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Loaded pickguard - $185 (Banning/Beaumont)
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If you're handy with a soldering iron you can upgrade your Squier or cheap Strat! There's only three wires that you have to solder: two for the output jack, and one ground wire.
You get StewMac overwound single coils in the bridge and neck, and StewMac reverse polarity in the middle. Plus CTS pots, orange drop capacitor, Switchcraft jack and 5-way switch, and treble bleed!
No knobs included*
From the StewMac website:
Wake up your guitar! Inspired by legendary pickups of the '50s, our single-coil pickups are built for the modern player to bring out the best in your tone.
The new standard for replacement pickups
Many stock single-coil sound weak, microphonic, and aren't even built right! Ours are built with real Alnico 5 magnets with staggered polepieces just like the best vintage Strats and custom shop creations.
Alnico 5 magnets produce a clear tone with more pronounced highs and a tighter low end. It's the right combination for defined clean tones and overdriven sounds that don't get lost in the mix.
They're custom-wound for each position for a perfectly balanced tone. The middle-position pickups are reverse wound, reverse polarity, for hum cancellation at the #2 and #4 switch positions.
Looking for extra punch? Our Overwound Single-coil Pickups are specially wound to the 7.6K ohm range for the bridge or neck position.
Low noise for modern players
Each pickup has a copper shield surrounding the coil, a modern feature for 60-cycle hum suppression not found on vintage pickups.