Pickups for a HSS Strat
Strat single coils in the neck and middle and a humbucker in the bridge, so the bridge has to balance with much quieter neighbours. The same slots as any guitar with two single coils and a bridge humbucker.
Neck single coil
All 157 that fit, in the table →Vintage output
Lower output: open, dynamic, clean up well
Medium output
The middle of the range: for most styles
Hot
More output: drive the amp harder, more compression
Hum-free
Noiseless and stacked designs that don't hum
Each group shows the five with the most demos, reviews and player posts, two at most from one maker. The meter places each pickup among all pickups for this slot, low output on the left.
Middle single coil
All 150 that fit, in the table →Vintage output
Lower output: open, dynamic, clean up well
Medium output
The middle of the range: for most styles
Hot
More output: drive the amp harder, more compression
Hum-free
Noiseless and stacked designs that don't hum
Each group shows the five with the most demos, reviews and player posts, two at most from one maker. The meter places each pickup among all pickups for this slot, low output on the left.
Bridge humbucker
All 281 that fit, in the table →Vintage output
Lower output: open, dynamic, clean up well
Medium output
The middle of the range: for most styles
Hot
More output: drive the amp harder, more compression
Each group shows the five with the most demos, reviews and player posts, two at most from one maker. The meter places each pickup among all pickups for this slot, low output on the left.