Putting New Pickups in My Strat

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Progress to an advanced level of guitar playing - bulletproofguitarplayer.com The vintage voiced pickups in my Strat are great for clean and low-gain tones. But when used with high-gain lead patches, they create a really loud hum which is unusable for studio control rooms and on stage. So, I decided to rip them out and replace them with some DiMarzio pickups. In the bridge I have a Super Distortion - a single-coil sized humbucker that's great for smooth lead tones. In the neck and middle positions I've put in two DiMarzio Cruiser pickups, which are technically humbuckers but they're voiced to sound like fattened-up single coils. All of these pickups are hum-free too, which is a huge plus for me.
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[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Ok guys, let's huddle up and discuss this together as a team. 1) I will admit that this IS an unfair comparison of the pickups. Why? The Axe-Fx patch used on all clips was tailored towards the Fender CS pickups - the low end is cranked up to compensate for the lack of Bass and treble-heavy sound of those pickups. The DiMarzio's obviously have the opposite thing going on in terms of their EQ. I should have mentioned that the settings were not changed at all throughout the process - or better yet I SHOULD have changed them to compliment the new PU's. Sorry DiMarzio, I'll do better in the future! 2) Please do watch my last Instagram Improv video (linked at the end). No one has said a bad word (yet anyway) about the tone in that video, and I'm using the DiMarzio's on all guitar tracks with the neck and neck + middle positions. In fact I got a few compliments about the tone on Instagram. 3) Yes it's a custom shop guitar and the custom shop pickups sound great, but they just don't work for me personally. Not long after I bought the guitar I did a session in a local studio and the pickups really did not like that there was so much electrical equipment (outboard gear) in the control room, so it hummed like hell during the recording. Luckily I was able to use the noise-gate on the Axe-Fx. If not I would have had to have used the studio's guitars. That was a recording I did with a friend, so much more relaxed than your usual 'professional' session - not that I'm some big-shot session guy or anything, but it really wouldn't bode well for me if I turned up with gear that sounds like it's broken on a 'real' session. You just can't be wasting time on stuff like that when people are paying for studio time. 4) They look unconventional. Yes I know, but they make me want to play the guitar much more than I used to. Before I changed them I spent increasingly more time playing my Tele and Les Paul. 5) Big picture - it really doesn't matter. I don't understand why people are claiming to feel 'hurt' that I put new pickups in a guitar that I own 🤔There are bigger things to worry about in the world guys! Anyway, in my next video I'll be turning my Les Paul into a headless guitar. Stay tuned ;)

[@beforeyoubuy3699]

Ross Campbell lol I suppose the fact that your Stratocaster is a Custom Shop is why people are flipping out. I don't own a really expensive guitar...yet but if I were in your shoes and gigged with the guitar and wasn't completely satisfied with the sound I would most definitely do the same. I usually install Raw Vintage Paf's Humbuckers (bridge position) in my Stratocaster's anyway. All in all, it's your baby and you get to choose what to do with it to best suit your needs. Cheers!

[@chrisandrewdacara1320]

Hi Ross, are you going to use your old pick up? May I used it on my start.. :)

[@ericgomez1487]

I'll probably do the same... if you customize your guitar is because you want to get a new sound out of the conventional... i'm totally agreed for what you did

[@ricardorochadias]

+Ross Campbell It is hard to tell something about it... Listening youtube videos where the sound is transformed... That said I want to say it is fine if you changed something you were not pleased for something you really like. Personally, and considering the fact I am not listening to the "true" sound of your setup, I liked the old mid and neck pickup more than those new. The dimarzio bridge pickup sounded better to me, though. You know what? No matter what they say, you should do what you think you should.

[@tonys518]

Silly boy. C S strat. Why did u buy it. It didn't have the sound you wanted. So you've now frankenstiened it. And burnt it to boot.

[@MrSpeed-lt8gr]

Forget the guitar snobs. I put a hot rails in my Strat. And I’m a hard rocker. I now absolutely love my Strat. It’s become my main workhorse.

[@bobydaraiche5171]

Im going same road with my cheap strat JS 300 Hot Rail for the win

[@cookiemonster2949]

No.

[@badalicemusic]

Ross, it’s YOUR guitar. How much it costs and what brand it is is irrelevant. Please do whatever you like to it that makes it perfect for you and your needs😊👍🏻

[@puertecitos6888]

Suzy Syrett fuck yeah

[@GimmeSomeOno]

HELL YES

[@tylerparker3024]

When did he say anything about this

[@badalicemusic]

@@tylerparker3024 hi Tyler, hoping you're having a good day? Ross didn't mention it but my comment was made to show him support and to counter some of the more negative comments posted in this video's comments section😊👊

[@tylerparker3024]

I was just confused lol I'm having an ok day. Hope you are doing the same

[@JbfMusicGuitar]

Always good to do a bit of modding! If you like the way it feels and plays and want to tweak the sound, swapping the pickups is a smart move :)

[@xosis3486]

Im a guitar tech, as well as doing session work. I am definitely not a guitar snob, and believe that you should do what is necessary for your guitar to be 100% enjoyable.I have a 71 Strat that I’ve moded myself, and love it. Super versatile. Seymore Duncan Hot rail in the bridge with Fender vintage noiseless in neck and middle. Since you already got over the challenge of doing your first soldering job on your guitar. Your next project should be this. What’s missing on that guitar is 500k pots , that humbuckers need, on the volume and tones instead of the 250k that come with single coil guitars. You need to change them, I can hear it. That’s where that weird, slightly congested sound comes from. It has nothing to do with changing settings on your AxeFX, or your amp, you shouldn’t have to. Over tweaking makes for weird sounds. The 250k pots are acting like a blanket , not letting the natural presence and treble of the pickups come through. You’re actually not hearing what the pickups really sound like, believe me. DiMarzio makes great custom audio taper 500k pots. Don’t get linear taper, audio taper pots have near infinite difference from position to position on the volume and tone knobs. Especially the volume. Have a high gain lead sound, and roll down to get a wide variety of rhythm tones. Get them, and install them, the guitar is obviously worth that upgrade. The result will be a truly world class, high end sounding versatile guitar.You’ll thank me.

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Dude I wish I had seen this comment earlier today - I took the guitar to a tech this morning as I needed him to clean up some of my wiring and he asked if I had 500k pots. He played around with the tone controls and didn't think I would need them in the end but now I feel like I should have gotten some put in anyway. Oh well, probably at some point in the near future! Thanks for your comment :)

[@xosis3486]

Like I said, it’s a future mod you can do. The guitar is totally worth it. It will bring out the full character of those awesome pickups. I was in no way slamming what you did, and encountered the same problem myself the first time I did a similar mod. It’s a learning process for sure. But in the end you will be blown away with the sheer tone and versatility of the guitar after you do so.

[@1thess523]

My son has a G&L Legacy and the guitar comes with a separate bass and treble knob and when you roll the treble about half way off it gives it a humcker vibe and it sounds sweet 👌

[@Alex-ce1ol]

Thanks for this video. These pickups are a nice choice for a good balance of power and hum cancelling without completely losing the "stratiness", especially in the in-between positions. Sound great. For anyone reading this who is wondering about his potentiometer values, pause the video at 6:07 and you can see that he's still using the original 250k CTS pots. A good choice to tame some of the high end from the SD in the bridge position and also the value recommended by Dimarzio for the Cruiser. He's also using a DP186 (Cruiser Neck) in both neck and middle positions. You could also use a DP187 (Cruiser Bridge), but it might be a bit boomy in neck position due to the increased bass response over the DP186.

[@earlspearl2933]

I have been using the DiMarzio twin bades for about ten years now and the broad range of them is great . also they have a professional sound . you will be more and more happy with them as time goes on . I have the Tele bridge ToneZone and it fit right in my guitar with no mods .

[@merman93]

Good job! I have a modern made in Japan guitar with H-S-S configuration that put in an AT-1 and 2 Cruisers, and a Schaller megaswitch,( you can set up any combination). I finally have it wired perfectly so that in positions 2 & 4 one of the coils in each pickup is shorted out giving me the Quack like a strat but all positions dead quiet. It took a lot of re-soldering different schematics to get it correctly shorting the correct coils, but I learned a lot, and have now done the same on a few other guitars, but a lot quicker. With the standard Strat 5 way, like in your custom shop, in 2 & 4 you are getting 4 coils, which is nice and full, but will lack the quack. Enjoyed your video.

[@sadzidsmajkic6181]

It's great that you went with Dimarzio Cruisers. Andy Timmons is by far the best sounding guitarist to me both live and studio, I always loved his tone it's just amazing.

[@fbvilela]

sounds great! the last two bridge/neck comparison totally sold the pickups to me. great buy!

[@tommyvercetti5802]

I did the exact same thing to my reissue Strat, and have absolutely 0 regrets. Fuck what haters say, it's your guitar!

[@arturolinares6565]

I think he's switched back since

[@Augrills]

That bridge pickup sounds a million times better, dude. I’m doing a hot rail in my Strat. I want to keep the neck and middle. I think what I like about the neck pickup is that it’s a bit thin and vintage sounding

[@charliepayne9248]

I initially thought that you had vandalized that beautiful guitar...! Until you played it with the new pickups installed. Sounds flipping great, good job...

[@brandmusesick2586]

Thank you for the video, especially the side-by-side comparison. In 2009 I started playing my guitar again after a lengthy absence. I dropped my Fender Jaguar off at the local guitar shop to get it fretted, and have some work done to it, while I was hiking in the Adirondacks. I play quasi-gothic (early-80's Cure, Joy Division, Bauhaus)-esque music. I only keep the neck pickup enabled on my Jaguar. I asked their guitar tech about changing the pickups. He got back to me a day or two later about the Cruiser pickups. Recently I was starting to regret that pickup change, until I heard your side-by-side before and after comparison. Now my faith has been renewed in the Dimarzio Cruiser pickups in my guitar.

[@mlugin8050]

Last week i modded my Strat too. It‘s a USA Deluxe from 2002. It‘s a HSS setup with some Humbucker and two noiseless Pickups. I usually never play the „Stratty“ music styles. I never quite liked the combination of the humbucker with the noiseless, they just didn’t match. It was my first good guitar when i started playing. Now after 20 years i decided change the pups. I put the following pups in: Seymore Duncan Invader (Full humby) in the bridge. Seymore Duncan little 59 in the middle, Seymore Dunvan Hot Rails in the neck. Now i love it like i never have before. It‘s my go to guitar again. I like to switch in between pups, they don‘t mismatch in output. I play more distorted now. I play Megadeth wirh it at the moment 😁 also in cleans thes sound organic and thick. I absolutely live it. The fretboard is a 9.5‘ radius, so it‘s almost shreddy. I play it more than my ESP E2 M1 at the moment (but thats because i left the strat in standard tuning and the esp is in C standard. I hav to even drill a bit into the pickup cavity to be able to swtup the invader pup. But i reall don‘t care, i‘ll never sell the strat anyways

[@neverenoughguitars8276]

Great video and great playing. Personally I would have kept the neck and middle Fender CS pickups and just went with the super distortion in the bridge. The Fender pickups sound a lot better imo. In the bridge the Super Distortion was definitely the right choice though. But if you like the humbuckers in the neck and middle better then that's all that matters!

[@DanielBerzerk]

Awesome demo. I'm interested in trying out some cruiser pickups and you totally just sold me on them.

[@leegriffiths312]

Sounds great! Awesome playing!

[@RedBeret27]

my absolute favorite teacher and youtube guitarist! love your course man, keep it up :D

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks so much!

[@franknguitars7671]

Cool man! I did the same but went chopper in the bridge, cruiser in the middle and Fast Track 1 on the neck. I am super happy with the outcome. Everything sounds fatter and has more punch and is hum free. It still sounds Stratty in my opinion, just fatter and louder which is what I wanted with that Strat (but a more traditional is also in the house of course :-)). Except for their names, I really like these DiMarzio pickups. They are great value for the money too IMHO.

[@zacdefaut]

Thanks for the video man ! Exactly what I was looking fore ! :D

[@jeffhebert9643]

That strat sounds incredible . ...so warm and full.

[@jade5773]

Good for you Ross! You made the guitar sound right for you. I'm putting Strat pickups in my les paul!!

