What's some good bridge pick ups for a strat?

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What's some good bridge pick ups for a strat? right now i have a seymour duncan hot rail. I love the way it sounds but id like to get something similar but better. how does the dimarzio injector pickup compare to it? im playing it through a mesa boogie single rectifer. also i like the dimarzio X2n but i guess they don't have it for a strat. another pick up i had in mind is a dimarzio HS3 or the YJM Fury STK-S10. anyone know how these compare?
 
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wakingmindscrl said:
What's some good bridge pick ups for a strat? right now i have a seymour duncan hot rail. I love the way it sounds but id like to get something similar but better. how does the dimarzio injector pickup compare to it? im playing it through a mesa boogie single rectifer. also i like the dimarzio X2n but i guess they don't have it for a strat. another pick up i had in mind is a dimarzio HS3 or the YJM Fury STK-S10. anyone know how these compare?
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If you have a newer Strat it should be routed for a full size H.B. in the bridge position.If that is the case you could use an after market pick guard(cut for a full size H.B. at the bridge)and increase your options quite a bit.What sort of stuff are you playing?
 
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If you have a newer Strat it should be routed for a full size H.B. in the bridge position.If that is the case you could use an after market pick guard(cut for a full size H.B. at the bridge)and increase your options quite a bit.What sort of stuff are you playing?
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i play stuff like Iced Earth and Death. i think my strat is a 76. but then again it came from ebay so it could be newer.
 
Well, it's easy enough to remove the pick guard, at least enough to lift it up and take a peek. A '76 is old enough to have some "vintage" cred, so I would not rout it out for a HB if it is not already HB-ready. OTOH, if it is HB-ready, I would get a pre-cut pick guard for the HB pup, and keep the (presumably) original pups and pick guard together. Also, you would not believe how hard it is to open up a pup hole in a pick guard, by hand. You will almost certainly end up with rather a mess.

You can trust me on that one.:o
 
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