I've got a walnut strat body on order (and a walnut neck with a rosewood board). Based on the walnut body tone description on Warmoth's site I had expected the guitar to be quite bright (and partly why I went for a rosewood board). I had therefore assumed that I'll need pickups that are not overly treble-heavy. However, the guys at Bare Knuckle Pickups told me that in their experience walnut strats sound very dark and that I needed very clear and bright pickups, which appears to contradict the body tone description on Warmoth website.
Furthermore, I then noticed that Warmoth's neck wood options page gave a different tone description for walnut than their body options page. The neck page indicates walnut was more middle of the range rather than nearly as bright as maple, thus contradicting their body wood page. In other forums I've found more contradicting statements on walnut ranging from 'warm as rosewood' to 'ice pick'.
I am therefore a little bit confused what a strat with a walnut body and neck will sound like and therefore at pains to figure out how to match pickups to the body and neck on order.
Does anyone have any experiences on walnut strat tone, especially when it comes to deciding between bright or less bright pickups?
Thanks in advance!
Furthermore, I then noticed that Warmoth's neck wood options page gave a different tone description for walnut than their body options page. The neck page indicates walnut was more middle of the range rather than nearly as bright as maple, thus contradicting their body wood page. In other forums I've found more contradicting statements on walnut ranging from 'warm as rosewood' to 'ice pick'.
I am therefore a little bit confused what a strat with a walnut body and neck will sound like and therefore at pains to figure out how to match pickups to the body and neck on order.
Does anyone have any experiences on walnut strat tone, especially when it comes to deciding between bright or less bright pickups?
Thanks in advance!