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Great investment for a cheap guitar
Bought this Pickup Set around 5 years ago for my Bullet strat (cheapest squier there is) and it transformed a nice playable guitar with mediocre pickups at best into a great guitar with awesome sound.
Versatility showed when i switched bands from a Rock band to Black metal and then even to an old school Death metal band. The only thing that changed was the tunning and the string thickness. On the E standard an D tunning humbucker gives a clear rich sound, and when you drop the tunning to B its just a insane greasy sound, which is probably not for everyone but it was music to ears for me. The only thing I did on the B tunning was to shut the Tone Knob completely and it gave just enough treble to make things work.
The humbucker has a rich gainy sound with much to play with, but i didn't like it too much on clean. On the contrary the single coils don't like distortion much but they begin to shine once you witch to a clean or crunch channel.
The assembly is extremely easy, all the cables have connectors so no soldering is required.
Modifications on the guitar (Bullet strat) I needed to do:
- Hole for the Battery
- Wider hole for the cables that lead to the input
- Deeper hole for the Switch which is bigger by a margin compared to the stock one
Other big plus with this pickup set its very easy to switch guitars. It took me less than 30min to move it from bullet to my affinity squier (only body modification is wider hole for the cable of the input and fore the battery, hole under the switch is just enough deep). Didn't even need to remove the strings. Again the improvement was insane
Versatility showed when i switched bands from a Rock band to Black metal and then even to an old school Death metal band. The only thing that changed was the tunning and the string thickness. On the E standard an D tunning humbucker gives a clear rich sound, and when you drop the tunning to B its just a insane greasy sound, which is probably not for everyone but it was music to ears for me. The only thing I did on the B tunning was to shut the Tone Knob completely and it gave just enough treble to make things work.
The humbucker has a rich gainy sound with much to play with, but i didn't like it too much on clean. On the contrary the single coils don't like distortion much but they begin to shine once you witch to a clean or crunch channel.
The assembly is extremely easy, all the cables have connectors so no soldering is required.
Modifications on the guitar (Bullet strat) I needed to do:
- Hole for the Battery
- Wider hole for the cables that lead to the input
- Deeper hole for the Switch which is bigger by a margin compared to the stock one
Other big plus with this pickup set its very easy to switch guitars. It took me less than 30min to move it from bullet to my affinity squier (only body modification is wider hole for the cable of the input and fore the battery, hole under the switch is just enough deep). Didn't even need to remove the strings. Again the improvement was insane
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Fantastic sound and very versatile
I like the little extra juice that comes of from the single coils so they match better with the nicely sounding humbucker in the bridge position. Nice pick guard too. Perfect fit on strats. Highly recommended upgrade particularly for those having to play night after night playing many different styles.
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nice upgrade for the sound an look of your strat type guitar
this product is great for easy installation and good look.
The guitar i applied this was a cort G model (not a strat)
The pick ups and cables fitted perfectly. (SC/SC/HB)
However i had to carve the jack plate and knob caves of my guitar to fit it. Pickup guard i just did not use it on this guitar. For its holes were placed differently and its size was a bit bigger than my guitar face.
Overall im still happy with it. Easy upgrade.
As for the sound , liked the the neck and bridge positions which are my favorite pick up positions i switch on any guitar.
You may get Bluesy and strong Rock sound easy.
The guitar i applied this was a cort G model (not a strat)
The pick ups and cables fitted perfectly. (SC/SC/HB)
However i had to carve the jack plate and knob caves of my guitar to fit it. Pickup guard i just did not use it on this guitar. For its holes were placed differently and its size was a bit bigger than my guitar face.
Overall im still happy with it. Easy upgrade.
As for the sound , liked the the neck and bridge positions which are my favorite pick up positions i switch on any guitar.
You may get Bluesy and strong Rock sound easy.
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Don't be afraid of those!
I ordered those pickups to give life to my old, cheap strat, which I love. Having everything pre-soldered and easy to install was the real value, that pursuaded me to buy this piece(s) of gear.
The pickguard didn't fit - and the old one had different holes for pots, which i had to re-drill, because pots in this set are connected together and demand fixed size between them. I cannot imagine installing them to guitar with solid body, with no pickguard!
The sound is good, as expected. EMG 85 in bridge position sounds very rich, however very bass-heavy. In basswood guitar its a little bit too much. Single coils have half output of the humbucker, but they sound very nice. If i had to use them in the same song with the humbucker, i would use a pedal to compensate.
The pickguard didn't fit - and the old one had different holes for pots, which i had to re-drill, because pots in this set are connected together and demand fixed size between them. I cannot imagine installing them to guitar with solid body, with no pickguard!
The sound is good, as expected. EMG 85 in bridge position sounds very rich, however very bass-heavy. In basswood guitar its a little bit too much. Single coils have half output of the humbucker, but they sound very nice. If i had to use them in the same song with the humbucker, i would use a pedal to compensate.
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Complete Pickup Set
Recommended to all ST style guitars that need an upgrade to good smooth sound of jazz, fusion or strait good old rock!
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Easy to install and great tones
Installed this on my White Mexican Stratocaster that was in need of a new lease of life.
Installation was so easy and combined with the black scratch plate has complete renewed the look on the guitar.
The tone from the EMG 85 & the 2 SLV pick ups is absolutely amazing (not surprised Steve Lukather wouldn't put his name on rubbish) through both my boss Katana Mini and my Mesa Single Rec Combo and these are worth the money for anyone wanting to hot rod up their Strat but want something a bit different.
Installation was so easy and combined with the black scratch plate has complete renewed the look on the guitar.
The tone from the EMG 85 & the 2 SLV pick ups is absolutely amazing (not surprised Steve Lukather wouldn't put his name on rubbish) through both my boss Katana Mini and my Mesa Single Rec Combo and these are worth the money for anyone wanting to hot rod up their Strat but want something a bit different.
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veľká spokojenost
Produkt je vysoko kvalitný a spľňa všetko čo som si prial aby spĺňal .
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This package really elevates an instrument and is of very high quality standard. Transparent active pickup sound - SL20 a bit darker and higher output.
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these pickups love distortion. not the saying the clean is bad but these pickups are hot, made for filth. battery life isnt too bad, jus dont leave your guitar plugged in...overnight...like i do...constantly! installation was easy.
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EMG SL20 Steve Lukather Heaven
upon completion of an upgrade of an old old Squire stratocaster pick ups
the old pick ups in this heavy Korean Squire Strat are more than overdue for an update, made in the 80's an excellent player super low action needed some TLC so the upgrade was a walk in the park, just a small amount of internal reforming to allow the whole plate to simply drop in, the introduction of a battery compartment around the back and shes ready to go....super easy super upgrade super looks
the old pick ups in this heavy Korean Squire Strat are more than overdue for an update, made in the 80's an excellent player super low action needed some TLC so the upgrade was a walk in the park, just a small amount of internal reforming to allow the whole plate to simply drop in, the introduction of a battery compartment around the back and shes ready to go....super easy super upgrade super looks
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