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12/29/2015 2:01 am
Originally Posted by: greyfusjust bought a Mexican Strat, played a bunch before i settled on this one, it has the double hb at the bridge playing through the Fender blues jr amp.
my other guitars are Gibson, Les Paul , SG and I have an Epiphone dot
[es335 copy] . I love the Gibson sound but really like the sound of this Strat
on some of the songs I play, I've read a lot about upgrading pickups on these but as i like the sound i am getting now wanted to see if i could get some feedback ,this would be down the road of course but at some point should I upgrade ? If so what pickups are recommended ?
thanks


If you're going to upgrade a Strat's pickups, I'd recommend the Seymour Duncan Hot Rails Single Coils hands down.

They'll give your Strat a lot more bite and "rock tone" without compromising the appeal of the Strat's sound.

As far as whether or not you want to upgrade, do you know what kind of pickups are on there now? Are they just stock Fender pickups? Or something nicer like Tex Mex single coils?