blackwaterstout
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Been playing the guitar for about 20 years off and on. Never really got my fingers worked out 
Pulled an old strat style Kramer Aerostar out of the closet that had been sitting around for years. It's a late 1987 Korean model, nothing to brag about thats for sure. Came stock with EMG select SSS config. One volume pot B500K and two tone pots D500k. (thought it was kind of weird to wire a SSS strat clone with 500k pots but oh well). Wanted to see how it sounded compared to my Ibanez RG321. Well of course it needed a lot of work. Considering it has no real value I just gave it a good walkthrough and tuneup, new strings, and a neck adjustment and Was suprised that it really wasn't too bad at all. Thought it might be a good piece to have when someone comes over and wants to jam a bit. Anyway, The humming from the single coils were pretty pronounced and I thought about maybe upgrading a pickup or two to humbucker. I can't afford to throw $300 worth of new screaming deamons in it. The guitar is a korean clone I thought about maybe upgrading the bridge pickup to a SD hotrails or something similar. I play more rock/hard rock. I've always played stock guitars so upgrades and customization is new for me. I know this is SD board but I've also read a lot about the Dimarzio chopper as an option. Some have suggested the Duncan designs scorcher pickup as a cheap $30 upgrade. Some have also suggested the GFS Neovins at about $30 each or $85 for a complete reworking of the guitar. Read a lot of positive things about them.
Anyway, what advice do you experts have for me. Keep in mind this is a Korean clone strat, it's physically in good shape but doesn't have much value. I am on a budget <$100 and I assume anything I choose will be an upgrade from the EMG select's.
Pulled an old strat style Kramer Aerostar out of the closet that had been sitting around for years. It's a late 1987 Korean model, nothing to brag about thats for sure. Came stock with EMG select SSS config. One volume pot B500K and two tone pots D500k. (thought it was kind of weird to wire a SSS strat clone with 500k pots but oh well). Wanted to see how it sounded compared to my Ibanez RG321. Well of course it needed a lot of work. Considering it has no real value I just gave it a good walkthrough and tuneup, new strings, and a neck adjustment and Was suprised that it really wasn't too bad at all. Thought it might be a good piece to have when someone comes over and wants to jam a bit. Anyway, The humming from the single coils were pretty pronounced and I thought about maybe upgrading a pickup or two to humbucker. I can't afford to throw $300 worth of new screaming deamons in it. The guitar is a korean clone
I thought about maybe upgrading the bridge pickup to a SD hotrails or something similar. I play more rock/hard rock. I've always played stock guitars so upgrades and customization is new for me. I know this is SD board but I've also read a lot about the Dimarzio chopper as an option. Some have suggested the Duncan designs scorcher pickup as a cheap $30 upgrade. Some have also suggested the GFS Neovins at about $30 each or $85 for a complete reworking of the guitar. Read a lot of positive things about them. Anyway, what advice do you experts have for me. Keep in mind this is a Korean clone strat, it's physically in good shape but doesn't have much value. I am on a budget <$100 and I assume anything I choose will be an upgrade from the EMG select's.
