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I upgraded my Mexican made Fender Stratocaster with this loaded pickguard and now it looks and sounds way better.
However, I bought this because I wanted an upgrade someone fairly unskilled like me could manage. I understood from the information given here at Thomann and at Fender that this was an important selling point.
First, the pickguard did not exactly fit so I had to do some sanding with not quite perfect results.
Second, ignorant as I am I didn't know what to do with the extra ground cable (my guitar only had one and the pickguard offers two) and the information provided by Fender is worse than poor, is non-existent (there is only a schematic). And the video tutorial Fender offers turn out to be more of an advert than a way to address any doubts one might have. In the end I had to spend some time doing extra research I didn't want to do.
It might work out easy for most fender strats but it didn't for mine.
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Great pick-ups
Tin tin 01.02.2021
If you aren't experienced and don't want to solder too much this is it. Really easy to install and solder, comes with one page guide which explains it all.
I also own a stratocaster with 69 custom pick-ups and these sound just as good, obviously there are differences no one would notice while listening to you. The clean sound is really good, has a bell to it.
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love it
Mathias05 27.03.2024
Replaced my affinity strat's pickups and guard with this - it fit perfectly.
Sounds so much better than the last pickups, controls work far better and the guard looks great.
Honestly I almost fell for the more expensive pickups called 69' vintage specials or something like that, but upon listening to demos I just couldn't justify spending 130 extra euros for a sound that is only very slightly different. Glad i saved that money, these really work great for that fuzzy classic rock stuff.
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Sergei V. 14.04.2021
Good tone, but I preferred original pickups in my Fender Player Strat - originals are more glassy, Tex-Mex is a bit fatter. I even made A/B comparison:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLSvGBk7TSE