Fender Players Series Strat Seymour Duncan Pickup Hotrails Pickup Swap
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Installation of the Seymour Duncan Hotrails Pickup was fast and easy. A 30 minute job. If you just can't gel with the stick single coil bridge pickup, consider adding one of these or even try out the Seymour Duncan Little '59.
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These are the stock pots which are 250K. This is my most asked question so I am pinning this comment.
Greg extremely nice video I was just about to ask that question about the 250 or 500 K pods After watching your video I just ordered a Seymour Duncan Hot Rail for Telecaster Set For my son Thank you sir
@@jeffhunter9311 I had a SD little 59 in my tele for a little while then realized how much I liked the stock pickup so I’ve kept it in there. The hotrails will definitely get you the gain though.
Have you tried 500k? I ended up with all 3 pots with 500k, and installed a resistance for the neck and middle, so it reads 250K
@@andresbriceno73 I didn’t find a need to use 500 since the hot rails was designed to be used with the stock 250k. Of course you can always use a 500k if the hot rails or the single coils are too dark but typically you will use 250k for single coils and 500k for the traditional humbucker pickups.
Hi Greg, what was the pickup height?
I wish my dad had one of those “lying around” :’) bless
Haha love it
I put a Hot Rails in the bridge of my American Standard, and I love it. I'm personally not a fan of the single coil bridge for high gain stuff, but I love the single coils in the neck and middle for playing blues. Putting the Hot Rails in my strat definitely made it a more versatile guitar.
I’m getting better at dealing with the single coil. It’s good for some things but generally I just need another workhorse for harder stuff and so I use my Suhr HSS for it. Wouldn’t mind having one of those HSS ultras
This what I’m about to do .. bridge Texas vs Seymour HR
You did it. The ultimate strat. The best strat tones are the neck pickup and the neck/middle pickups. If you want a great fender bridge pickup, get a tele. By putting the SD hot rails pickup in the bridge, you’ve created an instrument that is versatile and worth playing in any pickup position. It’s an easy modification that turns a Strat into a do-everything instrument. One little change opens up a whole world of possibilities.
Thank you for a decent comparison! So often you only see guys and gals playing clean or slightly driven bluesy stuff. You did a great blend of lead and chords so I could actually hear the difference.
Thanks!
I hate that so much lol. Most people who are looking for these pickups want to hear them great demos like this. It’s always so hard to find videos of people playing high gain pickups with actual high gain
Came to check out the pickup, stayed for the sick guitar playing \m/
Jordan Jesse nice!!! Thank you!
I bought a Seymour Duncan Hotrails 40 years ago and it's been working great since new.
Wow! Very nice!
Strats are the perfect mod guitars! I’m pretty sure old Leo wanted his players to be able to swap out necks, pups, tuners, etc. if something broke or you didn’t like it you just bought something else. I love the hot rails pickups. I think they sound killer. Tons of midrange which is perfect for strats and teles. Not a lot of bite and treble because it’s going in a strat or a tele. Seymour Duncan is a smart man! He eq’ed these pickups perfectly for the type of guitar they’d be going into. Love it.
I agree here! I really need to do more with this one but it's my kid's guitar so I'm not playing it much. Thanks for commenting!
You’re one hell of a guitar player dude!
Thank you! Too kind.
Dude- First time I’ve ever heard a single coil strat bridge pup sound that good. Definitely a tone in your hands.
Thanks! I usually don’t get along well with bridge single coils but lately I’ve been digging lower gain stuff more so I’ve been working on myself lol.
That playing is amazing, and the tone is just too sweet.
I have installed the same hotrails in the bridge position and the result is awesome: fatter and more gain. When played clean it still retains that stratty sound but I kind of missed that single coil sound on the bridge. So I switched the volume pot to push/pull type so I can get that single coil sound anytime I want. Great guitar playing, man btw!
Thanks for the comment and compliment! Yea I installed the original single coil back in. My son wanted it back to stock and he’s already got guitars with humbuckers in them.
