than the quietest humbucker.  :headbang: