Strat Bridge Pickup advice needed...

[Bryan]

I'm pretty happy with the tone of my Fender 50s classic. But I'm a little underwhelmed by the bridge pickup. I was wondering if anybody had any advice on what to get as a replacement.

I'm running it through a Marshall 401 combo for "dirty" tones. I'm looking for something in the neighborhood of a David Gilmour lead tone out of it. I know his Black Strat has custom wound Seymour Duncans so at least that's a starting point. But they have so many models I don't know where to begin.

Any and all help would be appreciated....

[Big D]

Dimarzio Chopper if you want to get a good rock/metal tone out of a Strat. I run them in all my Teles and Strats, they are killer.

[jgcable]

Red Lace Sensor or an EMG SA set running at 18v.

[straycat]

GFS little killer.

[GWARGHOUL]

Duncan hot rails?

[siggy14]

I thought gilmore used EMG's.

http://www.emginc.com/displayproducts.asp?section=Guitar&categoryid=11&catalogid=56

[DonP]

+1 to EMG SA's.

[Bryan]

I have the DG20 system in my other Strat. I was looking for something passive in my 50s Strat.

[El_Kabong]

Meh, take a few minutes and cut yourself an induction plate, (like on a tele), and it just may do the trick.

[markD]

i like to use a duncan lil 59. it wil crunch and it still has a little bit of the strat sound.

[Joe_Steeler]

Duncan hot rails?

+1. A beast disguised in a single pup space.