I play simple punk music with a lot of palm muting and power chords so I had been wanting to put a hot rail but i like the purcussive sound the original pick ups on your Strat has yet they get nice and dirty.
I'm changing to a Hot Rails as soon as I get the chance to cause I can't really stick with the single coil sound. Black pickup is gonna look so sick in a black sticker covered Strat with white pickups and knobs. I play emo and punk so I think it's gonna work.
Single-handedly one of the best strat demos i've seen in my all years of youtube. Absolute kickass playing! What i think about it? That Strat itself sounds amazing. I wouldn't change anything to be honest and i've been a proponent of a pickup change in Stats in the past lol. When you put a Hot rail pickup in it, it changes the guitar completely. It can easily handle hard rock, even metal. But i still think, if you want that thick Les Paul sound, go for a Les Paul. Strat does strat best and same goes for Les Paul. Both are great at what they do.
Thanks for the compliments! Yea, I tend to agree with your points here. There is a follow up video link in the description where I did some clean samples and changed the pickup back to stock, where it sits to this day ;-) Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment.
Completley agree with the "if you want a les pauls sound go for a les pauls" except the feel of a strat and a LP is completely different. Love the sound of both (despite them being very different) but much prefer the feel of a strat. Just find them lighter and comfier to play, also prefer the look of a strat so this pickup seems like a great option for a strat if you play a heavier style of music.
I`ve got 3 hot rails in my strat and I love the sound of it. Metal all day long!!
I have a Squier Deluxe Hotrails with those pickups or similar, and I love the sound. It is such a versatile instrument now. I really like the sound of the HR in the neck position also and I’m a strat guy. Great video keep shredding.
Thank you!
Man i envy you. That guitar model has been unavailable on the EU market in years now due to over-demand with new players (and stores wanting to sell their other guitars too)
i love the duncan hot rails i put this pickup on like 5 of my strats!!!!! ive always been a neck ,and neck, middle 2nd position. type of strat guy ,then i got hot rails bridge and i play the bridge pickup all the time now. a lot more than i ever have!!!! its mean and dirty. great pickup. hope your son liked it!!!!!!loved your video. cheers.
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed the video. Yes, although we swapped it back to original (see link to that video in the description) he did love the hot rails. He just got other guitars to fill that void. Thanks for leaving a comment!
Not gonna lie, the stock pickup sounds pretty good. I usually am not a fan of Strat bridge pickups, but these Player series pickups are killer. Anyways, great demo!
Yep I agree. Check out my other video where I put the original back in. We’ve kept it stock for a while now.
Yes.. Same here.. The stock pickup sounded throaty..love both pickups..!!
Man, you've just solved my problems:
1. Now I know I want a white strat
2. Now I want to take the SSS and put the Hot rail pickup on it
Great video and playing skills. Thank you and have a nice day :)
I wish my dad was this cool :(
Be happy you have a dad :)
I'm pretty sure your dad is very cool in his own way:)
@@satishdass7460 my dad was a fucking asshole but “bE HaPpY YoU HaVe A DaD”
@@DbolOnlyGangster dio... , è in generale
All dads are cool in their own way.
this is EXACTLY the information I was looking for! thanks - and great playing too!
You are welcome! Glad it was helpful
Before you swapped it, that single coil bridge was so metal as anything already, a tone to die for.
Got a strat on the way can't wait
Yep you can make it work for sure. It’s back to stock now but he doesn’t use it for hard rock much.
What is the original stock pickup? Sounded great to me too!
I'm 47, love an original strat. That said, I just ordered a hot rail for the bridge. The versatility of that axe is unspeakable.
That’s the great thing about strats. Lots of stuff you can do to them and yes, so versatile;-) thanks for watching!
Hot Rails rock. I remember when they hit the market. I popped one into my first guitar, a Strat, around '87. I was in my first band, I was thirteen, and I wanted a heavier sound. It saved me a lot of money and I didn't want to play a heavy, bulky Les Paul. I played that strat with the Hot Rail for years. I owned other guitars too, but I really love Hot Rails and still use them.
