Seymour Duncan Pickups - Hot Rails™ Single coil sized humbucker for Strat (Black)

Hot Rails™ have been used by countless well known players, adorn lord knows how many Strats in the world and are right up there as one of the most iconic pickup models from the Seymour Duncan range. Hum-cancelling, drop-in sizing, versatile wiring. They offer a Strat player a lot in their humble little casings that's for sure! I have fitted lots of these over the years of handling workshop jobs, so have had a lot of experience working with them. If you're keen to capture some humbucker like tones from the bridge position in your Strat, but don't want to have to worry about changing pots, getting a new pickguard or needing to route the body, the classic Hot Rails™ offers you a superb drop-in solution. If you do fancy mixing things up wiring wise though, thanks to the 4 conductor wiring you can experiment, I particularly feel the design works brilliantly well with a series/parallel switch (or push/pull for example) switching the two coils from standard series wiring to parallel wiring captures some single coil like tones whilst still being hum-cancelling. A classic from Seymour Duncan, and proud to offer it here to my customers too. 

What SD say:
"End your quest for fire with the Hot Rails for Strat single coil sized humbuckers. The Hot Rails neck model uses a strong ceramic magnet and overwound coils to deliver big sounding, well balanced humbucker tones for rock and metal. Clean tones are fat and warm, and solos will have that thick, fluid feel. The dual blade construction gives you the ultimate string coverage, especially for notes that are bent on the highest frets.

The Hot Rails bridge model single coil ‘rails’ sized humbucker delivers high output, loads of midrange harmonics, and an aggressive crunch that makes this a great bridge pickup for rock and metal. Chords are full and powerful, and single notes jump out with amazing sizzle. A Hot Rails in the bridge position will literally transform your Strat into a completely different instrument.

Hand built in Santa Barbara, CA, the Hot Rails for Strat Set comes with a 4-conductor lead wire for multiple wiring options and is wax potted for squeal free operation."

Magnet - Ceramic
Type - Passive
Wire type - 4 conductor shielded
DCR bridge - 16.6k
Dimensions - Click here for sizing spec sheet
Recommended wiring - The Hot Rails humbucker was primarily designed to be a 'drop-in' solution for existing Strats, therefore is generally seen paired with 250k pots, and 0.047uF (SD's recommendation) or 0.022uF tone capacitor values depending on personal preference or application. In the bridge position, the Hot Rails seems to suit these specs well, but if you prefer it a little brighter, perhaps consider 500k pots too.

Inside the box you'll find the neck and bridge pickups, along with your mounting screws and springs for each, and a wiring guide which covers traditional as well as alternative wiring styles. 

These pickups are a direct replacement in terms of sizing and spec for a traditional Strat single coil routed pickguard. Although the corners are a little bit more square so sometimes a little gentle persuation is needed to fit within the pickguard, this is rare though. They are 4 conductor wired as standard which means you could wire it with some alternative switching options comfortably such as coil split, phase reversal or series/parallel, making them very versatile. If by chance you aren't comfortable installing these pickups yourself, and are local to the Home of Tone, then I offer professional in-house installation. If you are installing them yourself, then I am of course here for any installation advise too.

You betcha'. These are in stock, here at James' Home of Tone available for collection and ordering.

The Home of Tone are an authorised main dealer for Seymour Duncan. What that means is stock is carried here on site for prompt service and dispatch as well as assurance you are ordering your new pickups for an official, authorised dealer. Having long been specialising in guitar electronics, I can offer you installation advise, as well as installation services on site along with any support required. As well as offering friendly, knowledgable advise prior to ordering too. I offer a broad range of quality hand made pre-wired kits, which may also help with your project. You'll also be supporting a small, independant business in the process too which is always hugely appreciated! Thank you for considering your new Seymour Duncan pickup set from the Home of Tone. 

Local pickup - If you are local and wish to collect any items or order in advance for collection on a specific day, then you can still place an order online and select the 'pickup in store' option at the checkout. Or drop me a message and I'll reserve the items ready for your visit to pay onsite instead.
For online ordering and dispatch - In stock, non made to order items are processed and dispatched 4 days a week; Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday.
For orders that are placed on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday I have an order cut off time of 14:00GMT (with Royal Mail shipping services only) to allow me chance to process, pack and dispatch your order same day.
For non dispatch days (Saturday, Sunday, & Thursday) there is no order cut-off time, and these will be processed, packed and shipped on the closest following dispatch day.
I will always endeavor to fulfill orders as quickly as I can and if you have specific requirements for a delivery date please do let me know and hopefully I can help.
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