Seymour Duncan Stk S7 Neck Stk S9b Bridge Reviews
Strat Mojo of DOOM: Custom Stack Plus Ready Review
Final Updated on February twelfth, 2020
Later on having cracking success with the Seymour Duncan Stack Plus series in my S/H single-volume, Floyd Rose-having Superstrat guitars, I was curious to see how well they performed in the classic Southward/S/South vintage-trem Strat realm. I've tried the STK-S7 and STK-S6 then I knew they wouldn't disappoint, but I wanted to see just how versatile they could be in the archetype configuration. That, and even without a tone command those ii were pretty much killing all my other older Duncan STK-S1Ns or other stacked unmarried-coils in my other guitars, so I felt pretty confident they'd be impressive!
The test musical instrument was my 2000 Warmoth Sunburst Strat build. It has a maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard and jumbo frets, and a mahogany torso with a killer flamed maple top. It has locking Gotoh tuners and an Earvana compensated 1 iii/4″ nut for meliorate overall intonation. Information technology's a beauty, and a reliable workhorse that's served me well over the years, but it was a little to "polite" sounding. I wanted a little extra "oomp" as it were; more of a SRV/Jeff Beck/Hendrix/Eric Johnson quasi-vintage Strat vibe. Sparkling cleans, notch position "quack" and an "is that all yous got?" vibe under high gain, especially with the bridge pickup. The goal was to configure a Strat set that had killer rhythm and atomic number 82 tones and a bluesy, gutsy 60s Strat vibe either clean or under heavy gain, and that was dead quiet. At the suggestion of Scott O. from Seymour Duncan I also opted at first to wire it to enable true single-coil operation as an option using a 250k push-pull pot for the book control.
Later checking out the specs on the other various models in the line, I opted for a Custom Stack STK-S6 in the neck (again, I loved information technology in my Koa Strat but had simply heard information technology with the tone on "x" and so to speak) knowing it could handle the neck position duties. I chose the Classic Stack Plus STK-S4 to nail the sometime-school Strat chime in the middle position. I'd indicated that I intended to use information technology as the middle position pickup when ordering, and when the set arrived I noticed the STK-S4 was seemingly RW/RP (like a true Strat set) and thus would be dissonance canceling when in single-gyre way in the notch positions, and would even so sound "Strat correct." Score! After reading well-nigh the Hot Stack Plus STK-S9 I felt it was the go-to for a powerful bridge position vibe. I also took this opportunity to seriously clean the fretboard with steel wool and recondition information technology with lem-oil, and I also replaced the Fender American Vintage bridge with a FU-Tone's FU-ST1 Vintage Strat bridge with a Brass Strat Big-Block to complete the tonal overhaul.
Upon installation, I was happy to discover that the selections I'd fabricated had totally lived up to my expectations in their respective positions. The STK-S9B is throaty and authoritative, and is non to be trifled with at ALL. Information technology'southward a great bridge pickup, the kind that beats up other Strat bridge pickups. The STK-S4 does exactly what I'd hoped in the middle position, with just enough sparkle and twang, and again equally expected, the STK-S6 sounds great in the cervix. Awesome cleans, and information technology doesn't compress under gain, giving information technology great say-so for gutsy dejection licks or neo-classical arpeggio runs. They all respond very well to the tone controls, giving a wide range of tonal depth and coloration. They sound great in single-coil fashion, super-authentic for a stack design, simply they already audio then close, and then good in noise-cancelling mode I honestly noticed the noise more so than any appreciable tonal "purity". So I opted non to get out it wired that mode permanently. I can totally see where a purist would capeesh the choice, simply I don't see myself needing it. I besides did the Eric Johnson tone mod (disconnecting the center pickup from the tone excursion) while pulling the push-pull pot; I find the mod to audio more than "Stratty", with better "quack" to my ears in the notch positions. Whatsoever manner yous decide to wire information technology, it'south quite the amazing combo, one I'd recommend to anyone looking for an extremely versatile and totally quiet Strat pickup combo!
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