[@user-be9ey4jb3c]

Im putting strat pickup on my bass

[@AkiraSpectrum]

Great video, really enjoyed it! If I ever get a guitar with single-coils i'll definitely grab some of these Dimarzio's.

[@rockingstar3534]

Love your playing. Nice mod by the way. Subscribed!

[@GD22xl18]

They both sound great man! I have 3 strats and 2 have all single coils, the other has all hot rails. It’s ur guitar do what you want with it! Don’t listen to people who say “your strat tone is gone” blah blah blah. What ever sounds good to you the guitar player is what matters most!

[@Cobalt985]

Those people are also super obviously wrong at least with these pickups because it absolutely still sounds like a strat especially on the neck pickup.

[@PJ-ee5mc]

You're a great player. Great tone and VERY CLEAN execution.

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thank you!

[@kafedziski]

Congrats on the soldering job! Pickups sound great!

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks man!

[@Bombtrack411]

great choices for your replacements. I think it sounds great

[@sasmitha8446]

I like the velvety smoothness the humbuckers bring to the equation, but damn, I love those quacks as well! Gotta go Ibanez AZ to get both I guess.

[@danhahahah]

"excuse the sloppy playing" he says, while playing flawlessly

[@fenthedog]

I prefer the Fender tone in all the positions TBH, its just my opinion, both sounded great. glad you like the new sound. I've changed mine in guitars in the past and had mixed results.

[@Allguitarinfo]

righton agree aguy buys a strat to do what a strat does

[@sEaNoYeAh]

​@@Allguitarinfostrats can do anything you like so long as you configure it to your tastes. Leo Fender just created a great platform for expression.

[@zackgrail6241]

Absolutely love your videos and content. No matter the topic, your take on the subjects you chose to cover always holds my interest. I'd like to see you take the camera out to more of your gigs! It was awesome to see you play in a live situation for your radio show gig.

[@gonzowarrior]

9:48 wow that super distortion sounds good

[@derrickholmes2586]

Forget the pickups....I love your playing...just fabulous...and the pickups do sound really nice.

[@barrypwalkerable]

I love tuning in to your videos. It's obviously your guitar and do with it what you please, but the single coils sang beautifully as they were. I thought I'd be more impressed with the new ones though, but nope.... it was perfect as it was. I DO love the fact that you left in some of the sloppy playing after the editting process. 👍👍👍some people would have you believe that their playing is perfect!!!!!

[@MacedonianGrace]

Fantastic video. Tbh I'm dimarzio fun for years but the fender neck pup sounded awesomeat 15-15 I think

[@reviewforthetube6485]

Crazy because it still sounds like a fender on clean with the neck and middle really aurprised at how those dimarzio pickups sounded just a little hotter very nice man very nice cant wait to do ehat I want to on my fender strat because zi just cant get over how strats feel they are my favorite feeling guitar and I got one that came out amazing the neck feels so damn good everything came set up perfectly cant wait to put the 59 jb and the jimi sig duncans but you def did a great job picking out those pickups they sound much better with distortion and overdrive just like you wanted and that bridge has a thick sound for a bridge pickup very nice wont pierce the ears so badly

[@bjw2728]

Thanks for the video. Found it while doing some research into swapping out the pickups on my Strat. Love the guitar, never been fond of the pickups... I have no bones about making it exactly what I want... bridge is blocked and when the frets wore out I had them replaced with stainless... big difference. To me anyhow. Regards

[@GD22xl18]

I love having all single coils in a start and all hot rails. What helped with me for having a too bright and noisy single coil bridge tone was lowering the bridge pick up and messing with the tone knobs and amp tones as well.

[@davidkastin4240]

Another option is wire the bridge pickup to the bottom knob and have the middle and neck on the neck tone pot. You only need to move 2 wires on the 5 way.

[@pauldoyne743]

My Strat Plus from the early nineties came with Lace Sensor pickups. These guitars were Fenders big comeback after the CBS days. The workers bought the company. Clapton used them. and the rest,as they say, is history. Since then Fender have produced their own noiseless pickups, but the Lace Sensors have never been equaled. I think you should give them a go.

[@Thirdgen83]

Sounds good. Great playing too.

[@leedemkiw6085]

Nice playing. I had the same issue with my Strat so I went with the Dimarzio HS3 complete set. Vintage tone with zero hum.

