FRET & GRAIN - BKP SINGLE-COIL SELECTION CHART

BODY WOOD QUICK REFERENCE

If you says:
"I want a traditional Strat."
→ Apache
"I want woody."
→ Mother's Milk
"I want vintage but slightly hotter."
→ '63 Veneer
"I want that hollow, old-school sound."
→ '59 Slab Board
"I want sweet and smooth."
→ Sultans
"I play SRV / blues-rock."
→ Irish Tour
"I want a FAT Strat."
→ Slow Hand
"I want P90-ish Strat."
→ Trilogy Suite
"I play modern rock."
→ Cobra
"I want huge mids."
→ Impulse
"I want the hottest possible Strat single coils."
→ Sinner
"I want maximum versatility."
→ Triptych
"I don't know what I want."
→ True Grit
"I want vintage and affordable/simple."
→ Old Guard
"I want metal."
→ Brute Force / Sinn

OUTPUT MAP

Vintage / Low Output

Old Guard
↓
Apache
↓
'59 Slab
↓
Sultans
↓
'63 Veneer
↓
Mother's Milk

Vintage Hot / Medium Output

True Grit
↓
Irish Tour
↓
Slow Hand

High Output

Trilogy Suite
↓
Cobra
↓
Impulse

Very High / Extreme Output

Brute Force / Sinner

MY TOP 20 FOR DIFFERENT GUITAR BUILD

These are recommended combinations, not hard rules. Body, neck and fingerboard woods contribute to the overall response, but construction, scale length, bridge, pickup position, strings and setup can substantially change the result.

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