I have a HW1 strat from the batch right before it was remodeled with the 70's headstock. I love it and was glad to get it before the change. I am curious about the pickups, anybody know what they are? I heard that the post-remodeled pickups are a3. The pickups on mine seem fairly low output, but I like to slap on the tube screamer anyway and seem to work for me. I just can't seem to find any info about them other than the tag saying they are alnico.