Originally Posted by: JeffS65I might disagree a bit with aschleman (sorry...) but I think single coils are what you make of them. I had always been a humbucker guy and felt that singles were too thin for me. Then again, I really focused on metal for years.

Now I am old(er) and finding that my playing wants have expanded.

So, I have a standard Strat for a few years now. What I've found is that you shouldn't try to shoehorn a Strat in to what you want from a humbucker. However, if you embrace the hollow twank of a single, work your tones on the less distorted side; that cool, clean sound comes through and make a great textured sound.

I can't disagree with that.

A modern strat with alnico V pickups played in switch positions 2 and 4 is basically a humbucker.... that's what I was referring to. I do agree that if what you really want is a humbucker sound, then you're going to need humbuckers to get the sound you want...

I prefer a more versatile instrument - therefore have always used Strats.