I Love the sound of these 3 pick ups, Sometimes I'll just run thru scales simply to hear each wonderful note. With the original stock Squier pick ups I would constantly switch back and forth on the five way switch trying to find a decent sound, now when I switch positions it is to get a different, but equally wonderful tone.

I have been playing guitar for 35 years and I know what I like. I purchased the California 50’s SSL-1’s several weeks ago. These pickups possess all the quack, high-end sparkle, and biting tone found in the early Stratocaster pickups. Having played vintage Strats, I am impressed with how well Seymour Duncan captured the classic tone and vibe. The middle pickup is a Reverse Wound/Reverse Polarity (RW/RP) pickup that will cancel single coil hum in the 2nd and 4th positions of a 5-way Strat selector switch. This is wonderful feature that represents a major improvement over the original 50’s style pickups that were prone to excessive hum and often produced a microphone effect. These pickups compare favorably with the pickups Fender installs in their ‘56 reissue. Rock and Roll cut its teeth on the biting tone of vintage a Strat. These pickups can turn a standard sweatshop guitar into a tone monster. They will sound all the better in a high-end instrument.