Musiclily11-Hole SSS Prewired Loaded Pickguard with Dual Hot Rail High Output Pickups Set for Fender Squier Strat Electric Guitar,3Ply White

I was very sceptical about these pickups, but decided to purchase them anyway because they are very reasonably priced...i have to say im very impressed. Crystal clear sound to interference or buzzing...do a great job at beefing up your strat sound, not massively loud, but loud enough to beef up your tone while retaining the distinctive sound of a strat. They look good...they are well wired and they are a very sensible bargin. The tone pots work when turned to its lowest setting, not much change in between, but very capable of getting a variety of tones from the 3 pickups...very impressed with musiclilly....i will purchase more products from them based on this good experience.

I bought this pre-loaded pickguard to replace the single coil pickups in my guitar and all of the electronics too. I managed to get them installed and they sound great! I especially like the tone of the mid pickup. The tone controls are responsive and make a real difference to the sound. Hum is minimal and the clean tone is nice and warm, and can be quite bright on the bridge pickup, which also seems to be a little higher gain than the other two. I compared these with the full size humbuckers on one of my other guitars and they compared very well. Given the price, the quality is really very good and the wiring and soldering was very neat. The pickguard looked fine to me, and was neatly cut and protected with a covering film, though I won't be using it. It came packed in a decent box which protected it well. Overall, I'm impressed!

On delivery the scratchplate is severely warped beyond all possible use. The pickups are fine however, and it works out cheaper to buy the wired scratchplate then buying three pickups individually. Plus you get some spare pots and a switch.Fortunately I was not buying for the scratchplate as I planned to strip everything out of it, but if you are buying to use the scratchplate you might be dissatisfied.The warping I suspect is from long shipping journeys and warehouse storage with the weight of the installed hardware taking its toll after changes in temperature.

Surprisingly good for the price.ProsWill Fit standards Strat bodies.Was pleased that the in between, positions 2 and 4 tones, are still there.Positions 1,3 and 5 no longer noisy as with the majority of Strats with single coils.Impedances of around 9k so not hi power but significantly higher to notice a difference in output.ConsMini Pots and cheap 5-way switch will need swapping out with CTS/Oak Grigsby ones to achieves better range in tone and volume sweep but stock ones work ok.

For relatively small outlay, it almost does the job. Selection 5 does not work. At all. Tone makes little or no difference. The cabling is so large it’s almost impossible to fit snuggly. But it works better than the 35 year old original.