Bernie Fitz
Blues Junior
I have a 1998 American Strat I bought a little while back. I like the feel of playing it and really like the sound of it unplugged and/or playing clean. The problem is with some gain in the tone I get some phantom sounds (artifacts?) which mainly seem to come from the G string. The pickups are not original and I was told when I bought it that they were Wolf pickups. The have staggered poles and the G string does stick out prominently. I came across some info saying that the staggered poles are something of a vintage holdout from an era of different amps. I don't know if there's anything to that but it seems to make sense to me.
Is there any way lower individual poles on pickups or should I be looking to replace the pickups altogether? Of course that would be another whole thread I guess but if replacement was the way to go I would want beefier strat pickups.
Thanks, Bernie
Is there any way lower individual poles on pickups or should I be looking to replace the pickups altogether? Of course that would be another whole thread I guess but if replacement was the way to go I would want beefier strat pickups.
Thanks, Bernie