JohnH
Well-Known Member
I love the sound of a bridge humbucker and a neck single. My two best guitars are a '91 Gibson LP Studio, and '10 Fender HSS Am. Special Strat.
Both are really good and both can meet those needs, using a coil-split on the LP neck. For the bridge pickups, both have alnico himbuckers, no cover, at about 8k. I can definitely set them into the same tonal range, but the LP just has a bit more b0llocks than the Strat. At the neck, where I'm wanting a single, the Tx.Sp on the Strat is outstanding, and the coil split on the LP is surprisingly good, but a tad less 'edge' and 'sparkle'.
Electrically, I'm loading both effectively the same using the pots.
So I think there is something fundamentally different in Strat vs LP, beyond just the pickups and controls. I suspect it's the scale length and the greater mass and stiffness of the LP body design. But both can play well in each other's playground when needed.
Both are really good and both can meet those needs, using a coil-split on the LP neck. For the bridge pickups, both have alnico himbuckers, no cover, at about 8k. I can definitely set them into the same tonal range, but the LP just has a bit more b0llocks than the Strat. At the neck, where I'm wanting a single, the Tx.Sp on the Strat is outstanding, and the coil split on the LP is surprisingly good, but a tad less 'edge' and 'sparkle'.
Electrically, I'm loading both effectively the same using the pots.
So I think there is something fundamentally different in Strat vs LP, beyond just the pickups and controls. I suspect it's the scale length and the greater mass and stiffness of the LP body design. But both can play well in each other's playground when needed.
