Fender SCNs - how do they stack up vs. Duncs?

[Dave Z]

Well I sold my very nice but rarely used Rickenbacker and I'll be buying strat, which I'll want for classic tones. The Deluxes come with the SCns, and I'm wondering if it is worth the extra cost. I like the idea of noiseless. I'm wondering if anyone out there has tries the Duncan classic stacks in their Strats, and how they feel about them vs. the SCN?

 

[Folo]

Re: Fender SCNs - how do they stack up vs. Duncs?

I love the cs+ in my swamp ash strat. I thought the fender noiseless sounded pretty good in my buddy's ash strat. All things being equal, I would definitely go with cs+, but I'm not sure how much improvement they would actually give you. My technician claims to prefer the cs+ over any other stacked 'single coil' that he has ever installed, and he's tried most of them.