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Gentlemen and ladies I have the first two pu's leftover from modification work going on with my relatively new Strat, and I actually tried those on my old, slightly troubled Strat bridge position. They sound better than what was there before (with a Dimarzio Breed which was super-muddy with the 250k set up) but not as good as the higher output PU I put on the new one (tone zone s). I am playing medium high-gain stuff with these pickups mostly, things like classic ZZ top or 80s hard rock. Now I may go for a Pearly Gates, which I think will sound good on this particular guitar (thick, big and darkish sounding one it is, a 90s strat, the HSS version of which sported some type of Pearly Gates) but I will have to order that from abroad and really don't know if its worth to get it over the lil 59 and the Protrack I already have. On the negative side to me the little 59 is a bit nasal and harsh, and Pro-track sounds a bit soft and 'hollow', doesn't have much of a punch. Also it gets pretty muddy with hi gain. I may go for a full size 59 too but again there must be a big difference to warrant the new investment. Getting a fullsized humbucker seems like a reasonable move if I do anything at all after this point. Thanks...
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