best set of pups for a custom strat project???

[ardell henderson]

Hey, has anyone heard of Joe Barden pickups?

Also, what about the "blender pot" - that seems very cool - anyone use these? and, how do they rate?

[Globbits]

Dimarzio Yngwe Malmsteen signature singles!! Can you spell neo-classical?
Fender lace sensors are all round good and compliment a strat nicely

[ardell henderson]

yeah, but I've already got the yngwie set in my yngwie strat!! I guess my focus is to get the most versatile set & trick options as possible. I was wondering about a fernandes sustainer - I'm not sure if the guitar would have to be routed for that though.

so many choices...

[ardell henderson]

OK - well, I put lindy fralin vintage hots in the neck & middle pos & the SD Lil '59 in the bridge.

The 5-way switch is setup standard: 1=bridge; 2=mid+bridge split; 3=mid; 4=mid+neck split; and, 5=neck; plus the 3 knobs are top = vol; middle knob = neck pup tone; and, bottom knob = middle pup tone.

This tone setup provides additional flexibility with the split positions by adjusting tone knobs - very cool!

All in all, the pups sound great - the hands-down favorite is the fralin neck pup - freakin' awesome!!!

Thanks again to all for your input - pary on, garth...

[Two hands31]

Isn't that the standard Strat wiring? (That's how my Squire's wired, except with the Super Distortion bridge)

[Kremlin]

I'm glad the Fralins worked out I've been in love with the vintage hots forever but still don't own one.

[ardell henderson]

I'm kinda new to the "strat" arena, I've typically played dbl humbuckers forever - it very well could be the traditional wiring method; I just dowloaded the manual for my yngwie strat, but couldn't locate a wiring diagram, but that guitar has the TBX circuitry & might be wired differently becuase of that...