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The Pickup Place / Telecaster Tone in a Humbucker

« Last post by Butch Snyder on April 07, 2026, 12:00:23 PM »

Hi all, I have an HSS guitar.  I have a Fred in the bridge pickup.  I bought it because, at one time, I had an OLP (remember those) that I put a Fred in and it sounded like a Tele bridge pickup.  So, I bought it again and installed it in my Schecter HSS guitar.  It's basically a Strat (alder body, wenge neck, ebony fretboard, vintage type tremolo).  The Fred sounds good, but I'm wondering if there might be something else better.  I have 5 Telecasters, but I really like this Schecter.  My main gig is Country so a good Telecaster bridge pickup is a must.  I was thinking maybe Bluesbucker?

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The Pickup Place / Re: Looking for a Neck PU to pair with a Satchur8 - HFH with A8?

« Last post by darkbluemurder on April 07, 2026, 03:47:36 AM »

Since you already have the PAF Pro it is worth a try even though it did not work in the other guitars you tried it in. That would give you at least another baseline for further experimentation.

Cheers Stephan

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The Pickup Place / Looking for a Neck PU to pair with a Satchur8 - HFH with A8?

« Last post by Mr. Lime on April 04, 2026, 07:30:31 AM »

I recently got a deal on a BC Rich Mockingbird Supreme (shortscale mahogany neck through) that came with PRS Artist pickups that I really disliked.
Since I had a Satchur8 laying around I installed it and it fits the guitar quite nicely - very balanced and I like that it's based on the Norton with hex screws but has an A8 magnet in it to differ a little to my other guitars.
I tried a Bluesbucker which wasn't bad in the neck position but I had the feeling it might fit better in one of my Jacksons.
The Humbucker from Hell went in next and it ain't bad either but doesn't really pair well with the Satchur8. Does anybody have experience with putting a A8 magnet in to lift up the volume?
Or has anyone an opinion if it's a good idea to stick an A8 into a low output pickup like the HFH?

I guess a dual resonance pickup with A5 like the FRED might be worth a try as well but have no expierence with it and some people rage about that pickup.
I have a left over PAF Pro as well but hated it in the guitars I tried it. Some say the FRED is close to it..

Any thougths?

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The Pickup Place / Re: Replacing Fender noiseless with Injectors while keeping S1 intact

« Last post by jim777 on March 30, 2026, 08:42:33 PM »

Thanks guys

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Everything you wanted to know about .... / Re: FRED

« Last post by darkbluemurder on March 30, 2026, 05:05:52 AM »

The Breed neck would be fatter than the FRED. Works well with a 250k load BTW. I have my main strat set up with one, with an Area 67 in the middle and an Area 61 in the neck.

The Breed bridge would be very dark with a 250k load.

Cheers Stephan

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The Pickup Place / Re: Replacing Fender noiseless with Injectors while keeping S1 intact

« Last post by darkbluemurder on March 30, 2026, 05:04:11 AM »

Injectors and Areas have the same connection wires - red, black, white, green and bare.

Cheers Stephan

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Everything you wanted to know about .... / Re: FRED

« Last post by singleplayer75 on March 29, 2026, 10:20:11 AM »

What about the Breed instead of Fred in my HSS Strat, also 250K pots? Would it be fatter, more bass but not muddy?

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The Pickup Place / Re: Replacing Fender noiseless with Injectors while keeping S1 intact

« Last post by mmmguitar on March 28, 2026, 03:26:39 PM »

The "S-1" pots built for Fender by CTS are 4PDT switches that can be wired up for a ton of jobs.

The stock wiring for the Player II Modified Strat uses the S-1 switch to rout a jumper wire so that it connects the neck pickup signal terminal on the 5 way switch to the bridge pickup terminal. So you can solder basically any neck pickup to whatever terminal is common to the 5 way switch and S-1 switch, and retain that switching function.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Replacing Fender noiseless with Injectors while keeping S1 intact

« Last post by jim777 on March 25, 2026, 11:57:54 AM »

Thanks so much Are the Injectors and Area single coil sized humbuckers the same in regards to wiring?

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The Pickup Place / Re: Replacing Fender noiseless with Injectors while keeping S1 intact

« Last post by darkbluemurder on March 24, 2026, 11:05:51 AM »

Hi Jim,

The Fender Noiseless pickup are two wire pickups with one extra ground wire - basically the same as the Injectors (if you ignore the combined black and white wires). So the Injectors should work with the S1 switch.

I also found an article about the general S1 wiring options here: https://www.fender.com/articles/setup/how-the-s-1-switch-gives-you-more-tonal-options

It seems like all switching options only require pickups that have two signal wires and a separate ground wire, confirming my impression that the Injectors should work in this application.

Cheers Stephan