I can test the SSL-6 in the bridge to see how it's like but with the other two I'd have to buy and try. I'm narrowed down to the SSL-3, the SSL-4 and maybe another SSL-6. Now the pup switch is permanently at the neck position.Īfter this I've been looking for a bridge pup to go with it. Off to my band's studio where we have an ancient Anax 200W tube amp (Twin Reverb copy) with custom speaker cabin & through an Ibanez TS-7 tubescreamer, my previously good-for-nothing Mex Strat became the ultimate tonemachine and object of admiration by everyone present. The pup was great but the guitar was basically falling apart and more or less beyond repair.Īll I can say is that it was complete tonal revelation! After some research I found out that this excellent pup with a simple "6R" sticker on the back was an SSL-6 RW/RP. A couple of weeks ago, I hooked up an unknown pup in the neck position of my mexican standard strat that was in a secondhand Tanglewood Europa (strat style, maple neck, floyd rose, S-S-H, frets 17-24 scalloped) I've had for the last 6 years. Your review couldn't have come at a better time for me. My point is that sometimes just a small percentage increase in dc resistance can make a big difference in the tone and response- going from one tap to the next was like shifting gears in a car! Winding the extra wire by hand gave it a nice balloon shape, just the originals from the 50's. I guess the stock pickup was around 7k and I added 2 taps to it, around 8.2k and 9.4k. Speaking of tapped pickups, I had a SD tele bridge pickup that I "over wound" with 43ga wire from a Broadcaster pickup that I ruined. #Duncan ssl6 review fullIt might be interesting to try it in a guitar with vintage output neck and middle pickups, and then kick it up to full tap for a nice boost. I understand how it would seem very underpowered compared to the full tap SSL-3 and SSL-6. With the tap at 8.8k I would expect it to be a bit hotter than a typical vintage pickup between 6k and 7k. Just wondering how the output of a tapped SSL-3 bridge pickup compares to a vintage style strat pickup. Instead of having a "tap" switch for the 3 and the middle 6, I wired up a DPDT switch so that when I flip it, I get one tapped coil of the bridge, and one tapped coil of the middle 6 in series, like a humbucker with an 8.8k coil and a 6.5k coil. So much so, that I almost immediately took the guitar back apart, and changed the wiring. It cut both the output, and the character way down. Another thing that surprised me was the fact the tap wasn't quite what I expected. And one more thing - its the perfect match to a Spina modified DS-1. Now that sounds killer.Īnyway, to summarize, if you like SSL-6's, the SSL-3 is great bridge match. Its still a Strat, but right at the edge. Its almost like a "bridge" model for the 6's. The 6's are around 13k, and the 3 around 16.4k. I was surprised that the output level matches the 6's perfectly. It still has a nice high-end, but its not twangy any more. The SSL-3 takes the place of an SSL-6 in the bridge, and it does exacly what I was hoping for - the hotter winds "mellowed" the high-end twang perfectly. Let me say up front that I'm not a big fan of "twang" in a Stratocaster. Just got my SSL-3 Hot in today from Matt Martinixstringcustoms, (thanks Matt), and I've been jammin' on it for the last 4 hours.
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