[@Danhall67]

I have 2 Strats. 2018 American Professional 3 tone sunburst, and a 2019 American Professional LTD natural aged finish. I love both of them! The only thing I changed was the pickups, and 250k pots to Dimarzio DP218CM super distortion s in the bridge, and love the sound a lot better! Next week I’ll be adding the Dimarzio DP184 Chopper to my 2018 Strat to turn it into my Hot Rod guitar.

[@dominiquez5643]

You rule man! Thank you for an amazing review...

[@thomastimbs4307]

Keep on rocking

[@evilchimp95]

You play incredible dude!

[@blues6782]

Great sound!

[@tinman8014]

Cool video. Great playing and awesome guitar. Does make me wonder though as I’d have thought a session guy would need the true single coil strat thing in his arsenal and you had it in spades before the change. Post change it could be any generic super strat although appreciate you must love the way it feels.

[@doomguy1430]

Nice playing!

[@mts982]

good job doing it by yourself. and i just watched the instagram video and the dimarzios sound so much better in that video than in this youtube video. sounds like you got your pedal and equipment settings dialed in for the new pickups. way to go kid!

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks Michael!

[@howdydoughty7634]

Thank you for posting some clean hot rail sounds so many other people are just posting videos with tons of dirt on top.

[@LeFingal]

I bought my very first pickup which im waiting for as we speak. Never modded a guitar, but now i have started. For my MIM strat i have bought locking tuners and a Seymore Duncan SHR-1 Hot rail bridge pick up. I recieved a new pickup plate because the one i got when i bought it had 2 dents on it that i did not like. First time i did change a pickupguard(plate but now i know how and it's was quite easy. Then i removed 1 outta 3 springs and set .07s on it ( which made it amazing to play and i feel the intonation was perfect after the change of strings from .09s which it came with. So my plan is to take the tuners on the Fender Strat that i currently have and put them on a Affinity Squier Telecaster i just bought, and put the Fender locking tuners on the MiM Strat, keeping the 07s on it and keeping the 09s on the telecaster. I tried Vintage american tele, Pro series Tele, MiM Tele, and Squier aff Tele, and i actually liked the Squier the best all over so i choose that over the others and it was also the cheapest so i was surprised over how good it is. I like the punch, i like the bite, i like the sound of both the pickups, they are very rich for a Squier in my opinion. I might want to mod both pickups just because i get addicted to modding and i want to personalize it 100% but not sure what pick ups i would want for my tele, but maybe DiMarzio Tone Zones for the Tele. On the Mid and Neck for the Strat, i have yet decided which ones to put, maybe i set it up with some other SD to keep it only SD, or i try to mix it with some of the nice EMG pick ups. Also planning on modding my Fretless Fender J bass with EMG-J pickups. And when i have done all that, i want a Fretted P bass from Fender, and an Ibanez RG550 Genesis DY. Then i would prolly mod the P-bass from Fender, but when it comes to the Ibanez, i don't know.. kinda like how that one sounds out of the box, sort of gives me a Paul Gilbert Vibe. What is your opinion on whats good pickups for Telecaster, Stratocaster and Fender Fretless J-bass?

[@mickymalibu]

I think a Strat should sound like a Strat for the most part and I’ve got 3 ,,,,however I’ve just installed a Seymour Duncan hot rail to the bridge on my 2012 USA Standard ,the middle and neck are Texas Specials. I believe the hot-rail gives me the bite I was missing and the variation I wanted for a do it all guitar. So I’m delighted with mine. Cheers for the vid

[@paulwoodfall01]

I really dig this guys playing man

[@andydionne7242]

Sounds good! If you got parchment covers for them they'd look really good on that guitar!

[@Whoisthiskid1]

Ive been looking at Dimarzio cruisers since I watched Mark Speers gear rundown, planning on copying some of his setup. Thanks for the video

[@aravindvinayakan]

Those hotrails sound great! Ignore the haters, it’s your guitar, mod it to suit your needs!