Wow! I like that! Going from overdrive to bluesy and back again? Oh yeah. I need that in my life. The cool thing is, I love the neck tone of a Stratocaster but I also like to crank it up. Best of both worlds right here.
Yes exactly! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Damn man, that transformed that guitar. I've been thinking of doing this because I mainly play in the upper and middle position on clean Fender amp tones (yes I'm a 40 something blues dad I guess). But, I love my old school 80's metal, and when I try it with my single coil bridge it always sounds thin and tinny. Gonna do this, just like my man Dave Murray does!
It’s a good option for sure. Most of them (including this one) are routed for HSH so with a pickguard change you could have an HSS configuration as well. There are also other stacked single coils (Seymour little 59) so you can have some tonal options. I’m the same as you...love the nice bluesy tones on the front pickups but can’t get what I want out of a single coil bridge.
I put Hot Rails on the bridge and neck (500k pots) and a JB Jr in the middle (250k pot) and it absolutely sings on clean. Notes hold the sustain of a humbucker but with the complexity of a split coil; scooped bass, airy mids and tight treble in the 2nd and 4th position. If you're looking for Murray's sound, (relative to amp settings of course), that's the ticket. I had a 500k pot on the JB Jr but it loses to the Hot Rails on 2nd and 4th. The 250k potted JB Jr though, different story... It really adds to the front end of the Hot Rails. The Dave Murray pick guard setup is on 250k pots and doesn't actually push the front end as you'd expect. It'll trick you into thinking you still got hair and no dad gut. lol Up the Irons!
I know this post is 4 years old, but your experience with single coils & hot rails has been my experience. It's ironic you're playing a white strat b/c I've a white strat I bought a bajillion years ago & decided I wanted more. So I routed it for a Floyd & installed 2 Hot Rails (bridge & neck) with wiring to split them. It might be one of the most versatile guitars I own--ESPECIALLY when the Hot Rails are split. It's like a Strat with some edge. And when I go Hot Rails on a lead, I've had guitarists approach me & inquire how I get the monstrous tone from my "single coils." Always an interesting conversation...
2 years later, the best vídeo on the UA-cam.
Wow that’s quite the compliment. I need to talk to Seymour Duncan I guess hahaha
That was the coolest review I've seen in a long time. Let the guitar do the talking.
Just had one of these installed in my Stratocaster in the bridge and I can’t wait to see what it sounds like.
Very cool! Enjoy!
Honestly I like the dark sound when you hit the "wrong" note on your lead lick there. Sounds good to me
Something I can consistently deliver ;-)
Recently bought an HH Tele for the sake of versatility. Wish I’d known more about Hot Rails before I picked it up, cause I’m definitely a Strat man. I can see this in my future 😍
I love Teles! Can't go wrong there but yes the strats are always so versatile....but that tele....:-)
You can hear that Slayer influence 🤘
Doing the same thing with a usa.
And a classic vibe strat.
Gotta be the best sound ever.
On the"Dark side" theme...your strat looks like a Stormtrooper now!
(Do the hotrails come in white?)
Never thought of it that way. (Now singing the imperial march). Yes they come in white but I had this laying around and actually at the time the music store only had a black one.
😂
I own that exact guitar and planning on putting on a hot rail since my style of playing is metal and the fender single coils are made for blues or classic rock
Keep in mind that if you have the players series that it’s routed underneath for humbucker single humbucker so you can also get a new pickguard with a true humbucker in the bridge if you wanted. The hot rails is still a good option for drop in.
Just bought a Hot rail. I'm planning on getting someone to install it in the bridge position of my Fender Mustang next week. Can't wait
Cool! Let me know how it goes.
