I was putting together a custom Strat-copy and when setting up my pickup configuration, I wanted a solid single coil for the middle position. After doing a little research and web browsing, I came across this pickup; which is a great deal for $53. I have it set up with a SH-6 Distortion pickup in the bridge and and SHR-1 Hot Rail in the neck and I have played some very sweet tones through this pickup. Especially when throwing it in combo with either neck or bridge pickup, I've got some great tones with a very warm feeling to it. Definitely worth the money.

I put this in the neck of an American Strat for some good bluesy, clear tone. The best part about this pickup is that it has a great bass and a pretty good midrange. Unfortunately, the highs lack a bit and there's no bite to it. When I play blues, it seems to be right at home, although I might switch to the neck or bridge for soloing. Any other type of music, especially those with some drive, really just don't come through this pickup. I think the overall problem I have with this pickup is that its very flat and mellow. My guitar had a set of Tex Mex's in it, and I just feel like this was more of a downgrade.

David Gilmour uses the SSL-1 in the bridge position on his famous black Strat. He used it from 1979 on to today. He is the master of tone! As must this pickup be!

I have an American Contemporary Stratocaster which I bought in 1991. It came with locking tremolo, a bridge humbucker and two single coils, one middle and one neck. The singles are wound fairly hot to match up with the humbucker and I wanted more of a classic tone from the neck position. I got the Seymour Duncan SSL-1 and installed it in the neck. The tone is fantastik. I did have some problems dealing with the high impedance of the humbucker and the 500K pots rather than the 250K pots that come in a Strat with all single coil pickups. I installed a TBX tone control to replace the ordinary tone control. That did the trick! The TBX allowed me to gently roll off the unwanted highs due to the low gain SSL-1 going through the 500K pots. This pickup produces the awesome glassy Stratocaster sounds that made the guitar famous. It still can get raunchy when driven hard enough with a compressor or volume boost pedal. I also have a Highway One Strat and I'm going to fill it with SSL-1s as well. That axe came with 250K pots and will sound purrrrfect! The quality is excellent and price is unbeatable. Features are simple, what you see is what you get: Its a single coil pickup with the best tone around!

I put just one of these in my standard strat and it made a huge difference. My strat finally sounds like...a strat! It has a slightly overwound sound. I'd compare it to a Tex Mex with less of the country twang. Maybe more like Hendrix's sound. Sounds great and you really can't hardly find a pickup for less money.