Hi All,
Apologies for not coming back and giving my thoughts...
I'm not very good at describing things so please consider this! After using them in my main strat, pretty much exclusively since they've gone in, I can safely say that they are a massive improvement on the stock Texas Specials that came with the guitar. The sound is much more balanced and even across the spectrum, rather than that rather nasal "SRV" type sound which came stock. I know some people chase this sound but it's not for me.
Bridge pickup - I got this with a zinc baseplate. I still find that this pickup is too bright, it's not nasty but does give that typical strat bridge pickup sound. I get a lovely thicker sound with the tone wound back to about 6-7 and this is where I live for most of the songs.
Middle pickup - I will be completely honest, I hardly ever use the middle pickup as I've never really found anything to use it for on any of my strats. This is just habit more than anything else. It does combine beautifully with the bridge or neck pickup to give those classic in-between sounds. However, there is a slight volume drop when selecting the in-between sounds, which I understand is to be expected.
Neck pickup - this is the sound I was hunting for. It seems to me that a lot of people are chasing the John Mayer tone, particularly the "Gravity" track. Well I can tell you that this pickup has it in spades. Back the tone and volume of a smidge and it is so warm and full, but still with tons of clarity.
I really struggle to articulate how a guitar sounds and so the above isn't too descriptive. I think the best advocate is that the strat has become my main gigging instrument and everybody that I have played it to has asked about the pickups, with several people enquiring about how to get them.
To me, this is the perfect sounding sixties strat and is a staggering improvement over what came stock.
If there are any questions, I'll do my best to answer them