Had a hot rail and enjoyed it but hear love the open less compressed time of the original bridge
Got so used to a humbucker strat (11+ yrs) so when I upgraded to this exact model (and color) the single coil bridge just wasnt doing it for me... luckily you had the same idea Greg. Thanks! Hotrails purchase on the way lol
Glad you enjoyed the demo. ;-)
Night And Day Difference....Super Strat!!!! - 🎸🤘😀👍
I’m a humbucker guy but you made that bridge single sound so good i want a strat now
That hot rails is an absolute beastttt damn
I actually kind of like the contrasting black pup on the guitar. It's like a hot chick having a beauty mark!
That is a perfect fuckinh explanation for it. Good job, bonus points fot creativity.
Incredible brother!! Your skills are insane 👍 that little stacked Seymour is phenomenal.
Thanks man! Yea it’s a nice way to add some meat to your strat.
I have recently put the full set of them on my MN Fender and it sounds amazing. I sounds very well on clean as well. From Normal 6.40 Oms to almost 16 oms is a huge difference.
It makes a versatile instrument even more versatile, that's why i love strats.
agreed!
@@GregSummersMusic thanks for taking the time to read and awnser my comment mate! God bless you and your son!
@@plenus7392 Thank you for watching and taking the time to leave a comment! Take care
Sounds great! I've been looking for the right single coil or stack for my Warmoth build and now I'm going to order a set of these. Thank you Greg Summers.
The New Age Audio Alchemist you are very welcome!!!
3 thumbs up for showing us the difference, having skill, and playing Megadeth
Thank you....very kind words ;-)
A friend of mine gave me a hot rail and I have a Squier strat I was thinking about dropping it in. Sounds good. I like the Srat sound from the neck pickup anyway.
Yes the neck is my goto as well. I can get by with the single coil but it takes getting used to for me.
One of the best reviews on UA-cam!!! def sold the pick up on me
Good to hear thanks!!
You had me at Damage Inc 4:35. Learning that riff now!!
Love that riff
Love the dynamic of both worlds
Agreed!
I'm working on a Frankenstrat and I love the Hotrail in the Bridge, SSL5 RW in the Middle and SSL1 in the Neck position. Anthing from Maiden, Clash, even some Alan Parson and Pink Floyed is doable with this combination.
Sounds like an awesome combination and very versatile!
Great playing! SD Hotrail is my favorite pickup. Currently selling a white one, I ended up buying a black vintage one for my strat. Curious to see if there's any sound difference. Great video!
I want it
I watch your videos too lol 💪
I had a similar reaction. "That's no longer a Strat" I put one in my Strat and it rips.
:-)!!!!
The hotrails pickup sounded great, but so does the stock player bridge pickup. it distorts just as good, and you can get them to sound pretty much the same.
Sounded great both ways, but I can definitely see this "upgrade" in my future.
It’s an easy way to upgrade for sure
Sick lead and riffing dude!
Dig the riffs! The strat sounds better with the hotrails. When I saw the title of this video I thought you were changing out all 3 pickups with the duncan hotrails 3 pack.
To anyone concerned that they messed up their original sound, just go buy another strat and add it to your collection.
Sounds great! Love tossing these in strats
Most of the cool strat sounds come from the neck and middle pickup anyway. It's a win win in my book.
You made that hot rail sound excellent man!! Some Strats are ok to modify and I would have done the same thing. My US Strat has Texas Special pups and I love them so I'll leave that one alone. Cheers and great video 👍
Thanks! My son enjoys it for sure!
This is the same set up as my Tom Morello Strat. I like it. I'm not really a three single coil person so this was a good choice for me. It's good that you can try that option without damaging the pick-guard.
I was reading your other comment before it was deleted and was hoping you saw the link to this video. I made the other video because funny enough people kept asking me why I didn’t make a clean video lol.
@@GregSummersMusic Yep. I saw the other video. Thanks.
Found this channel, enjoyed the videos, and then noticed he stopped posting. After some clicking around, I found out that he passed away last year. RIP--condolences to the family.
Awesome video dude! I just got the same strat and the same hot rail in white after watching you!
Nice!!!!! Enjoy that!
Great demo, clearly showed the differences between the original strat pickup and the Hot Rail.
Thanks Caleb! Glad you liked it.
