Your Favorite HSS

[Gearjoneser]

I tried a bunch of pickups in this maple/basswood G&L Legacy Deluxe. The pickup I don't even like in Gibsons beat everything.....a friggin Gibson 498T!!!!
There's also a Cool Rails neck and G&L middle. My 'shred guitar.'


Fender American Series w/rare 90's reverse metallic blueburst. Jazz bridge, and 2 Surfers. Blues, rock, pop sound. Possibly the best calibrated vintage strat HSS setup.

[Lake Placid Blues]

I prefer a full sized HB in the bridge position, although a SC sized HB may work better if you value the bridge/middle notch position tone highly. Noiseless SC's sure do make a guitar more usable in a variety of situations. I like the looks of a traditional Fender Strat more than the sharp edges of the Jackson solist type bodies, and the pointy headstock. Furthermore, a non Floyd type trem for me too.

[Lake Placid Blues]

Love that blue one Gearjoneser!!!

[That90'sGuy]

Don Grosh makes a killer H-S-S guitar, check out the Bent Top Custom. If it had a wider neck, it would still be in my collection. I never saw the appeal in some other brands, but maybe I just haven't played the right ones.

[Zerberus]

i was going to chastise you for not having a "real" old school Charvel, but then I saw the standard strat style headstock doing a Kilroy at the bottom of the pic........nevermind

You mean this old thing?

[JacksonMIA]

Stop it, Zerb. You know you're not allowed to post pics of the whole thing at once any more.

At least, you shouldn't be.

[Zerberus]

I´m just starting, lol.... Though we´re done w/ HSS, or at least I am

[Kac]

Fender!

EVH '78 Humbucker and 2 Single coils! (Seymour Duncan SSL-5's)

It is truely amazing!

[Gamera]

Fender AM DLX Fat Strat. The SCN's are actually stacked singles so they're totally noiseless and match the bucker well. But they're not trying to be overly "hot" or "humbucker-y." A nice balance between vintage Strat and modern tones.

[Guitar Toad]

Fender!

EVH '78 Humbucker and 2 Single coils! (Seymour Duncan SSL-5's)

It is truely amazing!

Is that the Showmaster or whatever?

[Kac]

Is that the Showmaster or whatever?

nope, 1988 Fender HM Strat

Stock Kahler Spyder tremelo ~ Fender's original Super-Strat (precursor to the showmaster I guess you could say)

[nepalnt21]

im gonna go with zerberus' jackson collection. POST MORE PICS!!!

[fenderiarhs]

86 hamer chapparal custom............

[rguser]

somewhere between jacksons and fenders is MusicMan Silo Special or LUKE. (like this one)
I don't have one yet but I will. just a matter of time!

[Travis]

Sorry I don't have a better pic, but my Charvel 650xl is the only H/S/S I own. It absolutely kills. I have never found another H/S/S that plays like it, US or import. It slays every SL-1 I've ever tried. It's loaded with a Distortion/Cool Rails/Hot Rails. It's set up with individual volumes for each pickup, no tone, and the CR and HR can be split via push/pull pots.

[Pierre]

You took off the midboost too eh? No matter how much I love this thing, I took it off as well...
That American Deluxe Strat is sweeeeet...

And I want a model 6 or a 650xl too

[Travis]

Yup, I yanked that midboost out. It cleared up the tone a lot, espcially with the Distortion. Although, in this guitar, I think the Hot Rails actually sounded better with the mid boost. But, verything else sounds better, so I'll go with those odds.