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Strat bridge humbucker aesthetics -> implementation
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 5:54 pm
by jeremyb
Going to put a humbucker in the bridge of my Oly white road worn strat, would you go with a worn nickel cover, all white bobbins, or a zebra setup (seems more traditional), or what?
Re: Strat bridge humbucker aesthetics
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 5:59 pm
by Bg
all white is my favourite
Re: Strat bridge humbucker aesthetics
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 6:00 pm
by murky
In order of preference (assuming SC's are white covers): White, Zebra, Black.
Nickel covers on a HSS just don't look right to me.....
Re: Strat bridge humbucker aesthetics
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 6:10 pm
by IMOCD
Paging Starfire....
White all the way. Murky is right; I have a shiny hb in the bridge of my strat. Love the pickup, but not so much aesthetics.
Re: Strat bridge humbucker aesthetics
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 6:10 pm
by Wairarapajack
I've never quite got on with the look of HSS strats, which is why I've never had one despite them being so good as all-rounders. All white seems like it would fit best with an Olympic white strat with a maple neck, but maybe Zebra if it's got a Rosewood fingerboard.
Re: Strat bridge humbucker aesthetics
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 6:20 pm
by Bg
jeremyb wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 5:54 pm
Going to put a humbucker in the bridge of my Oly white road worn strat, would you go with a worn nickel cover, all white bobbins, or a zebra setup (seems more traditional), or what?
Why not just put a hot/warm/cool rails in?
Re: Strat bridge humbucker aesthetics
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 6:55 pm
by jeremyb
Bg wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 6:20 pm
jeremyb wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 5:54 pm
Going to put a humbucker in the bridge of my Oly white road worn strat, would you go with a worn nickel cover, all white bobbins, or a zebra setup (seems more traditional), or what?
Why not just put a hot/warm/cool rails in?
Wash your mouth out! Plus Glyn doesn’t make one
Re: Strat bridge humbucker aesthetics
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 7:01 pm
by robthemac
murky wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 6:00 pm
Nickel covers on a HSS just don't look right to me.....
@Voxshall blue Strat pictures for the spank bank please
Re: Strat bridge humbucker aesthetics
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 7:19 pm
by jeremyb
I'm not normally a zebra kind of guy but...
Re: Strat bridge humbucker aesthetics
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 7:21 pm
by jeremyb
Moarrrr
Re: Strat bridge humbucker aesthetics
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 7:23 pm
by jeremyb
I wonder about the zebra thing, cause original PAFs sometimes were zebra under the covers and some strats in the 60s might have got one of those in them... who knows...
Re: Strat bridge humbucker aesthetics
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 7:31 pm
by jeremyb
Now with poll!
Re: Strat bridge humbucker aesthetics
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 7:42 pm
by robthemac
jeremyb wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 7:23 pm
I wonder about the zebra thing, cause original PAFs sometimes were zebra under the covers and some strats in the 60s might have got one of those in them... who knows...
The real JB has a Blackguard with a PAF neck. Probably my desert island guitar.
Re: Strat bridge humbucker aesthetics
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 7:42 pm
by codedog
I guess I'm the lone voice for nickel cover...
Re: Strat bridge humbucker aesthetics
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 8:04 pm
by jeremyb
robthemac wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 7:42 pm
jeremyb wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 7:23 pm
I wonder about the zebra thing, cause original PAFs sometimes were zebra under the covers and some strats in the 60s might have got one of those in them... who knows...
The real JB has a Blackguard with a PAF neck. Probably my desert island guitar.
Oh man but the best part of a Strat is the neck pickup!!