Dude those rails are hot! You're a good man.
Very kind, thank you.
I was looking at a used MIM strat online, that had a hot rail in the bridge. NOW , I know what to expect in SOUND! COOL.
There ya go!!
I literally just bought a used mim Strat with a SD hot rail in the bridge. Was planning on swapping out the entire setup with a red devils pickup set that I also bought. However, after hearing this demo, I may have to buy another strat to install the red devils in instead. It's ridiculous just how good the hot rails sound in this demo! Sweet playing. And yes, I think your son should be happy.
Omg i wanna cry, you play really awesome 🎉. Love that tight and beast sound from the hot rail.
Nice sound and play! a strat is able to do anything!
Thank you!
Exactly what ima be getting. I might get a strat with humbucker pickups but i think this hot single coil pickup will do just fine for now lol
Enjoy!!
Cool demo!! I just picked up a MIM strat for £280 quid! I’m going to Hot rod it and this video had made my mind up as to what pickups I want!! 👍😎
This is an easy route, but most of the models are routed HSH so you could always swap out the pickguard and go HSS, which is my personal favorite....then put a push/pull to split the humbucker to get closer to that position 2 quack that strats are known for
I'm a metal player so I think it's perfect for the guitarist that likes the feel of the strat but wants to thrash a little more 🤘
Yep, should be hot enough to satisfy a metal head, yes ;-)
Planning to get a Fender strat. I like the looks of the sss more, but I was afraid to miss the humbucker on my Pacifica. Now that I’ve heard your hot rail one, I’m not concerned about that any longer. Cheers man!! What a good player you are. Thanks a lot!
Thanks Miguel!!
Killer play style! Tallica influence
Wow!! Decision made. Thanks for the awesome demo. Hot rails🤘
Thank you for watching and the kind words.
My 2019 player is at the shop now,getting one installed. I know it’s easy to do but the old guy who owns the store is awesome and I don’t mind the $20. Great video confirmed what I hoped it would do.
Good to hear!
I have the same guitar and bought the same pickup so this video is really helpfull, your sound is magnificient even with single coils¡¡¡¡
Thanks Daniel! I’m glad it was helpful.
You play very good and the Tone of Overdrive/distortion and the guitar sounds very beatful.
Thank you!!!!
Wow. . Superb hot rails!! Ty for the video 3:03
I have the same set up and colors on my strat. Just have a rosewood fretboard on mine. I don't mind the black pickup in the back. And it sounds great.
Thanks Robert. This is really the last time I have played it so I really haven't spent much time with it. Might do a follow up eventually to switch the channel up.
Excellent side-by-side comparision; very helpful.
Thanks for posting, Greg.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the comment!!!
Sounded amazing! How awesome would it be to have a father like you ☝️🤘
It will be interesting to see where he ends up musically. He has so much equipment at his disposal in the studio. Thanks for watching Jonny!
I am going to do the same thing to my Chapman ML1 Pro Traditional when it arrives this week. I have a set in my ML3 T style guitar and they are killer, also have coil split via push/pull tone. Hoping it will pair up nicely with the stock single coils for a nice Kotzen like tone.
ShredRex Guitar sweet! Let me know how it turns out :-)
Could you do a lesson on some of the lead you were playing at the end? I noticed some sweep picking and tapping that sounded great. I don't usually gravitate to that style or playing as a lot of sweep picking can sound boring and overused but here it had plenty of flavour
This is underrated sounds uncle !
I like it
Sounds meaty
“Helps if ya hit the right notes”
Lol
Man, you made the stock pup sound fairly good with that patch you selected.
Yea that’s the thing about most pickups (for me at least) is that I can adjust many things to get what I want out of them. Single Could you just need to gain it up a bit but the character still comes through. Issue comes in where you can’t just plug and play with other guitars with different configurations and use the same settings/patch. Many people expect to be able to do that. I just can’t ever operate that way.
Awesome demo man. I had an old Fender USA Performer and put a set of SD HR's in the bridge and neck, and that guitar smoked. I wonder if replacing the 250K pots with 500K will make a HUGE difference in tone?