[@dowaliby1]

Sounds fantastic, Ross! Many years ago, I bought a 70's white Strat that had a Dimarzio Super Distortion bridge pickup. Man that guitar was so hot and it really sang. I"ve never gotten a better sound for soloing. I foolishly let that guitar go, and have regretted it ever since. I just purchased a Player Plus Strat (Tequila Sunrise finish), which arrived today (11/3/21). It's an awesome guitar and it has some really nice Fender noiseless pickups. But I'm really excited to swap out the bridge pickup for a Dimarzio Super Distortion S. The Dimarzios are so reasonably priced, and to my ear, sound better than pickups that are far more expensive.

[@Astro_touches_children]

I got mine September of '21 and I am cool with the humbucker but the noiseless pups are empty and boring to me. I've got some Seymour Duncan Phat Cat P-90 pups in my Epiphone Les Paul that are awesome sounding so I'm thinking about dropping in some hot rails. It's a rabbit hole, for sure.

[@The7thEmergency]

Sounds damn good! 🤘

[@dezionlion]

thanks for a great video! I would've left the cs pickups in there, they look and sound ten times better.

[@wolfganghuber3616]

Andi Timmons also uses the Cruiser PU and has a fantastic Clean - Breakup sound- so you can´t go wrong. Very nice Video - thanks!

[@tele2018]

Hey Ross doesn't matter what you play or what the pu config is, your playing and tone is always spot on. I watched your latest video and saw the change in pu's. I was about to comment about the new pu's then this video popped up. I have an '88 American made strat I've had for over 20 years and I have the same pu's except I went for the Andy T bridge. Some places I played the noise was horrible especially in some with dimmers. The cruiser pu's are pretty low power and very little difference from the stock pu's. The tone is great and no noise. Just my opinion but it works for me. Keep those great vids coming.

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thank you Steve!

[@hockeyman2274]

I think that sounds great. I have Texas specials in mine. They sound good for Blues, not really great for anything else.

[@Guitarman092004]

This is also my plan. I have a Strat with similar abilitys in mind. And when you have something what belong to everyone, make it to something it belongs to you. Thank you for your video.

[@arkivuo5284]

Sounds really good in the part before the comparison. I also swaped for a humbucker in the bridge on my strat. Hummed too much and was to much trebble.

[@adamwarlock3530]

Great choice in pickups. I'd choose those as well if I had a stock strat. As far as I know, single coil pickups have always been noisy. Humbuckers cancel the noise; Hence, the name HUMbucker.

[@rogeliolopez3313]

Thank you very much, from Mexico

[@Alexander_Offshore]

That Super Distortion sound sick man, in a good way!

[@johnlloyd7568]

Hi Ross, I think you are a great teacher and I have learned a lot from you. Although I prefer the sound of the CS pickups I couldnt blame you because at the end of the day, tone is what you hear in your head and not what others say it should sound like. If it inspires you to play the guitar more becuse it is the tone you are going for then that’s great and what everyone else says shouldnt matter. By the way I’m building a partscaster inspired by your strat but I most likely will go for Klein Jazzy Cats

[@wonderbars36]

Nice choice on the pickups. I went with FT-1s in neck and middle, and a Lace Alumitone humbucker in the bridge for my strat and just love it. I say, if you want the ability to instantly shut your hum down, look no further. DiMarzio pulled that off well with these. How's that Cruizer treating you?

[@spartafxrs5]

thank god for this video. i've been looking for a proper comparison for this kind of mod.

[@brydenization]

will be getting me some Dimarzio's now, btw you're a fantastic player!

[@wiggypop]

i like when you stare into the camera and bend the sting real hard.

[@driftingmelodies]

Amazing sound bro.. Is it starting wirimg? Do the pickups sound good In parallel.

[@misterblack6521]

You play awesome dude!

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks!

[@racheladkins6060]

You can get of melodic rocking tones and 80s shredding heavenly soaring singing tones!

[@paultrussy4243]

Excellent demo. 👍👍👍

[@belo1971]

Great demo ! Just got an HAAR Stratocaster with Suhr ML pickups..Sounds awesome but look for a warmer neck pickup ( I remember the Fat 50 I had on a Stratocaster years ago..!). Which set is warmer , bassier ? Kloppmann 62 ? Fralin ? Lollar ? Another model ? Thanks for your answer, best regards from France

[@helixworld]

Sounds pretty good to me. If you want brighter tone you can use three 500k controls and a treble bleed circuit. From the video, your soldering looks a bit sketchy, so you might want to reheat the ground connection with a clean soldering iron and some fresh solder.

