by roger bayliss » Sun Sep 11, 2011 11:22 am
This guitar was probably set up for a plain third and I have played a wound third for sometime now and got used to the sound. I just put on any set of pure nickel strings 12's and it sounds OK on my 57 re issue with 57/62's but I do find the slightest adjustment helps with the volume on that string. Check the saddle is level. These vintage PU's were designed with heavier gauge strings in mind and from a time when wound thirds were standard. I have a set of 11's on my other strat with a plain G and to my ears it is too loud ! maybe it is what we get used too. But that other strat has CS54's on and again it is a vintage PU designed for a time when wound thirds were the norm.Modern players using a lighter set tend to have more windings in the modern PU's to thicken the sound and to my mind they are therefore compensating to get back to the old tones where the strings were thicker and meatier sounding.
IMHO
American Pro Series Strat 2017, G&L S500 Natural Ash