This pickup was designed for direct replacement without changing the pots. The 500 would make it brighter so personally I don’t think i would like that.
Sounds really good to me. I have some old noiseless pick ups in mine, and I keep wanting to make a change when i figure out what i want to do exactly.lol
I always say I will do more experimenting often since pickups are relatively cheap but i seem to get lazy and not try many of them. There are so many to choose from.
@@GregSummersMusic I know thts right.lol
Well I wasn’t sold on this pickup for the bridge but after this I’m gonna look around for one.
I’ve been playing around with getting a Player Series Strat and for me, the stock bridge pickup just doesn’t cut (I don’t play super hi gain music most of the time) but this just reaffirmed that I should definitely get one of these for my Strat when I get one. Gotta save up first.
Take a look at the little 59 as well. Might be a good middle ground for you between the stock and this hot rails.
I have the same setup and guitar. This video helped me out with it, thanks! Now the neck pickup sounds clearer than the Hot Rails. HR sounds kind of muffled. Should I switch the volume and tone pots?
They are designed to be a drop in with the existing 250k pots. You can of course experiment if it’s too dark and try a 300 or 500 in there. Also consider the little 59 pickup as well.
Great demo- I was looking for a bit more ‘poke’ in my USA deluxe strat. You’ve convinced me to get a SD Hot Rail at the bridge. Cheers
Great! Glad to help.
The Duncan HR's is my favorite bridge p'u for a direct fit in a Strat. I even had ordered a custom pickguard from Warmoth
loaded with the Hot rails in the bridge, and two Duncan singles for the middle and neck to use in my
Jackson Adrian smith so i could use the HR's in the bridge spot. Best part is i have the original pickguard
put away safe if i ever want to go back to stock or sell the guitar. The second option is not going to happen though!😁
It is far too much a great guitar to ever sell!
Very nice!
Amazing video man I have I fender Stratocaster jimmi Hendrix series but I’m not happy with my bridge pickup for lead it sounds like with out sustain lol I will try this for sure thanks a lot 🤘🤘
Thanks! Good luck and I hope it does well for you. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment!!
dude that thing sounds killer!
Sounded amazing!
Sir I’m is computer man, programmer who’s usually spend my whole days in front of computer. Sometimes I need rest and release while working. My plan is to buy a versatile guitar which is good to play many genres. So:
1. Is that Fender starts is good?
2. My friends told me not only guitar, there’s many thing to have beside the guitar to get a versatile sound. What should I have too Sir? I saw you just control the sustain, overdrive and etc from that keyboard.
I more love modern rock, slow rock and others 90s rock genre such GNR, deep purple, garry moore, osburne and scorpions.
The strat is very versatile. Humbucker in the bridge may suit more versatility as well. The hot rails is ok but may be too much gain, so it depends on what you are going for. As far as an amp, you can always start out with a small practice amp, like one of the boss katana amps with built in effects or you can jump into a modeler but the modeler will add some complexity to the mix but gives you a lot of options. First time guitarists…not sure I would recommend getting something too involved. Some modelers are just more complex. The Line 6 POD Go would be an entry level modeler that may not be as complex and still has usb capability to connect to your computer and control from there. You just need some decent monitors or headphones. Hope that helps.
@@GregSummersMusic Thanks a lot Sir. Really appreciate it. I use your word as spec for my first electric guitar. Stat doesn't have HSS or HSH for left handed. But it's okay, I think I can upgrade bridge pickup with humbucker in single line.
Most strats are routed out for HSH so you may want to verify that on what you are looking at. I know the players series strats have holes cut for HSH. Just have to get a new pickguard.
Definitely worth considering to put in a strat.. Nice extra gain
Awesome playing ....I have the same setup * kinda*...Duncan or Dimarzio in bridge but the kicker is the ability to still sound like a Strat with leaving the neck/middle in her ..
Yep definitely a nice upgrade to cover a lot of ground. ;-)