The Cruiser® Bridge

DP187

If you’re a serious traditional Strat® player, you probably won’t want to know about pickups with side-by-side coils. But if you’re the player who’s up for something more modern with no 60-cycle hum, string drop-outs or sustain-killing magnet pull, we designed The Cruiser® for you. Harmonic overtones are right where you expect them to be from a “true” single-coil, and the mid-range is open and vocal-sounding. It’s hotter than the traditional single-coil, and the bass strings have a bit more chunk; this is an excellent pickup to combine with medium-output humbuckers, and it maintains its tonal identity with high-gain amps and multiple effects.

Recommended For

All positions. Bridge position with lower output models in neck and middle, or neck and middle position with a higher output bridge pickup or full-size humbucker.

Tech Talk

The obvious question about The Cruiser® is “How does it compare to a single-coil sound?” Our feeling is that the unwound strings (“E”, “B”, and “G”) are very close, and the wound strings (“D”, “A”, and low “E”) are fatter-sounding than a true single-coil. There's also a midrange scoop that's unique to the Cruiser Bridge. This is really effective for getting big-sounding chords, because high and low strings sound more spread out from each other. Having a total magnet pull that's about 40% less than standard single-coils also means The Cruiser® can be adjusted much closer to the strings for more power than stock pickups can achieve.

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Specs

Wiring: 4 Conductor
Magnet: Ceramic
Output mV: 143
DC Resistance: 5.75 Kohm
Year of Introduction: 1994
Patent: 4,501,185

Pickup Dimensions

Tone Guide

Treble: 8.0

Mid: 4.5

Bass: 5.5

Color Options

Players & Soundbytes

Andy Timmons
Jason Loughlin
Phil Collen
Alessandro Benvenuti
Art Rodriguez
Kiko Loureiro
Marco Sfogli
Phil de Gruy
Scott Hughes
Scott Stine

Andy Timmons

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Song: Cry For You_1
Album: That Was Then, This Is Now
Band:
Guitar Used: Ibanez® AT100CL Andy Timmons Signature
Pickup Used: The Cruiser® Bridge - Neck
Pickup Used: The Cruiser® Bridge - Middle
Pickup Used: DiMarzio® AT-1™ - Bridge

Cry For You_1

Song: Cry For You_2
Album: That Was Then, This Is Now
Band:
Guitar Used: Ibanez® AT100CL Andy Timmons Signature
Pickup Used: The Cruiser® Bridge - Neck
Pickup Used: The Cruiser® Bridge - Middle
Pickup Used: DiMarzio® AT-1™ - Bridge

Cry For You_2

Song: Cry For You_3
Album: That Was Then, This Is Now
Band:
Guitar Used: Ibanez® AT100CL Andy Timmons Signature
Pickup Used: The Cruiser® Bridge - Neck
Pickup Used: The Cruiser® Bridge - Middle
Pickup Used: DiMarzio® AT-1™ - Bridge

Cry For You_3

Song: Cry For You_4
Album: That Was Then, This Is Now
Band:
Guitar Used: Ibanez® AT100CL Andy Timmons Signature
Pickup Used: The Cruiser® Bridge - Neck
Pickup Used: The Cruiser® Bridge - Middle
Pickup Used: DiMarzio® AT-1™ - Bridge

Cry For You_4

Song: Ghost of You
Album: Resolution
Band: Andy Timmons Band
Guitar Used: Ibanez AT300 Signature Model
Pickup Used: The Cruiser® Bridge - Neck
Pickup Used: The Cruiser® Bridge - Middle
Pickup Used: DiMarzio® AT-1™ - Bridge

Ghost of You

Jason Loughlin

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Song: Hello Tijuana, Goodbye Kidney
Album: Peach Crate
Band: Jason Loughlin
Guitar Used: Danelctro Baritone
Pickup Used: The Cruiser® Neck - Neck
Pickup Used: The Cruiser® Bridge - Middle