Seymour Duncan SSL-3 "Hot for Strat"
Moderators: Slowy, Capt. Black
-
- Resident Gear Whore
- Posts: 10041
- meble-kuchenne.warszawa.pl
- Joined: Fri Jun 10, 2005 12:26 pm
- Has liked: 97 times
- Been liked: 424 times
Seymour Duncan SSL-3 "Hot for Strat"
As some of you might know, I put a Lollar Dirty Blonde set into my Strat, hoping that it would make a worthwhile change from the average stock pickups. It did indeed, but I still felt like they were too polite for me.
As fortune would have it, I was lucky enough to get some pickups from Seymour Duncan to demo (my first demo for them so please make sure you say lots of nice things to them ) - their "Hot for Strat" set.
I installed them and spent a few weeks with them and am really digging my Strat now. They're pretty much what I want from a Strat pickup - still a true single coil but much beefier. And no icepick from the bridge pickup.
Check it out! http://sixstringsamurai.co.nz/2014/11/3 ... for-strat/
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83guuPTIxjI[/youtube]
As fortune would have it, I was lucky enough to get some pickups from Seymour Duncan to demo (my first demo for them so please make sure you say lots of nice things to them ) - their "Hot for Strat" set.
I installed them and spent a few weeks with them and am really digging my Strat now. They're pretty much what I want from a Strat pickup - still a true single coil but much beefier. And no icepick from the bridge pickup.
Check it out! http://sixstringsamurai.co.nz/2014/11/3 ... for-strat/
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83guuPTIxjI[/youtube]
Just a small town girl living in a lonely world
-
- Vintage Post Junkie
- Posts: 2730
- Joined: Fri May 21, 2010 10:08 pm
- Has liked: 8 times
- Been liked: 244 times
Re: Seymour Duncan SSL-3 "Hot for Strat"
Cool review (and sweet playing!) Ed. Have you tried any of the BKP single coils - I'd love to know how they compare because BKPs have always been my go-to but the tones you were getting there were sweet.
-
- Resident Gear Whore
- Posts: 10041
- Joined: Fri Jun 10, 2005 12:26 pm
- Has liked: 97 times
- Been liked: 424 times
Re: Seymour Duncan SSL-3 "Hot for Strat"
Hey Stephen, unfortunately I haven't. Two reasons there - I'm fairly new to the world of single coils, so I haven't tried as many of the "standards" as I would have when it comes to humbuckers. And generally BKPs are a bit out of my price range, so when I do need replacement pickups I'll generally look at the standard Duncan/Dimarzio offerings first.Kiwiaxe wrote:Cool review (and sweet playing!) Ed. Have you tried any of the BKP single coils - I'd love to know how they compare because BKPs have always been my go-to but the tones you were getting there were sweet.
Now if Tim Mills would like to send me some, that would be lovely!
Just a small town girl living in a lonely world
- rickenbackerkid
- Vintage Post Junkie
- Posts: 6716
- Joined: Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:52 pm
- Has liked: 208 times
- Been liked: 655 times
-
- Vintage Post Junkie
- Posts: 20713
- Joined: Wed Sep 07, 2005 12:08 pm
- Location: Wellington, NZ
- Has liked: 638 times
- Been liked: 806 times
Re: Seymour Duncan SSL-3 "Hot for Strat"
Totally sweet demo man, you can really get a feel for the pickups, which is the point of it. So often I find demos of pickups get lost in the mix and they could be demoing anything, but this is really on point.
Aquila Rosso wrote:I don't a mind an iced tea rimjob one little bit
Molly wrote:Trousers are no substitute for talent
druz wrote:I present to you, the whogivesafuckocaster
-
- Resident Gear Whore
- Posts: 10041
- Joined: Fri Jun 10, 2005 12:26 pm
- Has liked: 97 times
- Been liked: 424 times
Re: Seymour Duncan SSL-3 "Hot for Strat"
Thanks chaps. Yeah, seeing lots of overly wanky demos really spurred me to try and make mine a little bit more succinct and relevant. Good to see that it's working!
Just a small town girl living in a lonely world
- Vince
- Vintage Post Junkie
- Posts: 7456
- Joined: Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:31 pm
- Location: Upper Hutt The Brave
- Has liked: 389 times
- Been liked: 186 times
- Contact:
Re: Seymour Duncan SSL-3 "Hot for Strat"
Did they change the name? I remember those as plain old "Hot Strat" pickups, not "Hot FOR Strat"
"Vince, have you ever tried playing an expensive bass?" - Polarbear.
"And isn't that the finest acoustic bass guitar feedback solo you've ever heard?" - Billy Moose.
My Bandcamp Page
Facebook
"And isn't that the finest acoustic bass guitar feedback solo you've ever heard?" - Billy Moose.
My Bandcamp Page
- stuu
- PRS McCarty
- Posts: 1190
- Joined: Wed Jun 23, 2004 4:05 pm
- Has liked: 5 times
- Been liked: 6 times
Re: Seymour Duncan SSL-3 "Hot for Strat"
If I could find my strat, I'd be inspired to pick it up after watching that demo.
And then wishing it had some dirty AF pickups in it.
And then wishing it had some dirty AF pickups in it.
PlukkyBoy wrote:My ability as a guitar player is easily outstripped by my abilities as a guitar buyer
- Molly
- Vintage Post Junkie
- Posts: 24960
- Joined: Sat Dec 21, 2013 12:17 pm
- Has liked: 2488 times
- Been liked: 2799 times
Re: Seymour Duncan SSL-3 "Hot for Strat"
I like the demo but don't think they'd be the Strat pickups for me. Too hot perhaps.
As it 'appens I've been listening anew to my CS '65 Strat and thinking the bridge pickup is a bit too ice-pick. I've got a couple of DiMarzio Areas to hand (a 61 and a 58). Guessing there's no reason why I couldn't mix one of them with the originals?
As it 'appens I've been listening anew to my CS '65 Strat and thinking the bridge pickup is a bit too ice-pick. I've got a couple of DiMarzio Areas to hand (a 61 and a 58). Guessing there's no reason why I couldn't mix one of them with the originals?
-
- Vintage Pun Junkie
- Posts: 1125
- Joined: Thu Jul 02, 2015 12:13 am
- Has liked: 101 times
- Been liked: 47 times
-
- Vintage Post Junkie
- Posts: 2353
- Joined: Fri Jun 05, 2015 8:39 am
- Has liked: 365 times
- Been liked: 135 times
Re: Seymour Duncan SSL-3 "Hot for Strat"
the SSL series are the best single coils for me
There are still some that think the neck PU is moved to accommodate the extra frets which only proves they cannot detect the difference in length of each.
-
- Vintage Post Junkie
- Posts: 1322
- Joined: Sat May 16, 2015 9:00 am
- Has liked: 21 times
- Been liked: 92 times
Re: Seymour Duncan SSL-3 "Hot for Strat"
I nearly went for the SSL-5, tried the virtual solo but have ended up with the virtual blues for bridge on the Strat. Didn't try the SSL-3 but that clip sounds mean.