[@peterdvideos]

Really awesome playing!

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thank you!

[@darkestfugue]

nice, i was interested to watch this because i might change out the pickups in my G+L legacy, theyre just so weak and thin

[@biggstile]

Although not great or experienced at electronics/soldering, I'm more glad for your real musical ability. Sounds great result.

[@matthewbolduc2714]

Yes, I agree the middle and neck are very bright, screechy. No doubt the tone circuit can be modified with 500 k pots and a 0.0223 capacitor on the tone pot for the neck and middle pickups, tone1.

[@JohnnyGuitarRocks]

I love your playing, I think it's phenomenal. For my taste, I would put the fender single coils back into that Strat and then take the DiMarzios and put them into another guitar. Maybe get a Mexican Strat and take the single coils out of that and put the DiMarzios in. Either way, do what makes you the happiest and what best supports your style of music. You're an awesome player and I dig your channel!

[@Abdul-Amburadul]

Tell that to Andy Timmons

[@Harrysound]

You have a great picking style

[@timbuk1126]

Sounds great

[@daviddonnkin611]

Sounds great.

[@drexcote25]

I think that’s a great improvement.

[@jamesgretsch4894]

Nice job of installing especially since it's your first time working on guitar electronics. It can be frustrating. With those pickups do you think you can get a pretty good David Gilmour of Pink Floyd sound? Thanks

[@MayheM_72]

Unless it's a rare and valuable model, you should be able to do whatever you want to your own guitar. I'm a tinkerer at heart, and see nothing wrong with modding your own axe. Both sets of pickups sound good in a different way.

[@arthurivex2298]

Ross ignore the guitar strat egghead fanatics, that sound is what I been looking for! Thanks for the video!

[@Dreamdancer11]

If you have a strat(any strat at any price point) things are simple:Yank the noisy singles out and get a set of dimarzio areas or any kinman set in there.....the end.....now if you wire them as master volume ,master tone and blender pot then you can have even more combos of sounds to play with but realistically....that ll make ur strat the ultimate workhorse....not only pristine vintage tone but also able to withstand any gain stage without losing character.....and of course without noise.

[@margovallen]

Awesome tone and playing! What string gauge do you prefer to play? Thanks for sharing.

[@johnredberg]

I had planned to gut my Steinway grand piano and stuff it with a bunch of ducks that quack at different pitches when the little hammers hit them but your video is giving me second thoughts...

[@Ronno4691]

09:48 to 09:54 was feckin' sublime. Also, I thought you'd bought a set of Seymour Duncan Hot Rails! With such a lovely looking retro Strat, I personally would've gotten some Hi-gain pickups that looked like the previous incumbents but each to their own and all that!

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Cheers dude! I'm sure the Hot Rails are great too, maybe I'll check those out some day :)

[@Ronno4691]

Ross Campbell I've got SD Quarter Pounders in my MiM Strat and the cleans are so glassy, it's unreal. Through the clean channel on my friend's Mesa Boogie Heartbreaker halfstack, the tones are totally crystalline. Looking forward to Bulletproof Guitar part two very much, Ross!

[@HerAitor]

Haven't you considered the Chopper-T (DiMarzio DP384)? Richie kotzen uses it in the bridge of his Tele and sounds amazing. Also if you wanted to retain the classic Strat sound, there are hum-cancelling single coil pickups, like the STK-S4 of Seymour Duncan.

[@peterbrusch1493]

The rails sound really great solo, the combination neck-middle sounds perfect. The combination bridge-middle has lost the quack. I think, that the super distortion is too hot, it dominates the middle pu too strong. Maybe the CHOPPER would be better, it sounds more like an old PAF and it is not as loud as the super distortion. I've made this experience with a Nashville Tele, with the CHOPPER T in the bridge. Wonderful combination and the quack stays.

[@stratosergio59]

i believe this is a 62 reissue because i have the same guitar in the same color and i totally love the stock pickups (just the bridge i swapped it for a seymour duncan little 59)