Trying to find a good single coil for Fender Strat

[shredfreak]

Please help me with this one.

I'm about to buy a Fender 60's Classic Stratocaster and I really don't like the stock pickups in it so I need something hotter for bridge and neck position. I'm already interested in Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound and Dimarzio HS3. I would use it for blues, rock, hard rock and maybe even for heavy but mainly for rock and hard rock.

Here is some things I want:
-warm sounding
-hot but not hot like Dimarzio Chopper and Duncan Hot Rails, hot compared to vintage single coils
-agressive but not too agressive
-smooth (or is it possible that pickup is smooth and agressive in the same time?)
-looks like a regular single coil
-doesn't have to be hum canceling but it can be

So any ideas what pickups would suit for me?

Thanks!

[erikm5150]

Take a look at the Dimarzio Virtual Vintage single coils.
They look like regular single coils and are hum-cancelling.
they have lots of different models, but they might not be "aggressive" enough for you?
Maybe the Virtual vintage Solo or Heavy Blues will be a good fit for what you are looking for.

[bikeman]

Bareknuckle pickups here in the UK do sets for strats that would suit you. They ship to the US no problem, and I think there may be the odd stockist in the US too? I think the "Sinner" or "Trology" single coils are the ones you want. May I suggest a "Sinner" in the bridge and a "Trilogy" in the neck?

www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk

[JimmyJ]

http://www.jemsite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48287


need i say more :P

[TonyT1000]

How about a Rio Grande?

http://www.riograndepickups.com/2.html

[nickcoumbe]

+1 on bare knuckle. I have a miracle man humbucker and it rocks!

I have a custom strat with HS3s in the neck and middle positions. Great all round pu, good galssy strat tone, and not bad rawk tones.

[mi2tom]

How bout the blue velvet?

[albee1952]

Ditto on the Rio Grande but I really likemy Duncan L'il59. It fits in a strat hole and I wired the split connection to my unused tone pot. With the tone pot backed off, it sounds like s strat but when you crank the tone knob up, it sounds like an SG. You could wire the knob the other way if you prefer.